Regional Surveys and Local Knowledges: The Geographical Imagination in Britain, 1918-39

David Matless

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This essay considers the 'geographical imagination' in inter-war Britain, focusing on the movement for regional survey inspired by Patrick Geddes. After arguing that this movement and period has been inadequately considered in most histories of geography, Geddes' Outlook Tower in Edinburgh is described to introduce the broader themes of 'outlook geography' with which the essay is concerned. The history and aims of regional survey are then explored, and the means used to present the survey are detailed. The particular kind of 'local knowledge' embodied by the survey and the kind of citizenship it was intended to promote are outlined. The essay concludes with some broader considerations of the role of geography as a social practice and the particular geographical imagination suggested by survey.

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