The American Geographical Society (AGS) is a 21st-century learning society dedicated to the advancement of geographic thinking, knowledge, and understanding across business, government, academe, social sectors, and most importantly with teachers and students. Established in 1851, AGS is the oldest professional geographical organization in the United States. It is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in geographical research and education for over 169 years. The mission of AGS is to advance and promote geography in business, government, science, and education. Our goal is to enhance the nation’s geographic literacy to engender sound public policy, national security, and human well-being worldwide. AGS seeks to engage the American public, from its youngest to its oldest citizens, with new and amazing ways to understand and characterize our changing world. The Society maintains its headquarters in New York City.
Join the editor of the Geographical Review Dr. David Kaplan, and guest editors Drs. Kendra McSweeney and Antoinette WinklerPrins as they discuss the latest issue of the journal: Fieldwork in the 21st Century. The editors discuss the future of fieldwork in geography, explore the impacts of COVID-19 on research, and share their own stories from the field.
Washington-based high schooler Avi Schiffmann joins the American Geographical Podcast to tell us what it was like to develop one of the world's most popular COVID tracking dashboards. He even has some advice for our AP Human Geography students looking to make their mark on the world!
Dr. W. George Lovell, Professor of Geography at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada and Visiting Professor in Latin American History at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain, joins the American Geographical Society Podcast to discuss his research on epidemics in the Columbian-era Americas. We discuss Columbus' arrival in the New World - and the impact of disease that came with him - marking the beginning of globalization...does COVID-19 mark the end?
Dr. Nuala Cowan, Dr. Patricia Solís, and Ms. Marcela Zeballos, leaders of YouthMappers, join the American Geographical Society Podcast to discuss how their network of young mappers is changing the map and aiding response to COVID-19 in communities around the world.
Dr. Alexander Murphy talks with AGS about the influence of borders and geopolitics on the current COVID-19 pandemic. As more than 7 billion people are under lockdown within national borders, political delineations of space seem to matter a lot. But then, borders do not transcend patterns of human mobility--supply chains, migration, tourism--along which the virus has spread. What can boundaries and spaces of power tell us at a time like this?
The American Geographical Society Episode One: Mapping in the Time of COVID-19. Join AGS President, Dr. Marie Price, AGS Chairman Dr. Christopher Tucker, and AGS Counselor, Dr. Joshua Campbell to discuss the role of geospatial technology and data during this pandemic. Resource guide available at americangeo.org/the-american-geographical-society-podcast/.
As COVID-19 continues its spread across the globe, many governments are turning to location tracking to study the spread of the disease. EthicalGEO Fellows Mr. Greg Babinski, Mr. William Perry Evans, Dr. Alfredo Giron-Nava, and Dr. Dara Seidl discuss the privacy implications of these location tracking programs. Follow us @EthicalGEO and at https://ethicalgeo.org/ethicalgeo-pod/.
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