Exploring the boundaries of biography: the family and friendship networks of Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India 1898–1905

Thomas, Nicola

doi:10.1016/s0305-7488(03)00047-1

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“…In the case of geography, that involves ‘analysing the relationship between individuals’ continually reconstituted subjectivity, the places in which they dwell, and the spaces through which they move’ (Lester , 1470). In light of calls within the discipline to write ‘life geographies’ (Daniels and Nash , 450) and to ‘cast biography in geographical terms’ (Thomas , 498), historical geographers have recently published a diverse array of biographical scholarship, thoughtfully documented in Cheryl McGeachan's () recent progress report. Much of this has developed in novel and experimental ways, ranging from more‐than‐human geographies (Forsyth ) and medical histories (Moore ) to the role of local lives in the production of geographical knowledge (Matless and Cameron ).…”

Section: Biography ‘Like a Levee’mentioning

confidence: 99%

On absence and abundance: biography as method in archival research

Hodder

2017

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Geographical scholarship has rightly problematised the act of archival research, showing how the practice of archiving is not only concerned with how a society collectively remembers, but also forgets. As such, the dominant motif for discussing historical methods in geography has been through the lens of absence: the archive is a space of ‘traces’, ‘fragments’ and ‘ghosts’. In this paper I suggest that the focus on incompleteness and partiality, while true, may also belie what many geographers working in archives find their greatest difficulty: an overwhelming volume of source materials. I reflect on my own research experiences in the pacifist archive to suggest that the growing scale and scope of many collections, along with the taxing research demands of transnational perspectives, pose immediate practical challenges for geographers characterised as much by abundance as by absence. In the second half of the paper, drawing on recent scholarship in history and geography, I argue that the method of biography offers one possible strategy for navigating archival abundance, allowing geographers to tell stories that are wider, deeper and more revealingly complex within the existing time and financial constraints of humanities research.

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Section: Biography ‘Like a Levee’mentioning

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On absence and abundance: biography as method in archival research

Hodder

2017

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“…From our vantage point a few years later, it would seem that Johnston's fears were unfounded. Within the past half decade or so, there has been a ‘biographical’ turn in histories of geography (Withers 2006b; Thomas 2004). 4…”

Section: Remembering Geographies – Biographies Of Small Storiesmentioning

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Becoming a geographical scientist: oral histories of Arctic fieldwork

Powell¹

2008

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper examines the development of a geographical sensibility amongst field scientists involved in the Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) during the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is achieved by using oral histories collected from scientists and other field personnel. These oral testimonies reveal a number of important issues for historians of geography. These include the interrelation of scientific practices in the field and the association of an interdisciplinary stance towards Arctic science with a particular understanding of geographical identity. It appears that the community of actors taking vocational and professional meaning from the practice of geography is much larger than is usually considered to be the case. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for debates about disciplinary identity and belonging in geography.

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“…Daniels and Nash (2004) use the spatial analytic of a 'lifepath' to arrange a series of geographical articles on biography: covering oral history (Short, 2004), marrying in to a cult of personality (Thomas, 2004) and the piecemeal or fragmentary (White, 2004). Seasoned cycles of knowledgeable practice producing a working landscape and giving expression to versions of moral order or local passion are variously considered by Setten (2004), Grasseni (2004) and Lee (2007).…”

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Cultural geography: worldly shapes, differently arranged

Lorimer

2007

Progress in Human Geography

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Exploring the boundaries of biography: the family and friendship networks of Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India 1898–1905

Cited by 23 publications

References 19 publications

On absence and abundance: biography as method in archival research

On absence and abundance: biography as method in archival research

Becoming a geographical scientist: oral histories of Arctic fieldwork

Cultural geography: worldly shapes, differently arranged

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