Chemical Geographies

Abstract

The following are a series of essays that originated from panel on Chemical Geographies at the American Association of Geographers meeting in 2016. Although the essays explore different topics, collectively they call into question the relationship of geographic scholarship to chemistry.

以下是源自于2016年美国地理学家年会的化学地理学论坛的一系列文集。尽管这些论文探讨不同的主题，他们共同质问地理学术之于化学的关系。

Los que se incluyen enseguida son una serie de ensayos que se originaron en un panel sobre Geografías Químicas en la reunión de la Asociación Americana de Geógrafos de 2016. Aunque los ensayos exploran diferentes tópicos, colectivamente ponen su atención sobre la relación de la erudición geográfica con la química.

Key Words:

• chemistry
• ecology
• environment

• 化学
• 生态
• 环境

• química
• ecología
• medio ambiente

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Notes on contributors

Adam M. Romero

ADAM M. ROMERO is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA 98011-8246. E-mail: [email protected]. His current book project explores the role of industrial waste in the chemicalization of U.S. agriculture.

Julie Guthman

JULIE GUTHMAN is a Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California–Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. E-mail: [email protected]. She has published extensively on contemporary efforts to transform food production, distribution, and consumption, with a particular focus on the race, class, and body politics of “alternative food.” Her latest research has examined the effects of the methyl bromide phase-out on California’s strawberry industry.

Ryan E. Galt

RYAN E. GALT is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology and MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair in Global Conservation and Sustainability at the University of California–Davis, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: [email protected]. His research examines governance and power in agrifood systems at a variety of scales, and has focused on the specific topics of pesticide use in Costa Rican agriculture, community supported agriculture in California, critical adult food systems education, and just and sustainable cacao-chocolate commodity chains.

Matt Huber

MATT HUBER is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244. E-mail: [email protected]. He is the author of several articles on the intersection of energy and the political economy of capitalism.

Becky Mansfield

BECKY MANSFIELD is a Professor in the Department of Geography at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. E-mail: [email protected]. Her research is on political ecology of environmental health and the body.

Suzana Sawyer

SUZANA SAWYER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California–Davis, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: [email protected]. Her work grapples with controversies inherent in resource extraction, primarily oil. Recently she was awarded an ACLS Fellowship to complete her current book project exploring a long-standing lawsuit over hydrocarbon contamination.