This work comprises a collection of autobiographical essays by geographers. The contributors use autobiography as a tool to document the history of geography, as a method of data collection, and as a mode of analysis.
“Writing One’s Life” and “Engaging Autobiography,” Pamela Moss
“Home-Reach-Journey,” Anne Buttimer
“Been There, Done That, What’s Next? Did Theory Smother My Discipline When I Wasn’t Looking?,” John Eyles
“Through the Glass Darkly: Re-Collecting My Academic Life,” Kevin Archer
“A Queer Journey to Queer Geography,” Lawrence Knopp
“You Want to be Careful You Don’t End Up Like Ian. He’s All Over the Place: Autobiography in/of an Expanded Field,” Ian Cook
“A Self-Reflective Exploration Into Development Research,” Robin Roth
“A Journey Into Autobiography: A Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Rachel Saltmarsh
“Autobiography, Autoethnography, and Intersubjectivity: Analyzing Communication in Northern Pakistan,” David Butz
“Many Roads: The Personal and Professional Lives of Women Geographers,” Janice Monk
Pamela Moss is associate professor of geography, University of Victoria, B.C.
