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Abstract
We discuss Susan Hanson's contributions to geography during the 1970s and 1980s through the lens of quotidian geographies, geographies of the everyday. Beginning from our own experiences as graduate students and new faculty members, we describe the social and theoretical context in which Susan published her initial studies of men's and women's activity patterns that examined gender differences in travel behavior and their origins in men's and women's different household responsibilities. We also review her success peopling the discipline of geography. We conclude that human geography has benefited from the incorporation of feminist theory and methods as Susan predicted.
Abordamos las contribuciones de Susan Hanson a la geografía durante los años 70 y 80 a través de una óptica de geografías cotidianas, geografías de todos los días. Comenzando por nuestras propias experiencias como estudiantes de postgrado y como nuevos profesores universitarios, describimos el contexto social y teórico en el que Susan publicó sus estudios iniciales de los patrones de actividad de hombres y mujeres que examinaron las diferencias de género en el comportamiento de viaje, y sus orígenes en las diferentes responsabilidades hogareñas de hombres y mujeres. También repasamos su éxito poblando la disciplina de la geografía. Concluimos que la geografía humana se ha beneficiado de la incorporación de la teoría y métodos feministas tal como predijo Susan.
Acknowledgements
We want to thank Marianna Pavlovskaya for the invitation to participate in the special sessions celebrating the work of Susan Hanson at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, 2008 and for her helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper.
Notes
1. For a spirited response to Duncan and Ley (1982), see Fincher and Chouinard (Citation1983).