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Archives are not straightforward repositories of history. Instead, they authorize which stories are remembered. In this article we apply the insights of cultural geographers and other influential scholars of archives to analyze the political dimensions of archiving activist histories. A small group of antiprison activists produced a personal archive during the 1990s and 2000s documenting brutality behind bars and efforts to dismantle solitary confinement in California prisons. After being deemed too dangerous to be opened to the public by university archivists, and without a permanent home, the papers were at risk of being lost to history. By presenting our work building this archive, we analyze the limitations of institutional libraries and the vital role played by individuals and independent institutions willing to preserve dangerous papers, and we show how preserving histories of state violence and opposition can become a deeply personal and risky endeavor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The articles in this section come from the 2020 Nystrom Competition. Applicants who wish to participate in the competition submit papers to the AAG's Nystrom Award Review Committee. [Extracted from the article]

The article in this section comes from the 2018 Nystrom Competition. The competition, sponsored by a fund established by J. Warren Nystrom, Executive Director of the AAG from 1966 to 1979, awards annual prizes for papers based on recent dissertations in geography. Applicants who wish to participate in the competition submit papers to the AAG's Nystrom Award Review Committee. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the 2017 Nystrom Competition which awards annual prizes for papers based on recent dissertations in geography and also mentions criteria for participation.

The article offers information on the Nystrom Competition of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) featuring papers based on dissertations in geography.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses the 2015 Nystrom Competition for dissertations on geography, administered by the American Association of Geographers (AGG).

The article offers information on the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2012 Nystrom Competition. It notes that the competition awards papers based on dissertations in geography written by persons who have received their doctorates and were AAG members. It also cites that papers of finalists of the competition were judged by criteria including originality of ideas, clarity and effectiveness of the written paper, and quality and effectiveness of the oral presentation.

The article presents information on the papers presented at the 1985 President's session of the Association of American Geographers was held in Detroit, Michigan. The papers were highly varied in approach, content and scale. They range in scale from a concern for improvements in the local community, to a concern with the general issue of housing in American society, to a broad critique of the political economic system within which housing and all other urban-economic problems devolve. Each paper contains insights concerning the usefulness of geographic knowledge about urban structure and change

The article highlights the AAG 2005 Nystrom Competition awarded to the paper titled "Geomorphic Controls of Spatial Pattern and Process at Alpine Treeline," by Lynn Resler. The paper was judged based on originality of ideas and potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge in particular subfields of the discipline, clarity and its effectiveness.

Presents the papers from the 2003 Nystrom Competition, sponsored by a fund established by the executive director of the Association of American Geographers from 1966 to 1979, J. Warren Nystrom. Restrictions of the competition; Stages of the event; Invitation of the presenters to submit their papers for publication in the journal, "The Professional Geographer."

The article offers information regarding the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2006 Nystrom Competition, a competition sponsored by a fund established by J. Warren Nystrom. This competition awards prized for papers based on dissertations in geography. The processes involved in the competition are discussed.

Introduces a section which contains AAG 2002 Nystrom Competition papers. Details of the competition; Selection of winners, namely ``This Land is Ours Now: Social Movement Formation and the Struggle for Land in Brazil,?? by Windy W. Wolford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and ``Land Fires in Indonesia--Causes: A GISEconometrics Analysis of Satellite and Land-Use Data,?? by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The article presents information on the 2013 Nystrom Competition organized by the journal.

The article offers information on the 2009 Nystrom Competition sponsored by the fund established by Association of American Geographers (AAG) executive director J. Warren Nystrom. It states that the competition involves participants who have received their doctorates within the previous three years as AAG members. Furthermore, it says that the papers submitted by applicants are judged by the Nystrom Award Review Committee of the AAG.

The article offers information on the 2008 Nystrom Competition sponsored by J. Warren Nystrom, executive director of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). The competition awards papers based on recent dissertations in geography that is limited to individuals who have taken their doctorates and members of the AAG. The Nystrom Award Review Committee judged meritorious for presentation in special sessions to the advancement of quality and effectiveness of the oral presentation.

Editorial. Focuses on the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 1996 Nystrom competition. How the competition was supported; Awards for papers based on dissertations in geography; What were the requirements for the competition; Description of the competition.

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An introduction to a series of articles based on dissertation in geography from the 2010 Nystrom Competition which is funded by 1966-1979 Association of American Geographers (AAG) executive director J. Warren Nystrom.

A preface for the 2008 issue of the journal "The Professional Geographer" is presented.

The article discusses the manuscript review process and advice to prospective authors. The author, Stanley D. Brunn, believes one of the most important determinants of a manuscript being published is sending it to the appropriate journal. Seasoned authors and senior faculty with lengthy publications in many journals over a span of two decades readily acknowledge the importance of selecting the best journal for their research. There are a number of criteria an editor will ask reviewers to use in evaluating a paper for possible publication in a refereed journal.

The academic conference, a site of possible changes in professional knowledge and hierarchy, is an area of academic life rarely studied. Through three main concerns this article illuminates this point for the first time with respect to the status of women and gender research at the last thirty-two annual meetings of the Israeli Geographical Society. First, although men still present the majority of the conference papers, women have increased their share and now constitute one-third of all active participants. Second, women's appearance as chairs of sessions and keynote speakers is significantly lower in proportion to their overall participation in the conference, and they are consistently more involved in its less prestigious aspects. Third, the production of geographic knowledge as reflected in conference papers is gendered, but its pattern differs from that in academia in general. The findings reveal a new facet of the gendered construction of academic life in general, and of Israeli geography in particular, and offer new avenues to revealing the impact of social exclusion on academia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examined long-term effects of using navigation tools on wayfinding and spatial orientation, through a survey analysis of the experience of using navigation tools and spatial aptitudes, and a behavioral experiment of real-world navigation. Experience of tool use was measured in terms of regular use (time length and frequency) and accumulated experience (time length multiplied by frequency). The survey analysis showed that frequent users of pedestrian navigation systems tended to be low on sense of direction and mental rotation. In contrast, longtime users of maps tended to be high on sense of direction and favor survey navigation strategies. The behavioral experiment showed that people who had more accumulated experience of using in-car navigation systems traveled less efficiently and learned the configurations of traveled routes less accurately with a mobile tool and a paper map. The analysis of long-term effects through structural equation modeling showed that spatial aptitudes and accumulated experience of tool use independently affect wayfinding and spatial orientation and that the negative effects of accumulated experience were larger than the positive effects of spatial aptitudes. The results and implications are discussed in relation to existing studies of short-term effects and spatial thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recreational geography has taken its place as a major subdivision within the discipline. This generalization is supported by historical evidence, recognition by professional organizations, manuscripts published in geography and interdisciplinary journals, papers presented at AAG meetings, and the application of research findings to practical problems Although recreational geography has reached a quantitative maturity based on volume, it has not attained a qualitative state of development founded on conceptual or theoretical advances. Finally, the subdiscipline is beset by many of the same problems that plague the mother discipline lack of methodological and philosophical consensus, a general paradigm, and a strong, positive public image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the theory and practice of cognitive mapping research. Interpretation of cognitive mapping; Development of cognitive mapping; Lists of papers presented during the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Forth Worth, Texas.

This article presents information on several conferences on geography, held in 1985. It is reported that the "National Speleological Society Annual Meeting" was held during June 23-29 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Society is involved in the exploration and mapping of caves and furthering research in cave and karst science. This convention was attended by nearly 1,000 people who participated in five days of papers, nine mini-courses, sixteen workshops, and several field trips. The "Ninth World Forestry Congress," reportedly, was held during July 1-10 in Mexico City. The Congress was organized under the auspices of the Mexican Covernment through its Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources and with collaboration of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Delegates representing forestry and agricultural government agencies, private industry, research and teaching, and international organizations participated in paper sessions and field trips. The topic of this convention was "Forestry Resources in the Integral Development of Society." The article further reports that the "Twenty-first Annual American Water Resources Association Conference and Symposium" was held during August 11-16 in Tucson, Arizona. The conference theme was "Water Demand: Sharing a Limited Resource" and the symposium theme "Groundwater Contamination and Reclamation."