Mourning geography : a punctum, Strathclyde and the death of a subject

Chan, Wun Fung (2011) Mourning geography : a punctum, Strathclyde and the death of a subject. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 127 (4). pp. 255-266. ISSN 0036-9225 (https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2011.636750)

Abstract

This article documents the formal consultation held at the University of Strathclyde in 2011 which concluded with a decision to withdraw the geography programme from the academic curriculum. In examining the remains of this consultation, the article offers an understanding of the reactions of staff and students to the proposed closure through the theoretical work on mourning by Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida. With use of the notions of punctum and studium in particular, it tracks the discursive location, if not definition, of what was and is poignant about geography at this higher education institution.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	36660
  Dates:	Date Event 2011 Published 5 December 2011 Published Online
  Subjects:	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Geography (General)
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Geography
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	12 Jan 2012 10:25
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 10:03
  Related URLs:	Scopus publication
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36660