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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
Volume 17, 2010 - Issue 1
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Composing our careers: Susan Hanson's contributions to geography and geographers

Componiendo nuestras carreras: las contribuciones de Susan Hanson a la geografía y los geógrafos

Pages 49-54 | Published online: 16 Feb 2010
 

Abstract

Susan Hanson's career exemplifies the notion that our lives are compositions rather than predictable, linear trajectories. In this essay I argue that Susan's career is an empowering example of a collage of woven-together life experiences, substantive research interests, feminist values and progressive professional practices. I illustrate these ideas through three compositions that I trace throughout Susan's career: networking gender; caring geography; and reproducing geography. Susan's work connects and validates the diverse elements of our lives through her scholarship, her commitment to feminist values and her disciplinary leadership.

La carrera de Susan Hanson ejemplifica la noción que nuestras vidas son composiciones en vez de trayectorias lineales, predecibles. En este ensayo propongo que la carrera de Susan es un ejemplo que empoderador de un collage de entretejidas experiencias de vida, sustantivos intereses de investigación, valores feministas y prácticas profesionales progresistas. Ilustro estas ideas a través de tres composiciones que trazo a través de la carrera de Susan: los sistemas de redes de contactos en el género; la geografía colaborativa; y reproducción de la geografía. El trabajo de Susan conecta y valida los diversos elementos de nuestras vidas a través de su trabajo de investigación, su compromiso con los valores feministas y su liderazgo en la disciplina.

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Marianna Pavlovskaya for organizing both the AAG panels and this set of papers in honor of Susan's contributions to geography. I also thank the editor and referees for their valuable commentary on my paper. All errors are mine.

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