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A Geographical CenturyInternationalisation in the International Geographical Union: Landmarks, Periods and Personalities

A Geographical Century: Internationalisation in the International Geographical Union: Landmarks,... [The central question in this chapter is: How international is the International Geographical Union (IGU)? The chapter reports an analysis of the membership of the IGU Executive Committee (1922–2022), the steering committees of the IGU Commissions and Task Forces (2004–2022) and the IGU Commission and Task Force members (2014–2019). The literature on internationalisation in geography focuses on the Anglo-American hegemony and the dominance of the English language. The analysis in this chapter demonstrates that IGU, in terms of membership, has never experienced a dominance of Anglophone countries. IGU has been established 100 years ago as a predominantly European organisation and developed gradually into a truly global organisation in which a shift took place from Europe into other continents, Asia in particular. Women members are still more often from European countries than men. The English language, however, has become the dominant language. While IGU was initially multilingual, IGU, officially bilingual, developed into a monolingual, Anglophone organisation. The chapter concludes with some recommendations to increase diversity in terms of geography, language, gender and age.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Geographical CenturyInternationalisation in the International Geographical Union: Landmarks, Periods and Personalities

Editors: Kolosov, Vladimir; García-Álvarez, Jacobo; Heffernan, Michael; Schelhaas, Bruno
Fortuijn, Joos Droogleever
Springer Journals — Jun 1, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-05418-1
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81 –104
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10.1007/978-3-031-05419-8_7
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[The central question in this chapter is: How international is the International Geographical Union (IGU)? The chapter reports an analysis of the membership of the IGU Executive Committee (1922–2022), the steering committees of the IGU Commissions and Task Forces (2004–2022) and the IGU Commission and Task Force members (2014–2019). The literature on internationalisation in geography focuses on the Anglo-American hegemony and the dominance of the English language. The analysis in this chapter demonstrates that IGU, in terms of membership, has never experienced a dominance of Anglophone countries. IGU has been established 100 years ago as a predominantly European organisation and developed gradually into a truly global organisation in which a shift took place from Europe into other continents, Asia in particular. Women members are still more often from European countries than men. The English language, however, has become the dominant language. While IGU was initially multilingual, IGU, officially bilingual, developed into a monolingual, Anglophone organisation. The chapter concludes with some recommendations to increase diversity in terms of geography, language, gender and age.]

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: Internationalisation; History of IGU membership; Anglophone hegemony; Women in geography

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