The possibilities of a politics of place beyond place? A conversation with Doreen Massey

Abstract

What follows is the edited and footnoted transcript of a conversation between Doreen Massey, recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from University of Glasgow in July 2009, and the Human Geography Research Group in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, to mark this occasion. Themes explored include Doreen Massey's early work and influences ranging from geology to Marxism and feminism; recent political engagements in Venezuela; the politics of place beyond place; climate change and transnational solidarities; and 'being' political and an academic in the current conjuncture