Re-Bounding Africa: The Concept of Landscape in Consequential Geography

• In Event: 68.061 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 68.061-16 - Space and Place in Curriculum Studies

Abstract

Noting the struggle to translate critical geographies into the abstraction of space in geography classrooms, this paper explores the concept of landscape as a potential tool in this endeavor. The paper specifically looks at how Africa is produced in landscape the criticalities that can surround it.

Author

• Sandra Schmidt, Teachers College, Columbia University