Couper, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0083-223X (2024) Reflections on the first decade of the HPGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize: the geography and politics of reward. Journal of Historical Geography, 85. pp. 95-98.

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Abstract

This paper reflects on the first decade (or so) of the History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group’s Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. Key themes in the submitted dissertations are highlighted, in Deleuzian-inspired vitalism and immanence, attention to the politics of knowledge production, and the emergence of critical physical geography. The paper also discusses the place of the prize in the broader context of the academic prestige economy, noting evidence that the practice of awarding the prize is shaped by, and perhaps reproduces, structural inequalities in academic work. The prize exhibits a particular geography and politics within the academic prestige economy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published as part of a special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the History & Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers)
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.1016/j.jhg.2024.04.002
Subjects:	A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
School/Department:	School of Humanities
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9858

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