{"title":"社论:走向更温和的地理:叙述一种美德转向,以及行动主义和学术劳动的多色调政治的可能性","authors":"Matt Finn, Jayne M. Jeffries","doi":"10.1111/area.70045","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This editorial introduces a Special Section on gentle geographies in which the authors were invited to problematise ideas of gentleness in their research and practice. We understand gentleness to mean the act of limiting or moderating capacities to affect others, or ourselves, in ways that could otherwise cause harm. Gentleness is not necessarily a risk-averse practice that stands or sits in the way of other forms of resistance, and we should distinguish the gentleness we advocate for from a white classist form of etiquette as ‘niceness’, or a smiling acquiesce to injustice. Rather, acting gently modifies action so that it is experienced as recognising, and adequately responding to, the intersubjective and more-than-human capacities to affect, and be affected by, others. We write for gentleness as part of a multi-tonal politics of activism and academic labour, and locate this as part of a ‘virtue turn’ in and beyond human geography. We draw out themes in the papers around acts and activisms, and gentle methodologies which draw our attention to the absencing of human and more-than-human others.</p>","PeriodicalId":8422,"journal":{"name":"Area","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/area.70045","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Editorial: Towards more gentle geographies: Narrating a virtue turn, and possibilities for multi-tonal politics of activism and academic labour\",\"authors\":\"Matt Finn, Jayne M. Jeffries\",\"doi\":\"10.1111/area.70045\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p>This editorial introduces a Special Section on gentle geographies in which the authors were invited to problematise ideas of gentleness in their research and practice. We understand gentleness to mean the act of limiting or moderating capacities to affect others, or ourselves, in ways that could otherwise cause harm. Gentleness is not necessarily a risk-averse practice that stands or sits in the way of other forms of resistance, and we should distinguish the gentleness we advocate for from a white classist form of etiquette as ‘niceness’, or a smiling acquiesce to injustice. Rather, acting gently modifies action so that it is experienced as recognising, and adequately responding to, the intersubjective and more-than-human capacities to affect, and be affected by, others. We write for gentleness as part of a multi-tonal politics of activism and academic labour, and locate this as part of a ‘virtue turn’ in and beyond human geography. We draw out themes in the papers around acts and activisms, and gentle methodologies which draw our attention to the absencing of human and more-than-human others.</p>\",\"PeriodicalId\":8422,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Area\",\"volume\":\"57 3\",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":2.1000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-09-07\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/area.70045\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Area\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"90\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.70045\",\"RegionNum\":2,\"RegionCategory\":\"社会学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q2\",\"JCRName\":\"GEOGRAPHY\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Area","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.70045","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
Editorial: Towards more gentle geographies: Narrating a virtue turn, and possibilities for multi-tonal politics of activism and academic labour
This editorial introduces a Special Section on gentle geographies in which the authors were invited to problematise ideas of gentleness in their research and practice. We understand gentleness to mean the act of limiting or moderating capacities to affect others, or ourselves, in ways that could otherwise cause harm. Gentleness is not necessarily a risk-averse practice that stands or sits in the way of other forms of resistance, and we should distinguish the gentleness we advocate for from a white classist form of etiquette as ‘niceness’, or a smiling acquiesce to injustice. Rather, acting gently modifies action so that it is experienced as recognising, and adequately responding to, the intersubjective and more-than-human capacities to affect, and be affected by, others. We write for gentleness as part of a multi-tonal politics of activism and academic labour, and locate this as part of a ‘virtue turn’ in and beyond human geography. We draw out themes in the papers around acts and activisms, and gentle methodologies which draw our attention to the absencing of human and more-than-human others.
期刊介绍:
Area publishes ground breaking geographical research and scholarship across the field of geography. Whatever your interests, reading Area is essential to keep up with the latest thinking in geography. At the cutting edge of the discipline, the journal: • is the debating forum for the latest geographical research and ideas • is an outlet for fresh ideas, from both established and new scholars • is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers • contains commentaries and debates that focus on topical issues, new research results, methodological theory and practice and academic discussion and debate • provides rapid publication