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Autonomous University of Barcelona
22-25 February 2006
International Seminar co-sponsored by the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography
The Commission on Gender and Geography co-sponsored a stimulating seminar
at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, February 22-25, 2006. Under the
leadership of Professor Maria Dolors-Garcia Ramon and colleagues in the
Gender Research Group of the University, speakers explored international
directions in the developments of gender research, focusing on the theme
"Geography and Gender Worldwide: Questioning the Anglo-American Hegemony."
Support for the seminar was provided by the Autonomous University of
Barcelona, the Catalan Geographical Society, the Catalan Institute for
Women, the Spanish Ministry for Science and Technology, the Spanish
Institute for Women. Geographers from Argentina, Brazil, England, France,
Ghana, Hungary, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, and the US presented
regional assessments.
Commentaries were offered by scholars from Greece,
India, Israel, the Netherlands, Spain, and the US. While an array of
commonalities run through the work, it is also clear that local political
and cultural contexts, colonial heritages, international economies and
politics, and disciplinary structures and cultures are key in shaping the
extent and nature of the field. Papers from the conference are being
edited for a monographic issue of Belgeo.
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