Facing geography: a new research agenda

Gillespie, K. (2022) Facing geography: a new research agenda. Progress in Human Geography, 46(1), pp. 198-214. (doi: 10.1177/03091325211050061)

Abstract

This paper offers a new disciplinary research agenda for a geography of the human face. Locating a research lacuna within the subfield of embodied geographies, the paper highlights existing interdisciplinary scholarship on the face, suggesting avenues through which geographers can both complement and advance such discussions. The overall proposal is to (re)consider the spatialities of the face via three routes: the political and biometric, the aesthetic and facial modification. The paper concludes by suggesting a disciplinary opportunity for a future facialised geography, providing valuable insight into this dynamic bodily site upon and through which the world is encountered and experienced.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gillespie, Kerry
• Authors: Gillespie, K.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
• Journal Name: Progress in Human Geography
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 0309-1325
• ISSN (Online): 1477-0288
• Published Online: 07 December 2021
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Progress in Human Geography 46(1): 198-214
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
303166		Scottish Graduate School Science Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)	Mary Beth Kneafsey	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/P000681/1	SS - Academic & Student Administration