For a new weird geography

Turnbull, Jonathon; Platt, Ben; Searle, Adam

Abstract

The contemporary ecological condition is one of ‘global weirding’, a term coined to describe both anthropogenically changed worlds and the experience of dwelling within them. In this paper, we foreground New Weird fiction as a progressive literary style, distinct from its problematic roots, with conceptual import to human geography. Through attention to the New Weird’s treatment of difference, dis/orientation and ecological relation, these texts provoke geographers to foster a speculative ethics suited to a weirding world. In suggesting this ethical approach, this paper contributes to emerging debates in geography concerning ambivalence, disorientation and affirmation/negation.

Citation

Turnbull, J., Platt, B., & Searle, A. (2022). For a new weird geography. Progress in Human Geography, 46(5), 1207-1231. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221116873

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 4, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Aug 4, 2022
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Feb 13, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 26, 2025
• Journal: Progress in Human Geography
• Print ISSN: 0309-1325
• Electronic ISSN: 1477-0288
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1207-1231
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221116873
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23220068
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03091325221116873