Race, Gender, and Class Geographies

Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)

Description

The geographies of humanity—who we were, are, will be; what we were, are, will be; where we were, are, will be; why we were, are, will be; how we were, are, will be—are at the heart of race, gender, class intersectional sociology. The study of social geographies takes many forms ranging from nearly every …-al one could imagine. Nevertheless, space and place consistently remain the central components. Whether we are considering emotions, identities, mobilities, or trajectories, all crucially ricochet back to micro- through macro- positionalities in the past, present, and/or future. Thus, we welcome paper submissions from scholars who interrogate race, gender, and class in conjunction with space and place to expand social geographies scholarship in our discipline and section.

Sub Unit

• Race, Gender, and Class Section / Race, Gender, and Class Geographies

Presider

• Ingrid E. Castro, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Individual Presentations

• Black Placemaking Through Food: Embodying and Envisioning Systems of Care - Victoria Fuller, Boston College

• “It’s tremendously lonely”: Collective emotions and memory during a time of gentrification-led displacement - Melissa M. Valle, Rutgers University-Newark

• Land Back to Whom? How Relationships Bridge Spatial and Temporal Distance in Indigenous Land Justice - Brigid Mark, University of Colorado-Boulder

• Returns of Return: Racial Capitalism and ‘Detty December’ in Accra, Ghana - Miriam Emefa Dzah, University of Cambridge

• Sticking Out and Raising Voices: Race, Gender, and Geographies of Harm in Social Movements after Disasters - Vivian Shaw, Loyola University Maryland

Discussant

• Amy L. Best, George Mason University

Session Organizer

• Ingrid E. Castro, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts