In this episode, we encounter the show’s very first featured geographer. Doreen Massey was a pioneer in her field. She challenged existing ideas about space, place and power, was compassionate, politically active, and hopeful.
She worked mainly at the Centre for Environmental Studies think tank, and at British early-morning TV fans’ beloved Open University – teaching students who didn’t have access to a traditional university education – and also in Nicaragua, Venezuela and South Africa. That work focused on economic geography and the geography of gender, and she spoke eloquently about place or space as “a pincushion of a million stories”. Her list of publications vies in length with her honors and awards – including a pretty impressive total of six honorary degrees.
Our talk is presented by Agata Lisiak, a professor of Migration Studies at Bard College Berlin, and a DLS regular, who has previously talked about Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg.
DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce the episode, and talk a bit about the Open University, an important place for Doreen Massey and many others.
Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, and Acast. You can download the transcript, created by Susan, here.
Show notes:
Here’s Doreen’s home town of Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester.
Massey enjoying various honours – but none of them have the word “empire” in their name.
A selection from her published work
You can read Doreen Massey’s essay “A Global Sense of Place” online or in The Cultural Geography Reader.
Or why not watch her on video, talking here about London.
You can find Agata’s podcast series on Doreen Massey, Spatial Delight, wherever you like to listen, and also here, where there are additional features.
And if you’re in Berlin, you too can attend the regular Think & Drink Colloquium at the Humboldt University.
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