... The sector is sometimes referred to as the Third Force, existing alongside, and separate from, the public ... Serving an extensive rural area, some clients are seen at the main premises and others at local out ... VOLUNTARY SECTOR... more
... The sector is sometimes referred to as the Third Force, existing alongside, and separate from, the public ... Serving an extensive rural area, some clients are seen at the main premises and others at local out ... VOLUNTARY SECTOR COUNSELLING IN SCOTLAND AN OVERVIEW ...
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In a recent paper entitled “Travels in the postmodern”, Elspeth Probyn uses the metaphors of local, locale, and location to open up a political dialogue between feminism and postmodernism, providing a particularly explicit example of a... more
In a recent paper entitled “Travels in the postmodern”, Elspeth Probyn uses the metaphors of local, locale, and location to open up a political dialogue between feminism and postmodernism, providing a particularly explicit example of a more general use of spatial figures in contemporary theoretical debate. These spatial references are not entirely figurative, but allude to our positioning within particular contexts, which both frame and are constructed by our texts. Thus, Probyn's dialogue inevitably raises geographical questions. Moreover, geography is not merely a passive, unnamed party through which Probyn's dialogue is conducted; it is not immune from or in any way ‘outside’ the situatedness its terminology is employed to articulate. In this context, the metaphorical maps Probyn uses to find her way between the differing terrains of feminism and postmodernism are far from neutral, truthful, transparent representations. In this paper an extension of Probyn's travels a...
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Psychoanalytic theory: Entry for the Dictionary of Human Geography, 5th EditionPsychoanalytic theory and practice originated in the late nineteenth century in the work of Sigmund Freud (1956-1939). It offers a distinctive way of thinking... more
Psychoanalytic theory: Entry for the Dictionary of Human Geography, 5th EditionPsychoanalytic theory and practice originated in the late nineteenth century in the work of Sigmund Freud (1956-1939). It offers a distinctive way of thinking about the human mind and of responding to psychological distress. Psychoanalysis has travelled widely from its central European origins, and has evolved into a complex, multi-facetted and internally fractured body of knowledge situated at the interface between the human and natural sciences, and between clinical practice and academic theory. Notwithstanding critiques of its Eurocentric origins, psychoanalysis has been taken up in many different cultural contexts, perhaps most notably in Latin America but also in India, Japan and elsewhere. Its geography and spatiality have become topics for geographical study albeit primarily within the Anglophone literature (Cameron, 2006; Kingsbury, 2003)
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... for support (see for example Bingley 2002; Burman and Chantler 2004; Young and Lee 1996 ... would be to ensure that all researchers have clearly established access to people willing, able ... 240 Emotional Geographies confidentiality... more
... for support (see for example Bingley 2002; Burman and Chantler 2004; Young and Lee 1996 ... would be to ensure that all researchers have clearly established access to people willing, able ... 240 Emotional Geographies confidentiality to enable constructive reflection to take place. ...
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This chapter examines the importance of gender relations in urban politics. During the last decade, the concept ‘urban’ has been the subject of extensive debate. Previously, cities had often been classified according to the industries... more
This chapter examines the importance of gender relations in urban politics. During the last decade, the concept ‘urban’ has been the subject of extensive debate. Previously, cities had often been classified according to the industries located within their boundaries or hinterlands. This approach presupposed a direct connection between local productive activities and the sustenance of the local, urban population. However, the city is no longer the spatial unit within which productive activities are organised: in both developed and developing countries the organisation of industrial production has expanded to the regional, national or international scale. In other words, cities are embedded in, and sustained by, economic systems that extend far beyond their boundaries. But cities remain the places where the great majority of the populations of developed countries, and a growing proportion of the populations of developing countries, live. This observation led the neo-Marxist theorist Castells (1976, 1977, 1978) to advance the persuasive argument that it is more appropriate to consider the city as the locus, or spatial unit of the ‘reproduction of labour power’, than as the spatial unit of production. Subsequent work in urban studies has been strongly influenced by Castells’ approach: the notion that processes involved in the reproduction of labour power are the key to understanding the structure of, and activity within, urban areas underlies much recent research (see, for example, contributions to Harloe, 1981 and Harloe and Lebas, 1981). However, critiques of this approach are now emerging, to which this chapter aims to contribute (also see Klausner, 1986; Preteceille, 1986).
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... Liz Bondi, Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP ... I have no doubt that his call for retrospective inspection of results by individual departments, together with annual monitoring, is... more
... Liz Bondi, Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP ... I have no doubt that his call for retrospective inspection of results by individual departments, together with annual monitoring, is entirely appropriate. ...
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This paper presents an abbreviated version of a verbatim script developed from oral history interviews with individuals key to the development of counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland from 1960 to 2000. Earlier versions were used in... more
This paper presents an abbreviated version of a verbatim script developed from oral history interviews with individuals key to the development of counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland from 1960 to 2000. Earlier versions were used in workshops with counsellors and pastoral care practitioners to share counter-narratives of counselling and to provide opportunities for conversations about historical and contemporary relationships between faith, spirituality, counselling and psychotherapy. By presenting intertwined histories in a readers' theatre script, the narrative nature of lives lived in context was respected. By bringing oral histories into virtual dialogue with each other and with contemporary practitioners, whether through workshops or through publications, the interplay between individual, institutional and societal narratives remains visible and open to change.
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... By subsuming gender entirely within class processes, one potential source of differentiation is obscured, and by denying gender as a site for the mediation of structure and agency, thedebate between demand-side and supply-side... more
... By subsuming gender entirely within class processes, one potential source of differentiation is obscured, and by denying gender as a site for the mediation of structure and agency, thedebate between demand-side and supply-side accounts is confounded. ...
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Anna Maria Piussi's article “towards a pedagogy of sexual difference: education and female genealogy”, Gender and Education, 2, (2) 1990, is criticised on the grounds that it ignores differences between women, and that it fails to... more
Anna Maria Piussi's article “towards a pedagogy of sexual difference: education and female genealogy”, Gender and Education, 2, (2) 1990, is criticised on the grounds that it ignores differences between women, and that it fails to challenge the construction of gender as a binary opposition. An alternative interpretation of the relationship between the gendering of knowledge and women's subordination is put forward, and marshalled, in support of a feminist pedagogy that deconstructs the equality‐difference antimony.
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© 1993 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any... more
© 1993 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, ...
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... These deploy a" distinc-tion between inner and outer psychic space...[to]... mock... ... How-ever, I am not so much concerned with these aspects of prostitution as with the images of gender and sexuality these... more
... These deploy a" distinc-tion between inner and outer psychic space...[to]... mock... ... How-ever, I am not so much concerned with these aspects of prostitution as with the images of gender and sexuality these representations im-part to the urban landscapes with which they ...
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Geographies of emotional life constitute an important and vibrant new field of research, which both contributes to, and is rooted in, feminist geography. Focusing on the interplay between emotions, gender, space and place, this themed... more
Geographies of emotional life constitute an important and vibrant new field of research, which both contributes to, and is rooted in, feminist geography. Focusing on the interplay between emotions, gender, space and place, this themed issue develops our ...
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Conclusion This is not the biggest crisis in educationbut I would argue that it is the biggest crisis facing the future of geography in England. A greater awareness is a first step, at least. If others share my concern, they may wish to... more
Conclusion This is not the biggest crisis in educationbut I would argue that it is the biggest crisis facing the future of geography in England. A greater awareness is a first step, at least. If others share my concern, they may wish to alert others. The Geographical Association ...