Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Responses
Commission C20.32 Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses
is one of 43 International Geographical Union (IGU) commissions.
The mission of the Commission is to research marginality and the processes of marginalization from different perspectives and with a geographical basis. The main focus is to better understand multiscalar relations between the globalization process and how marginality evolves at the local and regional levels. Moreover, we seek to improve our understanding of local and regional responses to different forms of marginality and marginalization processes.
Forthcoming events
International Symposium 22.10.2024-24.10.2024 in Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria
In memory of Zlatko Pepeonik, 1934-2004
The C20.32 is a co-organizer of the above memorial symposium and you are welcome to submit an abstract on the subtopic "The role of tourism in marginal areas" or any other. Abstracts with 300 words at the maximum in English including name and affiliation of the author(s) are to be submitted by using the linked Application Form. Also posters accompanied by a short oral explanation are invited, but this has to be indicated with abstract submission. The call is open from 15 March to 30 April 2024. Your abstract will be peer-reviewed, and you will be notified about acceptance 10 June 2024.
You can find the description of our commission's sessions at this address on pages 181 and 182. The topic of the first one is Marginal landscapes and landscapes of marginal and left-behind places organized by Prof. Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Prof. Lola Sánchez Aguilera and Assist. Prof. Mohana Basu while the topic of the second one is Marginal rural spaces facing global challenges organized by Emeritus Professor Walter Leimgruber, Prof. Dr. Hab. Krystian Heffner and Assist. Professor Mohana Basu.
Call for papers is closed since Friday 12th January 2024.
The submission of abstracts is closed, the review has been done! Our proposed sessions:
'Marginal rural spaces facing global challenges' and 'Marginal landscapes and landscapes of marginal and left-behind places'
have 4 time slots that according to provisional programme are supposed to be:
Regional and Local Responses: Marginal landscapes and landscapes of marginal and left-behind places (Wednesday, Thursday)
Marginal rural spaces facing global challenges (Thursday)
and moreover under the name of our commission:
New geographies of China in Africa: changing economic, social and geopolitical engagements (Sunday)
New geographies of food production and consumption: possibilities for alternative food systems in … (Sunday)
The last published book
Case Studies from Nepal, Southeast Asia and other regions
Discusses regional and local phenomena, particularly in mountain regions
Shows how marginalization is linked to human misunderstanding of nature
Illustrates the breadth of the marginality concept
The last published book in the series Perspectives on Geographical Marginality
This book focuses on the interrelations between nature and humans, in particular on those segments of societies that have been left behind (marginal groups). Nature is both the friend of humans and their adversary, depending on the way people treat and use it. Consequently, the book adopts a wide perspective of marginality: nature that has been marginalized by man (ecological marginality), but also social groups marginalized by politics, economic interests, and value judgements imbedded in culture. Many chapters deal specifically with issues in Nepal, but along with the other chapters with case studies from Southeast Asia and other regions, they demonstrate that the major man-nature problems are the same everywhere and can only be solved by constructive politics through clear regulations, convincing actions and general acceptance.
Recent events
4-7 September 2023, Barcelona, Spain
Session: Landscape and change in marginal regions Code: 01183
Convenors:
Prof. Walter Leimgruber, University of Fribourg/CH (Switzerland), Dr. Stanko Pelc, University of Primorska, Koper (Slovenia)
2023 Regional Studies Association - RSA Annual Conference
14-17 June 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Special session:
SS39: Responding to the Marginalisation of ‘left behind places’ in an era of Local, Regional and Global Uncertainty
Session Organiser: Stanko Pelc, University of Primorska, Slovenia
The event was organised in venues epitomising the living heart of geography in the city: Sorbonne, Institut de Géographie, Société de Géographie.
Within our Commission, three sessions have been accepted:
Guibert Martine
Marginalization, globalization, and grands projets agricoles dans les périphéries des Suds : des
logiques adaptées aux transitions actuelles ?
Marginalization, globalization and large agricultural projects in the peripheries of the global South: a
logic adapted to the current transitions?
Carpentier Irène
La valorisation internationale du local au sud de la Méditerranée : entre impasses et recompositions territoriales
International valorization of the local scale in the southern Mediterranean: between deadlock and spatial reconfiguation
Fuerst-Bjelis Borna
Global and regional inequalities. what does the past teach us for the future?
Inégalités globales et régionales : qu’est-ce que le passé nous renseigne pour le futur ?
Thematic session:
In addition, Mohana Basu’s session figures among the general thematic sessions:
The plight of the marginalized women in the developing world.
We invite you to submit your abstracts on the conference website to one of the Commission’s sessions, or to the thematic session, all listed above.
The call for abstracts is now open until January 11th, 2022. When you do so, please send also a copy to the Commission chair and the secretary (links below).
Thank you! Looking forward to meeting you in Paris
Commission's session at
34th International Geographical Congress
16-20 August, 2021
BRIDGING REGIONAL RESPONSES TO MARGINALIZATION AND DISPARITIES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday, 9th August 2021
9.00 – 9.30 Opening ceremony
9.30 – 11.00 Morning paper session
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.30 Paper session
12.30 – 13.30 Break
13.30 – 15.00 Afternoon paper session
15.00 – 15.15 Break
15.15 – 16.30 Paper session
16.30 – 17.00 Conclusions
Tuesday, 10th August 2021
9.00 – 11.00 Morning paper session
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.30 Paper session
12.30 – 13.30 Break
13.30 – 15.00 Afternoon paper session
15.00 – 15.30 Conclusions
15.30 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 17.00 Business meeting
Please note that this is an interim programme and is subject to change depending on the number of conference registrations.
The full online Conference Programme will be available starting with 15 July 2021.
News from the commission's secretary.
If you want to share some marginalization and globalization related information please contact prof. Walter Leimgruber (secretary) or prof. Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš.