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Today Thomas drove Adam and I down to the East Lake scenic area. We walked around a bit, then got back in the car and drove down a side road to a small tea growing village. It was interesting to find a rural town so close to a major urban center. It was...

Not much to say. It is a holiday here, so I am playing around and posting stuff to this blog to see how it works.This image is a link to a photosynth of the airport.

Policing and warfare are not altogether distinct phenomena. The distinction might lie in the scale of conflict—but nevertheless—the designation and classification of state violence is political, expressing a power relationship between the police and the...

Being in Wuhan located in central China has prompted me to revisit the world and global cities literatrure. Several nights ago visiting Hankau and its old Wuhan concession area made me recall in particular Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, "Global Shanghai, 1850–2010"...

As partisan action research (Frampton 2006) , public geography has a commitment which presents some challenges which are less evident in collaborative research across institutional structures such as the National Weather Service Flood Inundation Mapping...

I am facinated by maps, map making , GISci and neogeography in the context of politics and activism. Map making is a subjective process, involving aesthetic choices as well as quantitative analysis. Each choice is informed by sets of assumptions conscious...

One of those tasty meals. As someone who thinks qualitative research is important, I am the research instrument, my own thoughts, feelings and perceptions are the data, and the method requires that I reflexively examine my own reactions as much as the...

WuHan is a city undergoing a rapid transition I often forget the day of the week and the time differences between here and there. I cannot read anything so staying abreast of which day of the week it is, challenges me. Sometimes after work I go to a student...