An interview with Anne Buttimer: An autobiographical window on geographical thought and practice 1965-2005

Maddrell, Avril

Abstract

Anne Buttimer's 40 years of geographical publications have been influential and international in scope. She has also played an important institutional role within the International Geographical Union, culminating in her presidency 2000-2004. The relative invisibility of women's geographical work in histories of the discipline needs to be redressed and it is hoped that this interview might contribute to that wider project. After a brief biographical sketch, the bulk of the article is devoted to an (auto)biographical interview, which addresses Buttimer's work on social geography, values in geography, the humanist and phenomenological schools, the Dialogue Project, and environmental issues, as well as her own gendered career experience and perspectives on gender issues. While Buttimer does not deem herself a theoretical feminist per se, her work has shown sensitivity to gender issues through her concern for the human perspective on geographical issues and knowledge. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2009
• Journal: Gender, Place and Culture
• Print ISSN: 0966-369X
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0524
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 741-765
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09663690903279179
• Keywords: Anne Buttimer, autobiography, historiography, humanistic geography
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/999869
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09663690903279179