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...geography to anarchism? Dr Philip O’Sullivan finds the surprising connection lies with a Russian prince who died nearly 100 years ago...It was the political theory of anarchism that encouraged Philip O’Sullivan to study the environment and geography. Anarchism asks fundamental questions such as: how should society be organised? Why should we obey authority and the...

...Geography matters climate change Bangladesh] Climate change will affect everyone on the planet. Anthropogenic - in other words, caused by humans - no one will be able to escape its effects. It will not discriminate between rich and poor, nor between countries and species. In the short term there will be winners; some areas may benefit, for example, from a warming effect...

...geography So, for Weetabix Ltd, its prized ‘localness’ today is not all that it would seem. It would be a mistake, though, instead to simply label its past and present geography as a tale of local and global link. A past geography, as DD205 points out, is something that can be folded into the present and spliced together in such a way that much of what happened in...

...geographies of sugar...[The old Domino Sugar factory as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge. New York, NY.] The geography of sugar is a geography of globalisation. Sugarcane was probably first domesticated in the Polynesian region, around about 10,000 years ago. Its cultivation spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia and, significantly, into India. Through conquest, sugar...

...geography matter? Open University Professor Doreen Massey has devoted her life to the subject, speaking passionately about the significance of geography and the 'politics of place' in a globalised world. This lecture is a celebration of her work which has had a profound influence on theorising around space and place and has taken the study of geography into new...

...geographies that underlay the 2016 “Convoy to Calais” protest...In the short film below, Steve went to central London to witness the Convoy to Calais protest on 18 June 2016. The protest was organised by over a dozen organisations, including the Stop the War Coalition, the People’s Assembly Against Austerity, Unison, Humanitas and the Muslim Association of Britain....

...from the Global South is a series of six short films made to stimulate thinking about and reflection on the difference that geography makes to understanding the climate crisis and its impact..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ Many contexts, one journey: a virtual fieldtrip across the Global South Click on the icons within...