UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

19 Jan

Geographical Review Preview: Conserved? A Political Ecology of Landscape Conservation on the North Fork American River

By: Sean J. Pries What is the main purpose of your study? This study examines how various organizations engaged in conservation work define the term conservation and what effects those variant definitions have on quantifying how many acres are protected...
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14 Jan

Map of the Week: World’s Largest Iceberg, A68a, on Collision Course with South Georgia

By: Nicholas Schmidt Reuters recently published a map, accompanied by graphics, of the travel routes of Antarctica’s icebergs. Detailed in blue are the paths that icebergs follow after breaking away from the continent. One iceberg, in this case, is...
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12 Jan

Geographical Review Preview: Geographies of Place Attachment

By: Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen What is the main purpose of your study? Attachments are intrinsic to the human condition and place attachments shape everyday routines (e.g. routes to work, shopping, social interactions), major life choices (e.g. places...
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6 Jan

Map of the Week: New Perspectives for 2021

By Katie Cann When the COVID-19 pandemic had taken hold in the United States, Bloomberg’s CityLab launched a competition for its readers: create the map that defines your life during the coronavirus crisis. The original call went out in April,...
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4 Jan

Geographical Review Preview: Contesting Place Names: The East Sea/Sea of Japan naming issue

By: John Rennie Short, Leah Dubots What is the main purpose of your study? To assess the extent of dual naming of East Sea/Sea of Japan in popular media, atlases and textbooks, and the internet. What are the practical, day...
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31 Dec

Map of the Week: New Year’s Island

By Nicole Oveisi Located in the central Pacific Ocean, the Republic of Kiribati is a remote island nation comprising 33 islands. The islands are spread out along the equator covering a large portion of the Pacific, however if you were...
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29 Dec

Geographical Review Preview: The Dangers of the Geographical Imagination in the U.S. Eugenics Movement

By: Alan P. Marcus What is the main purpose of your study? To look at the historical role of geography and the concept of geographical imagination in the U.S. Eugenics movement, and its legacy today. What are the practical, day...
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22 Dec

Geographical Review Preview: Geography in the big data age: an overview of the historical resonance of current debates

By: Daniela Ferreira, Mário Vale What is the main purpose of your study? The aim of this article is to situate the epistemological debates over big data in geography historically. How does your study relate to other work on the...
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21 Dec

Map of the Week: Map Your Holiday

By Conor White Map Your Idea is an exciting platform that brings the general public a way to easily create crowdsourced and community maps. The idea began when four friends produced a crowdsourced map of socially distant trick-or-treat spots in...
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16 Dec

Map of the Week: Holidays Shine Brightly

By Conor White With the holiday season upon us, this week’s Map of the Week looks at the significant changes detected in the amount and distribution of artificial lighting during the holiday season in North America. A study, by a...
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