
Geography with John Berger
Questions of Space and Practice
Rowman & Littlefield (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-6669-4718-2 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring John Berger's political and creative praxis for scholarship on space, place, landscape and spatial experience, Ben Garlick and Dubravka Sekulic critically engage with his work as a writer, critic, collaborator, playwright, filmmaker and artist.
The contributors connect Berger's work to cultural geography, including through a photo essay that articulates personal encounters with place, as well as discussion of his notion of "confabulation" and what it offers for writing cultural geographies. Each chapter delves into themes like Berger's interest in questions of representation, migration, ethics and the limits of political action.
Garlick and Sekulic underline Berger's enduring relevance and resonance for contemporary academic, conceptual and worldly developments. In doing so, contributors - hailing from both within and beyond the 'discipline' of geography - emphasise and celebrate the value of cross-disciplinary dialogue, collaboration, and experimentation that crosses boundaries, begets conversations, and offers novel insights into our lived worlds and their processes.
The contributors connect Berger's work to cultural geography, including through a photo essay that articulates personal encounters with place, as well as discussion of his notion of "confabulation" and what it offers for writing cultural geographies. Each chapter delves into themes like Berger's interest in questions of representation, migration, ethics and the limits of political action.
Garlick and Sekulic underline Berger's enduring relevance and resonance for contemporary academic, conceptual and worldly developments. In doing so, contributors - hailing from both within and beyond the 'discipline' of geography - emphasise and celebrate the value of cross-disciplinary dialogue, collaboration, and experimentation that crosses boundaries, begets conversations, and offers novel insights into our lived worlds and their processes.
Reviews / Votes
This sensitive and insightful companion to the work of John Berger brings his lifelong engagement with the experience of place into contact with contemporary theoretical debates. If geography is a field that 'multiplies our views onto the world', then this collection generously and often unexpectedly multiplies our understanding of Berger's work. * Joshua Sperling, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media, Oberlin College and Conservatory, USA *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
17 bw photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-4718-2 (9781666947182)
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Persons
Ben Garlick is an independent scholar and formerly was senior lecturer in Cultural Geography at York St. John University, UK.
Dubravka Sekulic is Senior Tutor and Programme Lead of MA City Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Dubravka Sekulic is Senior Tutor and Programme Lead of MA City Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Editor
Independent Scholar
Royal College of Art
Contributions
Content
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface: John Berger: A Geo-biography
Tom Overton
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Geography with John Berger
Ben Garlick (Independent Scholar, UK) and Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
1. Geography of the Image: 'Between Here and There'
Agata Lulkowska (University of Staffordshire, UK) with a response by Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
2. Confabulations: A Geography without Clauses
Joe Gerlach and Thomas Jellis (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Out of Context: Place, Transcultural Communication and John Berger
Agata Lulkowska (University of Staffordshire, UK)
4. 'A Question of Geography': John Berger and the Limits of Place
Ben Garlick (Independent Scholar, UK)
5. A Seventh Man as a Critical Spatial Praxis
Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
6. On Intellectual Generosity: John Berger's Ethics
Leila Dawney (University of Exeter, UK)
Index
List of Contributors
Preface: John Berger: A Geo-biography
Tom Overton
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Geography with John Berger
Ben Garlick (Independent Scholar, UK) and Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
1. Geography of the Image: 'Between Here and There'
Agata Lulkowska (University of Staffordshire, UK) with a response by Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
2. Confabulations: A Geography without Clauses
Joe Gerlach and Thomas Jellis (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Out of Context: Place, Transcultural Communication and John Berger
Agata Lulkowska (University of Staffordshire, UK)
4. 'A Question of Geography': John Berger and the Limits of Place
Ben Garlick (Independent Scholar, UK)
5. A Seventh Man as a Critical Spatial Praxis
Dubravka Sekulic (Royal College of Art, UK)
6. On Intellectual Generosity: John Berger's Ethics
Leila Dawney (University of Exeter, UK)
Index