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18 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: Diversity Development in Post-Socialist Cities – the Example of East Germany

By: Birgit Glorius What is the main purpose of your study? When comparing integration patterns, policies and attitudes towards migration, post-socialist European countries stand out from West European countries in having a less developed integration infrastructure, fewer immigrants and less openness...
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13 Aug

Map of the Week: “Wine Windows” Return in Italy

by Conor White Italy was initially one of the countries that was most heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19. At the beginning of the global pandemic, the epicenter of the virus had spread from Wuhan, Hubei Province in China...
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11 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: The Urban Governance of Asylum as a “Battleground”: Policies of Exclusion and Efforts of Inclusion in Italian Towns

By: Maurizio Ambrosini What is the main purpose of your study? The main purpose of my study was to discuss local policies of reception of asylum seekers, deepening the case of Italy: a Western country concerned by the arrival of...
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7 Aug

Map of the Week: Census 2020: Who is getting counted?

By Nicole Oveisi The United States Census Bureau conducts their census survey every ten years. Mandated by the Constitution, the census gathers data on people living in the U.S. in order to apportion seats in Congress, determine Electoral College votes...
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4 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: NYLON’s Pre-Eminence: The Permeability of World Regions in Contemporary Globalization

By: Peter J Taylor, Ben Derudder & Xingjian Liu What is the main purpose of your study? The term NYLON is commonly used to denote the specific economic linkage between London and New York; the purpose of this paper is to...
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30 Jul

Map of the Week: Forbidden Books From Around the World

By Arden Benner With the exponential growth of social media over the last decade, censorship—the systematic suppression of news, books, film, or other media considered controversial or threatening—has in many ways become more difficult. We often hear of governments cutting...
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28 Jul

Geographical Review Preview: From the Pivot to the Heartland: Halford Mackinder and World War I

By: Brian W. Blouet What is the main purpose of your study? The article has two objectives. Firstly, to document why a negotiated piece in WWI was resisted by the U.K. and France. Secondly, to show how Halford Mackinder’s perspective...
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23 Jul

Map of the Week: Global Sexual Orientation Laws

Map by International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). Click on the map to expand. By Conor White The American Geographical Society and our EthicalGEO Initiative’s Location Tech Task Force is convening a series of Blue-Ribbon Panels...
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21 Jul

Geographical Review Preview: Deep Listening: Practicing Intellectual Humility in Geographic Fieldwork

By: Natalie Koch What is the main purpose of your study? This article explores the idea of “deep listening” as a methodological tack and mindset to guide geographic fieldwork, rooted in intellectual humility. Deep listening involves a critical reflexivity about...
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16 Jul

Map of the Week: D.C. Food Deserts

By Nicole Oveisi The USDA Economic Research Service provides an online interactive map to spatially represent the relationship between food deserts and low income communities in the United States. Food deserts are often defined as geographic areas with limited access...
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