cultural geographies
cultural geographies is an international journal of peer-reviewed scholarly research on and theoretical interventions into the cultural dimensions of environment, landscape, space, and place. We encourage papers that engage the cultural politics of geographical issues. cultural geographies is particularly committed to the development of methodologically rigorous interpretive approaches that explore how meaning, materiality and/or practice are implicated in the (re)production, maintenance and transformation of cultural worlds as they are materially constituted, represented, imagined, and lived. We do not restrict our remit to any particular methodological or theoretical orientation, but publish both empirically grounded, and theoretically speculative pieces designed to further understanding and debate. We welcome contributions from scholars and practitioners across the arts, humanities, and social and environmental sciences.
The journal’s Cultural Geographies in Practice section offers an editor-reviewed space for critical reflection on creative expression in the discipline of geography, on artistic, civic, and policy practices that inform and/or relate to geographic concerns, and for reflections on and with practitioners in or outside cultural geography. It acknowledges, presents, and discusses the intellectual and practical engagements with the journal’s interests beyond a narrowly conceived academy. We particularly encourage submissions from practitioners beyond the academy, and from collaborations between academics and other individuals and groups.
cultural geographies remains committed to an extensive Book Review section where we publish both review essays and reviews in brief.
A successful paper in cultural geographies will typically:
Advance a new approach to an issue or debate in cultural geography or the humanities and social sciences more broadly.
Significantly further an existing approach to an issue or debate in cultural geography or the humanities and social sciences more broadly.
Detail a truly exemplary empirical case that does not significantly forward new theoretical approaches, but makes clear how existing approaches work.
When authors make clear their contributions in these areas, their papers are much more likely to succeed.
In general, we avoid:
Strictly empirical case studies, or case studies that represent applications of existing approaches without forwarding those approaches.
Interdisciplinary papers that do not engage with cultural geography.
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This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
cultural geographies is an international journal of peer-reviewed scholarly research on and theoretical interventions into the cultural dimensions of environment, landscape, space, and place. We encourage papers that engage the cultural politics of geographical issues. cultural geographies is particularly committed to the development of methodologically rigorous interpretive approaches that explore how meaning, materiality and/or practice are implicated in the (re)production, maintenance and transformation of cultural worlds as they are materially constituted, represented, imagined, and lived. We do not restrict our remit to any particular methodological or theoretical orientation, but publish both empirically grounded, and theoretically speculative pieces designed to further understanding and debate. We welcome contributions from scholars and practitioners across the arts, humanities, and social and environmental sciences.
| Dydia DeLyser | California State University, Fullerton, USA |
| Harriet Hawkins | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Mark Jackson | University of Bristol, UK |
| Matthew Wilson | University of Kentucky, USA |
| Caleb Johnston | Newcastle University, UK |
| Jamie Winders | Syracuse University, USA |
| Eric Magrane | New Mexico State University, USA |
| Charlotte Veal | Newcastle University, UK |
| Kay Anderson | University of Western Sydney, Australia |
| Laura Cameron | Queens University, Canada |
| Dan Cockayne | University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Ian Cook | University of Exeter, UK |
| Philip Crang | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Tim Cresswell | Trinity College, USA |
| Julie Cupples | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Michelle Daigle | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Caitlin DeSilvey | University of Exeter, UK |
| J. D. Dewsbury | University of Bristol, UK |
| Mona Domosh | Dartmouth College |
| Michelle Duffy | University of Newcastle, Australia |
| LaToya Eaves | University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA |
| Tim Edensor | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Caroline Faria | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Jennifer Fluri | University of Colorado, USA |
| Leah Gibbs | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Chris Gibson | University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Juan Herrera | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Rachel Hughes | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Scott Kirsch | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Hayden Lorimer | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Antonio Luna | Pompeu Fabra University, Spain |
| Becky Mansfield | Ohio State University, USA |
| Tom Mels | University of Uppsala, Sweden |
| Peter Merriman | Aberystwyth University, UK |
| Katharyne Mitchell | University of Washington, USA |
| Catherine Nash | Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
| Mike Pearson | Aberystwyth University, UK |
| David Pinder | Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
| Margaret Marietta Ramirez | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Paul Robbins | University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
| Mitch Rose | Aberystwyth University, UK |
| Tania Rossetto | University of Padova, Italy |
| Arun Saldanha | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Joan Schwartz | Queen's University, Canada |
| Darius Scott | McGill University, Canada |
| Anna Secor | University of Durham, UK |
| Ola Soederstroem | University of Neuchatel, Switzerland |
| Shanti Sumartojo | Monash University, Australia |
| Brandi Summers | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Deborah Thien | California State University, Long Beach, USA |
| Karen Till | Maynooth University, Ireland |
| Keith Woodward | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| John Wylie | Exeter University, UK |
| Yujie Zhu | Australian National University, Australia |
| Mark Bassin | University of Birmigham, UK |
| Barbara Bender | University College, London, UK |
| Augustin Berque | École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France |
| Peter Bishop | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Stephen Daniels | University of Nottingham, UK |
| Felix Driver | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| James Duncan | University of Cambridge, UK |
| J. Nicholas Entrikin | University of California at Los Angeles, USA |
| Matthew Gandy | University College London, UK |
| Claire Hancock | University of Paris XII - Val de Marne, France |
| Donna Haraway | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Peter Hulme | University of Essex, UK |
| Anthony King | Binghamton University, SUNY, USA |
| David Ley | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| David N Livingstone | Queen's University Belfast, UK |
| Gregg Mitman | University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
| Pramod Parajuli | Portland State University, USA |
| Mary Louise Pratt | Stanford University, USA |
| Laura Pulido | University of Southern California, USA |
| Gillian Rose | University of Oxford, UK |
| Simon Schama | Columbia University, USA |
| Leonid Serebryanny | Russian Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage, Moscow, Russia |
| Jonathan Smith | Texas A & M University, USA |
| Sverker Sorlin | Umea University, Sweden |
| Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Columbia University, USA |
| Keith Thomas | University of Oxford, UK |
| James L. Wescoat Jnr. | University of Illinois, USA |
| Charles Withers | University of Edinburgh |
| Brenda S. A. Yeoh | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/culturalgeog to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/culturalgeog will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere. Please see our guidelines on prior publication and note that cultural geographies may accept submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed for possible publication in the journal. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the journal's author archiving policy. If your paper is accepted, you must include a link on your preprint to the final version of your paper.
If you have any questions about publishing with SAGE, please visit the SAGE Journal Solutions Portal
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical trials
2.8 Reporting guidelines
2.9 Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplemental material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
cultural geographies publishes scholarly research on and theoretical interventions into the cultural dimensions of environment, landscape, space, place and nature.
Before submitting your manuscript to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/culturalgeog, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
cultural geographies welcomes contributions from the growing numbers of scholars and practitioners across the arts, humanities and social and environmental sciences who are interested in these cultural geographies. cultural geographies is particularly committed to the development of interpretative approaches to these issues. It does not restrict its remit to any particular methodological or theoretical orientation, but publishes both scholarly papers and more speculative pieces designed to further understanding and debate.
Papers should not exceed 8,000 words in length, including notes. Longer papers will be considered only under special circumstances.
Enquiries should be addressed to:
Dydia DeLyser
California State University, Fullerton, USA
dydia@Fullerton.edu
Harriet Hawkins
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Harriet.Hawkins@rhul.ac.uk
Anna Secor
Durham University, UK
anna.j.secor@durham.ac.uk
Matthew Wilson
University of Kentucky, USA
matthew.w.wilson@uky.ed
cultural geographies in practice
The cultural geographies in practice section of the journal was launched in 2000 to provide a space for short, engaging, informal and original pieces on creative and often collaborative approaches to cultural geography. It offers a space for critical reflection by academics and non-academics on how practices within the artistic, civic and policy fields inform and relate to the journal's cultural geographic concerns. The section has included academic commentary, pieces by art practitioners, and collaborations between academics, artists and cultural-political groups. The section can also serve as a forum for reflection on academic research as a practical and creative activity.
The broad remit of cultural geographies in practice allows openness to a range of styles and subjects. Only essential references are required and authors are encouraged to experiment with styles of writing and combinations of text and images where appropriate. Pieces are normally between 800 and 2000 words, or of equivalent length.
Prospective contributors should contact one of the editors at the addresses below. We are happy to discuss potential contributions before formal submission.
Caleb Johnston
Newcastle University, UK
caleb.johnston@ncl.ac.uk
Jamie Winders
Syracuse University, USA
jwinders@maxwell.syr.edu
Book Reviews
If you would like to contribute a review to cultural geographies, please feel free to email the book review editors to discuss the title you’d like to review. We accept reviews on titles of interest to contemporary cultural geography, including interdisciplinary titles. In general, we look for reviews on books that are published in the current calendar year, although books published in the previous year can also be reviewed. We also accept review forums and comparative review essays on titles of interest to our readership. Again, please contact us to discuss this. Reviews are generally c.500-600 words in length and are meant to provide concise critical commentaries on a book, rather than an extensive summary of content and themes. For edited collections, reviews can be c.700-750 words and review essays in the region of c.1,000 words. Please see the guidelines for information on formatting.
Sarah A. Moore
University of Wisconsin-Madison
sarah.moore@wisc.edu
Amanda Rogers
Swansea University
a.rogers@swansea.ac.uk
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. SAGE Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
cultural geographies adheres to a rigorous double-anonymize reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.3.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
• Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
• Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
• Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.
Where appropriate, SAGE reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
2.3.2 Writing assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
cultural geographies encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
2.5 Research data
The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the SAGE Research Data policy pages.
Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:
- share your research data in a relevant public data repository
- include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
- cite this data in your research
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
cultural geographies and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Cultural geographies offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information on Open Access publishing options at SAGE please visit SAGE Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. Word templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
All maps, diagrams, figures and graphs should be submitted in the form of completed artwork suitable for reproduction. They should be separate from the typescript (with a list of captions in a separate file)), but their place in the text should be marked.
(i) Line diagrams: No illustration (including caption) will be given more space than the text area of the journal page ie, 204 mm x 144 mm. Figures should ideally be drawn for a reduction of one-third (remember labelling will be reduced too) i.e., 3:2 or 150:100 mm. Where possible, all figures should be drawn for the same reduction.
All lines in a drawing should be of even weight. If tints are required the letraset range is the most suitable. Do not use too fine a tint as this may result in a blotchy appearance after reduction. Lettering should be of graphic design standard, should be of even weight and should follow the usual typographical style.
(ii) Photographs: Photographs do not have to be of a constant reduction. The degree of reduction should, however, be marked on the back, and any areas which are not required should also be marked. The limitations as to size are the same as for line diagrams. The prints should be high-quality glossy prints, showing as much contrast as possible. All costs for reproducing figures in colour must be met by the author.
Tables
Tables should be saved as separate files. Indicate in the margin of the text where the tables should be placed.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. Supplemental files will be subjected to peer-review alongside the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
cultural geographies adheres to the ‘Humane’ reference style. View the cultural geographies reference guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
cultural geographies is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/culturalgeog to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below. You will be asked to enter your title, abstract, and list keywords, to upload your manuscript files (along with any image files, etc.), and to clearly describe the main contributions of your paper.
Book Reviews
If you would like to contribute a review to cultural geographies, please feel free to email the book review editors to discuss the title you’d like to review. We accept reviews on titles of interest to contemporary cultural geography, including interdisciplinary titles. In general, we look for reviews on books that are published in the current calendar year, although books published in the previous year can also be reviewed. We also accept review forums and comparative review essays on titles of interest to our readership. Again, please contact us to discuss this.
Reviews are generally c.500-600 words in length and are meant to provide concise critical commentaries on a book, rather than an extensive summary of content and themes. For edited collections, reviews can be c.700-750 words and review essays in the region of c.1,000 words.
The title of the review should contain the following information in this format:
Book title. By/Edited by [author name]. Location of publisher: Publisher. Year. [Number of pages] pp. Cost in GBP or USD with hardback/paperback specified. ISBN [insert number].
e.g. Power and Progress on the Prairie: Governing People on Rosebud Reservation. By Thomas Biolsi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2018. xxii + 340 pp. $30 paperback. ISBN: 9781517900823.
Please see published reviews for additional examples.
Direct quotations should use single quotation marks, with the page number following in brackets e.g. (p.12)
Please provide your author name at the end of the review, with Department and University underneath e.g.
Amanda Rogers
Department of Geography, Swansea University, UK.
Additional references should use the cultural geographies house style (Humane system).
Any book reviews or books for review should be sent to the one of the book reviews editors Sarah Moore or Amanda Rogers:
Sarah A. Moore
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin-Madison
550 N Park St
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: sarah.moore@wisc.edu
Amanda Rogers
Senior Lecturer in Geography
Swansea University
Swansea SA2 8PP
E-mail: a.rogers@swansea.ac.uk
All submitted book reviews should include details of the author's department and institution.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID IDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID ID you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID ID please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal SAGE Edit or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the cultural geographies editorial office as follows:
Dydia DeLyser
California State University, Fullerton, USA
dydia@Fullerton.edu
Harriet Hawkins
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Harriet.Hawkins@rhul.ac.uk
Anna Secor
Durham University, UK
anna.j.secor@durham.ac.uk
Matthew Wilson
University of Kentucky, USA
matthew.w.wilson@uky.ed