The invention of powered flight altered both mobility across territorial borders and states’ ability to govern or enforce those borders. This thesis examines the incorporation of three types of aircraft—airplanes, helicopters, ...

In this work I illustrate the ways in which power structures function in operationalizing geographies of resistance in two particular carceral spaces. Specifically I examine the social organization and internal power ...

This dissertation examines the geographical circumstances in carceral environments that affect the construction of artistic practice. This work is contextualized within the framework of both agency and resistance and seeks ...

This thesis examines the role that heritage tourism and "return journeys" play in Korean adoptee consideration of place and identity. Specifically, my research centers on the link between returns and the conceptualization ...

Many see the city of Jerusalem as an intractable religious political issue, beyond the pale of negotiation and problem solving. This view reflects a set of problematic assumptions, including beliefs that Jerusalem produces ...

In the last 15 years, Ecuador has expanded its mining frontier in the Amazon at a pace and scale not seen before; this expansion has required the state to modify legal frameworks and institutions to increase territorial ...

States increasingly rely on ambient environmental monitoring systems to provide information on environmental conditions in order to make science-based decisions on resource management. This kind of monitoring relies on a ...

Sixteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland remains a deeply segregated society. One driver of this ongoing separation is the divergent ways in which the Troubles are remembered. Paramilitary groups in ...

There is a fundamental shift in the way people are living on the planet. Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, yet many of these cities continue to struggle to provide basic services, infrastructure and ...