Co-producing Caribbean geographies of in/security

Noxolo, P. and Featherstone, D. (2014) Co-producing Caribbean geographies of in/security. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 39(4), pp. 603-607. (doi: 10.1111/tran.12068)

Abstract

This commentary is a friendly response to Chris Philo's Boundary Crossing article on the relevance of security as a theme for that year's RGS Annual Conference (Philo C 2012 Security of geography⁄geography of security Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 37 1–7). The article did the important preliminary work of unfixing the meanings of security, and in particular introduced a fertile heuristic distinction between big-S and small-s security. This article seeks to bring this useful distinction into relationship with this year's (2014) RGS conference theme, the co-production of knowledge, through a located focus on the co-production of Caribbean big-S and small-s securities. It argues ultimately that co-production is a concept that needs to be used critically, and that engagement with Caribbean and other postcolonial theorists would be an excellent starting point.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Featherstone, Professor David
• Authors: Noxolo, P., and Featherstone, D.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
• Journal Name: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 0020-2754
• ISSN (Online): 1475-5661
• Published Online: 16 August 2014