Trevor J. Barnes
Encyclopedia
Trevor John Barnes is a British geographer and Professor of Economic geography
at the University of British Columbia
.
in 1983 at University of Minnesota
with a thesis about The Geography of Value, Production, and Distribution: Theoretical Economic Geography after Sraffa
(supervisor: Eric Sheppard
). He began his career as a spatial scientist
. In recent years his interest has moved to the history of economic geography. His current projects concern: the history of geography’s quantitative revolution; epistemological pluralism
in economic geography; the institutional analysis of forestry (together with Roger Hayter and the SSHRC
); and creative industries.
Barnes is considered by notable geographers as a "Key Thinker on Space and Place".
In 2011, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
.
Economic geography
Economic geography is the study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the world. The subject matter investigated is strongly influenced by the researcher's methodological approach. Neoclassical location theorists, following in the tradition of Alfred...
at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
.
Biography
Barnes received his Ph.D.Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1983 at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
with a thesis about The Geography of Value, Production, and Distribution: Theoretical Economic Geography after Sraffa
Piero Sraffa
Piero Sraffa was an influential Italian economist whose book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is taken as founding the Neo-Ricardian school of Economics.- Early life :...
(supervisor: Eric Sheppard
Eric Sheppard
Eric Sheppard is an American geographer and Regents Professor of Economic geography at the University of Minnesota heavily influenced by Peter Haggett. Sheppard got his Ph.D in Geography in 1976 at University of Toronto...
). He began his career as a spatial scientist
Spatial science
Spatial Science is an academic discipline incorporating fields such as surveying, geographic information systems, hydrography and cartography. Spatial science is typically concerned with the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information describing the Earth, its physical...
. In recent years his interest has moved to the history of economic geography. His current projects concern: the history of geography’s quantitative revolution; epistemological pluralism
Epistemological pluralism
Epistemological pluralism is the view that different epistemological methodologies are necessary to attain a full description of the world. It arose in opposition to the purely reductionistic enterprise of many fields of science and realism in mathematics.According to David Fideler, Goethe was an...
in economic geography; the institutional analysis of forestry (together with Roger Hayter and the SSHRC
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada is an arm of the Canadian federal funding agency. SSHRC supports a wide range of research and scholarship in the social sciences and humanities. The current president of the Council is Chad Gaffield.- History :SSHRC was formally...
); and creative industries.
Barnes is considered by notable geographers as a "Key Thinker on Space and Place".
In 2011, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
.
Publications
- Logics of Dislocation: Models, Metaphors, and Meanings of Economic Space. The Guilford Press, 1995. ISBN 978-1572300392
- With Derek GregoryDerek GregoryDerek Gregory Ph.D. FBA, FRCC is an influential British academic and geographer who is currently Professor of Political Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He formerly held positions at the University of Cambridge.Gregory is best known for his book The Colonial...
. Reading human geography: the poetics and politics of inquiry. New York: Wiley, 1997. - With Meric S. Gertler. The new industrial geography: regions, regulations and institutions. London/New York: RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1999. - With Eric SheppardEric SheppardEric Sheppard is an American geographer and Regents Professor of Economic geography at the University of Minnesota heavily influenced by Peter Haggett. Sheppard got his Ph.D in Geography in 1976 at University of Toronto...
. A companion to economic geography. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. - With Jamie A. Peck, Eric Sheppard and Adam Tickell. Reading Economic Geography. Wiley-Blackwell, 2003. ISBN 978-0631235545
- With Adam Tickell, Eric Sheppard, Jamie A. Peck. Politics and Practice in Economic Geography. SAGE PublicationsSAGE PublicationsSAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...
, 2007. ISBN 978-1412907866
Further reading
- Susanne Reimer. Trevor Barnes. In: Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin, Gill Valentine (editors). Key Thinkers on Space and Place. SAGE Publications, 2004, p.22-26. ISBN 978-0761949633
External links
- Trevor Barnes' Curriculum Vitae at University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
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