Klinger to Edit Issue of Journal of Latin American Geography
Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, is guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Latin American Geography on China-Latin America relations with Tom Narins, Assistant Professor of Geography at SUNY Albany.
Klinger said the issue, entitled “New Geographies of China and Latin America Relations,” will focus on the multiple actors that comprise Latin America-China relations in order to better understand the future of relations between China and Latin America from a broader global perspective.
Narins and Klinger note that Latin America is a cultural and geographic construct that includes territories, people, and politics throughout the Americas, and as such the entire hemisphere is a valid site of inquiry for China-Latin America relations. They further note that Latin America is not simply a neutral site that is ‘impacted’ by China, nor China by Latin America, and are seeking inquiries into the forms of agency exercised by multiple actors constituting Latin America-China relations wherever they occur. Finally, Klinger and Narins note that in the present global political conjuncture where social and environmental justice, international cooperation, government transparency, corporate accountability, and human rights are under siege, it is especially important for scholars to advance understandings of the dynamic processes that shape the future of Latin America in broader regional and global perspectives
Klinger and Narins are calling for submissions for the special issue, which will include full-length research papers as well as shorter essays and commentaries based on recent events or recent research experiences. A call for papers has been issued including translations in Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese.
Abstracts for proposed articles can be sent to jlag@clagscholar.org and are due on April 15, 2017 with final papers due September 15, 2017.
Julie Klinger specializes in development, environment, and security politics in Latin America and China in comparative and global perspective. She is currently completing a book project on the global geography of rare earth prospecting and mining, with a special emphasis on the development and geopolitics of resource frontiers in Brazil, China, and Outer Space. Learn more about her here.