{"content":[{"text":"URBAN \n A Newsletter for the Urban Geography Specialty \n NEWS Group of the Association of American Geographers \n SPRING 2012 VOLUME 33, ISSUE 1","bbox":{"left":0.063922,"top":0.033679,"width":0.857679,"height":0.12358699999999999}},{"text":"Letter from the Chair, Winter 2012","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.197447,"width":0.31288900000000003,"height":0.017763}},{"text":"Inside this issue","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.199568,"width":0.14487800000000006,"height":0.017763}},{"text":"As an urban geographer, I have always found the ever-rotating \n location of the AAG annual meeting to be a particular joy and \n source of inspiration. Each place, during or after the meeting, \n brings new ideas or questions to consider, through the lens of a \n given city. As we prepare to gather in New York City, this is more \n true than ever, as I think about Occupy Wall Street and the various \n occupations and presences it continues to inspire around the \n world. Thinking beyond Occupy activism to the Arab Spring \n movements, ongoing protests against policy change in the name of \n ‘austerity’ and more, urban spaces have been center stage in a host \n of recent struggles to renegotiate citizen-state relations, class \n relations, and the meanings and consequences of economic ‘crisis’ \n and ‘recovery’. There is much for geographers to understand about \n the urban social, political, and economic significance of these \n struggles. The work many of you will present at the meetings \n stands to help us move forward in this challenge, so I am \n especially looking forward to the meeting this year.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.233053,"width":0.558919,"height":0.302043}},{"text":"Letter from the Chair: 1","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.235174,"width":0.1968580000000001,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"In Conversation with \n Bill Lindeke: 3","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.270628,"width":0.17099500000000012,"height":0.03564200000000006}},{"text":"New Books: 4","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.324,"width":0.11417100000000002,"height":0.01776300000000003}},{"text":"Urban Announcements: 4","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.359606,"width":0.21321,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"UGSG sponsored sessions \n for AAG 2012: 8-12","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.39506,"width":0.21307300000000007,"height":0.035489999999999966}},{"text":"UGSG competition winners: \n 13","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.448394,"width":0.23003300000000004,"height":0.035489999999999966}},{"text":"Membership information: \n 14","bbox":{"left":0.732516,"top":0.501727,"width":0.215426,"height":0.035497}},{"text":"Looking ahead to Urban Geography Specialty Group activities, I \n would like to extend special thanks to the UGSG Board members. \n Their preparation for the meeting has included reading \n submissions to our 2012 awards competitions (award winner \n details appear in this edition of the newsletter, and will also be \n announced at the meeting).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.552813,"width":0.558585,"height":0.10655099999999995}},{"text":"The Specialty Group is sponsoring a busy slate of activities at the \n annual meeting. Please see later pages in the newsletter for a listing of \n UGSG-sponsored sessions. We look forward to seeing you at the Urban \n Geography Plenary Lecture on Sunday, February 26 (12:40, Morgan \n Suite, 2nd Floor, Hilton) where Professor Anna Secor (University of \n Kentucky) will give a lecture entitled “Topological City”. We’re \n delighted to also welcome two outstanding discussants in this session, \n Professors Lynn Staeheli (Durham University) and Jennifer Fluri \n (Dartmouth College). This annual plenary lecture would not happen \n without the significant time and effort of Bob Lake, on behalf of Urban \n Geography. Thank you, Bob! The next evening, please join us for the \n UGSG Business Meeting on Monday, February 27, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM \n (Central Park East, 2nd Floor, Sheraton).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.677207,"width":0.5958630000000001,"height":0.230977}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.035948,"top":0.170455,"width":0.045752,"height":0.796717},{"left":0.036078,"top":0.175303,"width":0.044118,"height":0.786364}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.035948,"top":0.170455,"width":0.045752,"height":0.796717},{"left":0.036078,"top":0.175303,"width":0.044118,"height":0.786364}]}