Geography Speaks: Performative Aspects of Geography: Performative Aspects of Geography
| By: | Sullivan, Rob, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781409420095 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409490340 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Geography Speaks is an investigation of how geography is informed by speech act theory and performativity. Starting with a critical analysis of how J.L. Austin's speech act theory probed the permeability between fact and fiction, it then assesses oppositional interpretations by John Searle and Jacques Derrida, and in doing so, it explores the fictional aspects within scientific knowledge.
The book then focuses on five key aspects of the geographical discipline and analyses them using the theories of speech acts and performance: the performative aspects of the creation of place