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Episode #74: James Esson - Viewing the world through a geographical lens

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In this episode join John Lyon and Professor James Esson from Queen Mary University of London as they discuss viewing the world through a geographical lens. They cover a wide range of topics including conspicuous margins, pedagogy and voice, inequality, social economy, and improving the future.

Professor James Esson will also be our keynote speaker at the GA Conference 2024. Find out more about Conference 2024 here.

Resources

  • Coffee and Geography Podcast
  • Decolonising Geography Collective
  • Race, Culture and Equality Working group of the RGS-IBG
  • Salaamgeographia
  • Esson, J. (2015). Better off at home? Rethinking responses to trafficked West African footballers in Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(3), 512-530.
  • Esson, J. (2020). “The why and the white”: Racism and curriculum reform in British geography. Area, 52(4), 708-715.
  • Esson, J., & Last, A. (2020). Anti‐racist learning and teaching in British geography. Area, 52(4), 668-677.
  • Esson, J., Amankwaa, E. F., & Mensah, P. (2021). Boys are tired! Youth, urban struggles, and retaliatory patriarchy. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 46(1), 193-207.
  • Winter, C. (2023). The geography GCSE curriculum in England: a white curriculum of deceit. Whiteness and Education, 8(2), 313-331.

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