How to Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Geography

Edited by Guo Chen, Associate Professor of Geography and Global Urban Studies, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University and LaToya E. Eaves, Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geography & Sustainability, University of Tennessee, US

‘Despite decades of committed work in geography, the aims of DEI continue to be tested and challenged. This volume assembles perhaps the largest, most diverse group of contributors ever in one volume - from various epistemologies, those who embrace multiple identities, academics, community activists, school geographers, university faculty, social theorists, and administrators to share their ideas and once again put DEI on equal footing with other geographical pursuits. Assembling such a group was no small feat. We can only hope that these ideas will get the attention they deserve and continue to further the goal of providing a roadmap to lasting, substantive change.’

• Contents1 How to foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in geography: an introduction 1Guo Chen and LaToya E. Eaves2 Moving from theory to practice: operationalizing the American Association of Geographers’ Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’s three-year strategic plan 18Risha RaQuellePART I UNDERSTANDING DEI AND JUSTICE IN GEOGRAPHY 3 Racial and ethnic representations in geography and geosciences: cases of the United States and the United Kingdom 33Demetrice R. Jordan and Munira Raji4 Making space for ourselves: negotiating race, gender, and location in a white field 49Anindita Datta5 Black geographies 60Khyree Davis, Suzanne Nimoh and Joshua Reason6 Latinx geographies 74Megan Ybarra and Lorena Muñoz7 Indigenous geographies and the (un)reconcilability of academia? Challenges for making geography a more hospitable space for Indigenous scholars 82Michael Fabris8 Asian American geographies: from identity to epistemic justice 95Laurel Mei-Singh, Wendy Cheng and Guo Chen9 Internationalization and uneven global geographies of knowledge production and exchange in geography 116 Heike Jöns 10 Making space for queer and trans people in geography 133 Eden Kinkaid 11 (Dis)ability and geography 146 Jessica Martínez, Rose Shelor Moulton, Glen Norcliffe and John Radford PART II PRAXIS AND EXAMPLES OF FOSTERING DEI AND JUSTICE IN GEOGRAPHY 12 Using intersectionality and an ethos of care to advance belonging, accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at the unit level 160 Emily Skop and Wei Li 13 Decolonial and anti-racist school geography in England 173 Steve Puttick 14 Voices and praxis from students: from doing feminist geographies in the Global South to intersectional feminism in the Global North 185 Maria Anne Fitzgerald, Rhianna Garrett and Prashanti Sharma 15 Centering social justice in teaching undergraduate geography 197 Meghan Cope 16 Intentional mentorship for safe and inclusive fieldwork 216 Akilah Alwan, Blair Schneider, Christopher Gentry and Erika Marín-Spiotta PART III FUTURE OF DEI AND JUSTICE IN GEOGRAPHY: NEW TOOLS, METHODS, AND DIRECTIONS 17 Evoking critical and creative forms of mapping/GIS for digital and health (in)equity 230 Jin-Kyu Jung 18 Toward inclusive fieldwork and communities of practice in physical geography and environmental science: experiences from the CULTIVATE team in the UK 243 Lynda Yorke, Elizabeth R. Hurrell and Simon M. Hutchinson 19 Cultivating solidarity and trust in the field through the “spiral model”: engaging with communities from a radical geographical perspective 256 Kayla Edgett and Nik Heynen 20 Everyone has a story: creative pathways to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in geography 267 Heather A. Davis and Derek Alderman 21 Embracing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in geography and empowering communities in the South Pacific: the example of Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) in Suva, Fiji 280 Eberhard Weber, Andreas Kopf, Camari Koto, Catherine Musu Liolea, Ratu Tevita Rarokolutu and Sanjeshni Reddy Index 293