Radical geography from the Drumlin: an academic commemoration of Ronan Paddison (1945-2019)

Philo, C. (2020) Radical geography from the Drumlin: an academic commemoration of Ronan Paddison (1945-2019). Space and Polity, 24(2), pp. 132-155. (doi: 10.1080/13562576.2020.1773253)

Abstract

This paper opens a special issue (SI) commemorating the contributions of Ronan Paddison (1945–2019), founder and original Editor-in-Chief of Space and Polity. It outlines Paddison’s academic accomplishments before introducing the pieces that follow. It narrates Paddison as scholar, teacher, theorist and critic based on reading a student geographical magazine, the Drumlin, ‘published’ annually 1955–2009. This medium allows glimpses of Paddison as a ‘radical geographer’ nourishing eclectic versions of political and urban geography. The paper raises signposts for many of the concerns, to do with Paddison’s conceptualizing, practising and instructing about ‘space and polity’, covered by the SI as a whole.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Philo, Professor Christopher
• Authors: Philo, C.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
• Journal Name: Space and Polity
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1356-2576
• ISSN (Online): 1470-1235
• Published Online: 09 July 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
• First Published: First published in Space and Polity 24(2):132-155
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy