{"title":"Colonizing Kashmir: State‐building under Indian Occupation. HafsaKanjwal. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA, 2023, pp. 384. ISBN 978‐1‐503‐63603‐3 (pbk).","authors":"Duncan McDuie‐Ra","doi":"10.1111/sjtg.12537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47000,"journal":{"name":"Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140032895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush. Michael B.Dwyer. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, USA, 2022, pp. xv + 230. ISBN 978‐0‐295‐75049‐1 (pbk).","authors":"Christian C. Lentz","doi":"10.1111/sjtg.12536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47000,"journal":{"name":"Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140002513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christoph Neger, Claudia María Monzón-Alvarado, Louise Guibrunet
Fire is a highly relevant governance challenge in the tropics: altered fire regimes, among other phenomena, threaten the persistence of various ecosystems. Fire is also widely used by smallholders. Yet, wildfires can put people's livelihoods in danger through direct damages and by impoverishing ecosystem services. Conventional approaches have sought to suppress any type of fire in the landscape. However, since the late twentieth century, researchers and practitioners have recognized the benefits of strategic fire use and, in some cases, of local fire use traditions. In many tropical areas, the coexistence and interaction of the conventional (‘suppression-only’) approach, integrated approaches, and communities’ traditional ways of using fire, create a complex network of actors with different interests and outlooks. The ways these actors make decisions and interact can be summed up under the notion of fire governance. There is a growing body of literature dealing with this kind of situations, although they do not always mention the term governance. This paper thematically analyses 38 studies in this field, showing that research has been scattered and often addresses the issue partially, leaving out key aspects of environmental governance. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes a more connected and holistic research agenda.
{"title":"Fire governance research in the tropics: A configurative review and outline of a research agenda","authors":"Christoph Neger, Claudia María Monzón-Alvarado, Louise Guibrunet","doi":"10.1111/sjtg.12534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12534","url":null,"abstract":"Fire is a highly relevant governance challenge in the tropics: altered fire regimes, among other phenomena, threaten the persistence of various ecosystems. Fire is also widely used by smallholders. Yet, wildfires can put people's livelihoods in danger through direct damages and by impoverishing ecosystem services. Conventional approaches have sought to suppress any type of fire in the landscape. However, since the late twentieth century, researchers and practitioners have recognized the benefits of strategic fire use and, in some cases, of local fire use traditions. In many tropical areas, the coexistence and interaction of the conventional (‘suppression-only’) approach, integrated approaches, and communities’ traditional ways of using fire, create a complex network of actors with different interests and outlooks. The ways these actors make decisions and interact can be summed up under the notion of fire governance. There is a growing body of literature dealing with this kind of situations, although they do not always mention the term governance. This paper thematically analyses 38 studies in this field, showing that research has been scattered and often addresses the issue partially, leaving out key aspects of environmental governance. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes a more connected and holistic research agenda.","PeriodicalId":47000,"journal":{"name":"Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography","volume":"192 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139926881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoshi Abe, Tod Jones, Piotr Niewiadomski, Thor Kerr
The Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG) framework contributes to the study of tourism destination evolution by focusing on the various circumstances and events through which tourism destinations develop over long periods of time. Our research objective is to investigate how players in tourism destinations shape development pathways when they face stagnant or lock-in situations. Applying the concepts of path dependence and path creation, we explain how path shaping mechanisms such as bricolage (the process of combining available resources to create innovative outcomes) and breakthrough (a process where actors attempt to generate dramatic outcomes to deviate from existing pathways) occur using two destinations in the two regencies of the Toraja region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, as a case study. Understanding cultural tourism destination pathways requires frameworks capable of interrogating ethno-political structures and histories and assessing how they influence developmental pathways that generate regional transformations. Our investigation indicates: strong path dependence in tourism, due to cultural, political, and economic conditions, inhibits breakthrough development; that the strength of path dependence at a regional level strongly influences the path shaping processes at the firm level; and that a breakthrough developmental process in tourism does not exclude bricolage.
{"title":"Bricolage or breakthrough? Entrepreneurial responses to tourism development in a regional tourism destination","authors":"Yoshi Abe, Tod Jones, Piotr Niewiadomski, Thor Kerr","doi":"10.1111/sjtg.12532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12532","url":null,"abstract":"The Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG) framework contributes to the study of tourism destination evolution by focusing on the various circumstances and events through which tourism destinations develop over long periods of time. Our research objective is to investigate how players in tourism destinations shape development pathways when they face stagnant or lock-in situations. Applying the concepts of path dependence and path creation, we explain how path shaping mechanisms such as bricolage (the process of combining available resources to create innovative outcomes) and breakthrough (a process where actors attempt to generate dramatic outcomes to deviate from existing pathways) occur using two destinations in the two regencies of the Toraja region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, as a case study. Understanding cultural tourism destination pathways requires frameworks capable of interrogating ethno-political structures and histories and assessing how they influence developmental pathways that generate regional transformations. Our investigation indicates: strong path dependence in tourism, due to cultural, political, and economic conditions, inhibits breakthrough development; that the strength of path dependence at a regional level strongly influences the path shaping processes at the firm level; and that a breakthrough developmental process in tourism does not exclude bricolage.","PeriodicalId":47000,"journal":{"name":"Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139927133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper brings together three parallel strands of work—Black Geographies, geographies of Caribbean creative practice, and quantum geographies. The paper begins by considering static linear spacetimes as colonial spacetimes, and draws on Michelle Wright's critique of Middle Passage epistemologies, from Black Studies, to elaborate on this. It then moves through a number of ways in which, over the last couple of decades, I have drawn together insights from Wilson Harris and Karen Barad to explore how quantum mechanics can facilitate a conversation about uncertainty, connectedness, entanglement and the liveliness of always already climate-changed landscapes in relation to Black embodiment. In pushing briefly into string theory, the paper ends with the possibility of connecting spirituality with materialities, to push towards more politically attuned forms of emancipation.
{"title":"Quantum Black creative geographies: embodiment, coherence and transcendence in a time of climate crisis†","authors":"Patricia Noxolo","doi":"10.1111/sjtg.12531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12531","url":null,"abstract":"This paper brings together three parallel strands of work—Black Geographies, geographies of Caribbean creative practice, and quantum geographies. The paper begins by considering static linear spacetimes as colonial spacetimes, and draws on Michelle Wright's critique of Middle Passage epistemologies, from Black Studies, to elaborate on this. It then moves through a number of ways in which, over the last couple of decades, I have drawn together insights from Wilson Harris and Karen Barad to explore how quantum mechanics can facilitate a conversation about uncertainty, connectedness, entanglement and the liveliness of always already climate-changed landscapes in relation to Black embodiment. In pushing briefly into string theory, the paper ends with the possibility of connecting spirituality with materialities, to push towards more politically attuned forms of emancipation.","PeriodicalId":47000,"journal":{"name":"Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography","volume":"169 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139926875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Subham Roy, Suranjan Majumder, Arghadeep Bose, Indrajit Roy Chowdhury
Darjeeling, renowned as the ‘Queen of the Himalayas’, is one of the high-altitude towns in India, distinguished by its exceptional topography and picturesque landscape. Given the challenges posed by limited land availability, susceptibility to natural hazards, and the need for context-specific housing interventions in such hilly terrains, understanding housing conditions becomes paramount. Thus, this research explores the spatial patterns and heterogeneity of urban housing wellness in Darjeeling's hilly urban centre. A comprehensive assessment was conducted utilizing 15 key indicators. Three principal indices were formulated: Residence Quality, Residence Essential Services, and Residence Asset & Possession, culminating in the Urban Housing Wellness Index (UHWI). The index construction employed the Geographically Weighted Principle Component Analysis (GWPCA) technique. In further analysis, Univariate Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) were used to determine clustering and spatial dependence, while Moran's I was utilized to gauge the spatial autocorrelation of housing conditions. A notable clustering pattern and spatial autocorrelation was observed in the urban housing wellness of the study area. The present study offers novel insights into the intricate dynamics of housing conditions in unique hilly terrains.
大吉岭被誉为 "喜马拉雅山的皇后"，是印度的高海拔城镇之一，以其独特的地形和如画的风景而闻名。由于土地有限、易受自然灾害影响，以及需要在这种丘陵地带根据具体情况采取住房干预措施，因此了解住房条件变得至关重要。因此，本研究探讨了大吉岭丘陵城市中心的空间模式和城市住房的异质性。研究利用 15 个关键指标进行了全面评估。制定了三个主要指数：住宅质量、住宅基本服务和住宅资产与占有，最终得出城市住房健康指数（UHWI）。指数构建采用了地理加权主成分分析（GWPCA）技术。在进一步分析中，使用了单变量地方空间关联指标（LISA）来确定聚类和空间依赖性，同时使用莫兰 I 来衡量住房条件的空间自相关性。在研究区域的城市住房健康状况中观察到了明显的聚类模式和空间自相关性。本研究为了解独特丘陵地带住房条件的复杂动态提供了新的视角。
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This study analyses the trends of changing climatic elements in the hydrological regime of the Indian Himalayan Region with specific focus on Agro-ecological zone II & III of Himachal Pradesh for the period of 1901−2021. The upper, middle, and lower catchment areas of Sutlej River Basin were studied to reveal regional trends in climatic parameters. The Mann-Kendall test and Sen Slope analysis were used to estimate annual and seasonal trends and their magnitude. The results showed a significant decreasing trend in the lower catchment area, with a break point year estimated to be 1953 for the entire basin. Two blocks of analysis, 1901−1953 and 1954−2021, showed significant variations. Annual rainfall data revealed a statistically significant decreasing trend at different stations. The lower catchment area received a significant increase in rainfall compared to higher altitude stations. In terms of seasonal variation, the pre-monsoon season showed a significant decrease, while the entire basin recorded a significant increase in average monthly temperature. The study concludes by generating future time series predictions using an ANN model for the period of 2022−2050. Overall, the study's findings indicate a significant change in climatic variables with signs of increasing monthly temperatures and decreasing annual rainfall.
本研究分析了 1901-2021 年期间印度喜马拉雅地区水文系统中气候要素的变化趋势，重点关注喜马偕尔邦农业生态区 II & III。研究了苏特莱杰河流域的上、中、下游集水区，以揭示气候参数的区域趋势。采用 Mann-Kendall 检验法和 Sen Slope 分析法来估计年度和季节趋势及其幅度。结果表明，下游集水区的气候呈明显下降趋势，整个流域的断点年份估计为 1953 年。1901-1953 年和 1954-2021 年这两个分析区块显示出显著变化。年降雨量数据显示，不同站点的降雨量在统计上呈显著下降趋势。与海拔较高的站点相比，低纬度集水区的降雨量明显增加。在季节变化方面，季风季节前的降雨量明显减少，而整个流域的月平均气温则明显上升。研究最后利用一个方差网络模型对 2022-2050 年期间的未来时间序列进行了预测。总体而言，研究结果表明气候变量发生了显著变化，出现了月气温上升和年降雨量下降的迹象。
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James D. Sidaway, TC Chang, Chen-Chieh Feng, Xi Xi Lu, Godfrey Yeung
<p>Since 2013, the <i>Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography</i> awards annual prizes (each of whose authors receive USD 1000—shared in the case of co-authorship) for the best paper by a graduate student (where the lead author is a graduate student) and the best overall paper. Members of the journal's wider Editorial Board, who independently read papers short-listed by us, the editors, made the final selection of the winning papers. We are pleased to announce the winners (and runners up) of the 2023 awards are: </p><div> <div tabindex="0"> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Best graduate student paper</th> <th>Best overall paper</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Winning paper</td> <td><p>Framing China's tropics: Thermal techno-politics of socialist tropical architecture in Africa (1960s − 1980s)</p> <p><b>Zhijian Sun</b></p> </td> <td><p>Unbracketing the multiplicity of trauma in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo</p> <p><b>Stephen Taylor, Laurent Mavinga and Moise Bashiga</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other shortlisted papers</td> <td><p>The ebb and flow of capital in Indonesian coastal production systems</p> <p><b>Yunie N. Rahmat and Jeff Neilson</b></p> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><p>Letting failure be: COVID-19, PhD fieldwork and to not (want to) learn from failures</p> <p><b>Chayanika Saxena</b></p> </td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div></div> </div> <p></p> <div>As per last year (see Sidaway <i>et al</i>., <span>2023</span>), the award-winning paper with a graduate student author cuts across environmental and human geographies, whist developing an original case study of tropical architecture, a theme that also featured in a special issue of the <i>SJTG</i> over a decade ago (Chee <i>et al</i>., <span>2011</span>). In turn, ‘tropical architecture’ connects with the journal's long-standing concerns with actions, boundaries, discourses and visons of tropicality (Driver & Yeoh, <span>2000</span>; Sidaway <i>et al</i>., <span>2018</span>). The prize-winning paper, by NUS Department of Architecture doctoral student, Zhijian Sun (<span>2023</span>: 51): <blockquote><p>examines how the techno-politics of China and the Soviet-bloc's socialist tropical architecture differently reconfigured thermal exchanges between the environment, human body and a series of other multi-scalar things in Africa during the 1960s−1980s.</p> <div></div> </blockquote> </div> <div>Focused on the decades after the Sino-Soviet split of 1961 yielded what Jeremy Friedman (<span>2015</span>) termed a <i>Shadow Cold War</i>, Sun's paper speaks also to contemporary debates about climate change, architectural design air-conditioning and welfare (themes considered too in the paper by Rituraj Neog, <span>2024</span>, in this issue). Hence Sun (<span>2023</span>: 534) concludes by asking: <blockquote><p>how did the narrow understandings of thermal comfort become so globally dominant? How did their underlying techno-politics and thermal
自 2013 年起，《新加坡热带地理学报》每年都会为最佳研究生论文（第一作者为研究生）和最佳综合论文颁奖（每位作者可获得 1000 美元，如为共同作者，则每位作者可获得 1000 美元）。期刊编辑委员会成员独立阅读了我们编辑入围的论文后，最终评选出了获奖论文。我们很高兴地宣布 2023 年度获奖者（和亚军）名单如下：类别最佳研究生论文最佳综合论文获奖论文Framing China's tropics：其他入围论文印度尼西亚沿海生产系统中的资本起伏Yunie N. Rahmat 和 Jeff Neilson让失败成为可能：COVID-19, PhD fieldwork and to not (want to) learn from failuresChayanika Saxena与去年一样（见 Sidaway et al.反过来，"热带建筑 "也与该期刊长期关注的热带地区的行动、边界、话语和愿景有关（Driver & Yeoh, 2000; Sidaway et al.）获奖论文由新加坡国立大学建筑系博士生孙志坚撰写（2023: 51）：研究了 20 世纪 60-80 年代，中国的技术政治与苏联集团的社会主义热带建筑如何以不同方式重构了非洲环境、人体和一系列其他多尺度事物之间的热交换。孙的论文聚焦于 1961 年中苏分裂后的几十年，即杰里米-弗里德曼（Jeremy Friedman，2015 年）所说的 "影子冷战"（Shadow Cold War），同时也谈到了当代关于气候变化、建筑设计空调和福利的争论（本期 Rituraj Neog（2024 年）的论文也讨论了这些主题）。因此，Sun（2023: 534）最后问道：对热舒适的狭隘理解是如何在全球范围内占据主导地位的？其背后的技术政治学和热物质文化是如何共同构成并相互转化的？Chayanika Saxena（2023 年）的论文强调了 COVID-19 大流行对其博士研究计划的破坏性影响、相应的焦虑以及她在面对挑战时制定的策略。这篇论文虽然是个人的叙述，但却为所有在逆境中开展实地工作的人提供了借鉴。另一篇入围论文由尤尼-拉赫马特（Yunie N. Rahmat）和杰夫-尼尔松（Jeff Neilson）（2023 年）撰写，该论文利用多种经验来源（国家数据辅以现场调查）研究了不断变化的商业关系，将农业转型中的相关辩论扩展到印度尼西亚的渔业和沿海社区。获得 2023 年度最佳论文奖的两位作者（洛朗-马文加和莫伊兹-巴什加）和另一位作者（斯蒂芬-泰勒）分别来自刚果民主共和国东部基伍湖畔的戈马和东伦敦。这项合作通过广泛的人种学实地调查，对刚果东部长期冲突及随之而来的死亡和流离失所的背景进行了描述：人们是如何经历多重创伤的，并将创伤地理学的见解与全球心理健康学术研究相结合，后者迄今为止一直关注创伤是如何编码、识别和处理的（Taylor et al.值得注意的是，特别是在美国越南战争之后，创伤后应激障碍开始在医学和相关论述中被引用。正如泰勒等人（2023: 342）所指出的：创伤后应激障碍作为话语和实践的纽带，为美国越战归来的退伍军人开脱罪责，为他们在冲突残酷影响下的疏离感提供了医学合法性。然而，由于退伍军人中创伤后应激障碍的流行病学特征各不相同，人们对该病症的看法也截然不同，认为它是一种边缘化、无处不在甚至相互矛盾的病症。与此相反，泰勒、马文加和巴希格试图从刚果东部平民和当地人对创伤的理解和经历中汲取经验。因此，他们的论文通过对创伤多重性的脚踏实地的描述，为进一步的研究和批判性分析提出了重要的方向，超越了西方的主流框架。
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Mark Griffiths, Sarah Hughes, Olivia Mason, Aya Nassar, Nicole Printy Currie
<p>Mindful that the <i>Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography</i> (SJTG) has previously declared that ‘the <i>SJTG</i> hopes to publish more scholarship on the past, present and future geographies of decolonization and the decolonization of geography. We encourage submissions…that advance these agendas.’ (Sidaway <i>et al</i>., <span>2021</span>: 6) we hope that the <i>SJTG</i> will publish this open letter, as a public and permanent record.</p> <p>During the first week of Israel's war on Gaza, the Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) took the decision to cancel its hosting of a Palestinian literary event. ‘Nakba – A Century of Resistance and Solidarity’ had been due to take place on 27 October 2023 as part of the 10th edition of Palfest, an annual event that celebrates Palestinian culture and ‘the creation of language and ideas for combating colonialism in the 21st century’. Thankfully, Palfest organizers were able to find an alternative venue at short notice, but the Society's decision has not gone unnoticed. It came at a time when calls for an end to Israeli occupation (or even for a ceasefire) faced censorship in many corners of academia<sup>1</sup> and official political discourses in the UK, where the RGS-IBG is based, were skewed such that to stand with Israel has become the terrifying norm, at whatever cost to Palestinians. It was in this context, on 13 October, as Israel's war crimes in Gaza were evident (including censure from the United Nations Secretary General), that the RGS-IBG informed PalFest that this was not the time to talk about Palestine. The Society refused to host the event.</p> <p>The geographical community responded with critical force. Following discussions on social media and a list serve (the critical geography forum, which is archived at crit-geog-forum@jiscmail.ac.uk), and a letter to the Society bearing nearly 500 signatures, an official response came. The RGS-IBG issued a press statement on 27 October; the decision was not taken ‘lightly or hastily’ but was based on an assessment of risk. The statement did not, we note, use the word ‘Palestine’ once. In a subsequent videocall with the RGS-IBG, we were left unconvinced by the account of the cancellation as one based on risk, especially as the Society has the experience to receive all kinds of high-profile audiences at Lowther Lodge in Kensington. If the security detail of a royal visitor can be accommodated, then why not a discussion about literature and Palestine? Why is one of our most important professional bodies marginalizing a colonized population? These are questions at the centre of a letter we co-authored that was signed by almost 500 members of the geography community and delivered to the Society on 7 November. We took it as a sign of productive engagement that the RGS responded just two days later with a letter that apologized for not either moving the event online or making it invitation-only. The response also expressed a commitment ‘to convene an open
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In considering how knowledge reproduces the dynamics of coloniality in Geography, scholars have looked beyond the Global North and Global South as cartographical sites, instead seeing them as conceptual frameworks and epistemic positions. Building on this rich work, we draw attention to specific issues obscured within it. Whilst geographical scholarship has moved to recognizing how the Global North and South bleed into each other, it frequently continues to locate scholars themselves within specific territories, labelling them of the Global North or of the Global South, thereby re-territorializing scholars and their work and reflecting and revealing processes of racialization within the academy.
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