Negative Geographies

This is the first edited volume to ask what follows when negativity becomes the object of study in contemporary cultural geography. Its contributors weigh the political, conceptual, and ethical implications of taking the negative seriously as a problem for the field.

Drawing on a range of case studies and empirical investigations, the chapters examine how forms of negation such as annihilation, gaps, ruptures, and tears can operate within the terms of affirmationism or push against them. Beyond testing these ideas, the collection suggests new routes for reframing core questions in cultural geography and considers whether, and how, negation can be thought, theorized, and demonstrated in practice.