{"product_id":"other-geographies-9781119184768","title":"Other Geographies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international group of distinguished scholars pay homage to and build on the work of one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Michael Watts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how Michael Watts' research, writings, teaching and mentoring have relentlessly pushed boundaries, transforming his chosen field of geography and beyond\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpans an array of topics including the political economy and ecology of African societies, governmentality and territoriality in various Southern contexts, food security, cultural materialist expositions of capitalism, modernity and development across the postcolonial world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuilds on his legacy, exploring its theoretical, analytical, and empirical implications and proposing exciting new possibilities for further exploration in the tracks of Watts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Other Geographies, in the work of Michael Watts\u003ci\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003eSharad Chari, Susanne Freidberg, Jesse Ribot, Wendy Wolford and Vinay Gidwani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Academic Journeys in the Black Atlantic: Gender, Work and Environmental Transformations 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Carney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Getting Back to our Roots: Integrating Critical Physical and Social Science in the Early Work of Michael Watts 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Lave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Binary Narratives of Capitalism and Climate Change: Dangers and Possibilities 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Jarosz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Aggregate Modernities: A Critical Natural History of Contemporary Algorithms 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJake Kosek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Peanuts for Cashews? Agricultural Diversification and the Limits of Adaptability in Côte d’Ivoire 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas J. Bassett and Moussa Koné\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Life Itself Under Contract: A Biopolitics of Partnerships and Chemical Risk in California’s Strawberry Industry 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie Guthman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Commoditization, Primitive Accumulation and the Spaces of Biodiversity Conservation 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoderick P. Neumann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Stopping the Serengeti Road: Social Media and the Discursive Politics of Conservation in Tanzania 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Privatize Everything, Certify Everywhere: Academic Assessment and Value Transfers 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTad Mutersbaugh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Oil, Indigeneity and Dispossession 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Bryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Frontiers: Remembering the Forgotten Lands 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeo Ballvé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Vibrancy of Refuse, Piety of Refusal: Infrastructures of Discard in Dakar 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosalind Fredericks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Reclamation, Displacement and Resiliency in Phnom Penh 199\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErin Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407005131095,"sku":"9781119184768","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119184768.jpg?v=1730497857","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/other-geographies-9781119184768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}