Military Geography

Abstract

Military geography explores how militarism and military activities are both geographically constituted and expressed, seeing these as the outcome of social relations and political contestation. Military geography focuses on the spatialities of military power at a range of scales. It is attentive to the effects of military power and activities in places, and is concerned with the environmental impacts of military practices, both materially and discursively. Military geography also explores the ways in which landscapes are reproduced, represented, and experienced as a consequence of military activities and perspectives.

Færøernes militærgeografiske betydning for USA og NATO

“…Skal man se på det militaere rationale bag at placere saerlige militaere installationer på Faerøerne, kan man anvende en militaergeografisk forståelsesramme. Militaergeografi drejer sig om, hvordan geografiske faktorer påvirker militaere handlemuligheder og strategier, og hvordan man militaert ser disse muligheder (Woodward, 2016). Militaergeografi har traditionelt handlet om terraen og taktik; bogstaveligt talt om slagmarken (Woodward, 2016, s. 2-3).…”