Richard White

Background

About Richard White

My teaching, research and writing is largely committed to developing new: ANARCHIST GEOGRAPHIES Addressing a range of ethical landscapes rooted in the context of social justice and total liberation movements, I am particularly interested developing a new geographic imaginary based on peace and non-violence. Understanding anarchist forms of organisation to be rooted in the principles of mutual aid, reciprocity, co-operation, collaboration and inclusion, I place my research here firmly within a broader, emancipatory, anarchist geography of freedom. In the context of an enduring crisis of capitalism emphasising the pluralistic and prevalent nature of forms of self-help and informal support that lie beyond the market and the state is particularly important and timely. CRITICAL ANIMAL GEOGRAPHIES Critical Animal Geographies provides new geographical perspectives on critical animal studies, exploring the spatial, political, and ethical dimensions of animals’ lived experience and human–animal encounters. It works toward a more radical politics and theory directed at the shifting boundary between human and animal. My main contribution to the field of critical animal studies broadly, and critical animal geographies in particular, has been to argue how both can engage with anarchist praxis of non-violence to better (a) problematise human power and human species identity and (b) confront, challenge and subvert the often exploitative and violent interlocking systems that underpin the treatment of both humans and other animals in society. CRITICAL SOCIOLOGIES OF SPACE AND PLACE Drawing on a range of mixed methods, including an innovative use of 'mental mapping', my work has emphasised how social networks and attachment to place shape can influence spatial horizons and affect aspirations.