Category Archives: Uncategorized

new principles

Originally posted on the urban geographer:
Well, not new — but updated. As I’ve begun writing for Spacing Toronto, I think it’s the perfect occasion to update and streamline my previously-known-as Urban Geographer’s Manifesto.  Though stated more simply, these Principles are inspired by…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Racist villagers versus hapless Africans and other simplistic binaries

Originally posted on KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006:
The residents of Khirki are angry. They say they have been misrepresented, their grievances are not being given a patient hearing because the rest of us are doing politics over them. Nobody…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

BOOK: The Monkey’s Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life

Originally posted on The Dispersal of Darwin:
Ever since I wrote a paper as an undergrad in history about the seed experiments Darwin conducted to answer questions about how organisms spread from one place to another,  I have been fascinated…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

taming the wild island

Originally posted on the urban geographer:
This post first appeared on Spacing Toronto I took this photo of Gibraltar Point Beach on a long walk around Toronto Islands during the city’s most recent cold snap. Because parts of the Island…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment