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New Maps, New Mappings

Originally posted on Open Geography:
The following are my “Thanksgiving Reflections” or statement about our group here at the University of Kentucky. We call ourselves the New Mappings Collaboratory and I had some time over the Thanksgiving break to sit…

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Chennai floods: Once again, social media is helping Indians while the government flounders

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Reframing civil society through the everyday: from farms to toilets

Originally posted on Geography Directions:
By Amita Bhakta, Loughborough University The evolving role of civil society in the development agenda is a critical point of discussion, as Peck (2015) rightly argues in her recent article in the Geography Compass. A…

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Learning from guano: In search of a paleo-seabird proxy

Originally posted on Geography Directions:
Via the Geo: Geography and Environment blog, Jessica Conroy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) on seabirds, climate change, El Niño and the Galápagos. Source: Learning from guano: In search of a paleo-seabird proxy ? Geo: Geography and Environment is a…

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