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<jats:p>Read online or download for free Professor Ron Johnston OBE, FAcSS, FBA was one of the most celebrated geographers of his generation. Producing a prolific research record that spanned six decades, Johnston was an insightful, thoughtful, and open-minded contributor to debates and research practices in human geography, to understanding the histories and productions of geographical knowledge in modern Anglo-American geography, and to the study of electoral, political, urban, and social geographies. He was widely recognised as a champion of geography whose work continues to influence the field today. Geography and a Geographer: Reimagining the Discipline After Ron Johnston brings together contributors whose work speaks to the geographies Johnston helped to shape. It offers an invitation to revisit Johnston’s body of work and consider its relevance for the future of the discipline. Across the volume, authors reflect on Johnston’s intellectual legacy, the evolution of human geography, disciplinary history and memory, mentorship, collaboration, and collegiality. Other chapters respond to calls to decolonise and pluralise how geography is narrated and practised, and encourage fresh thinking about the role of quantitative approaches in human geography. Thought-provoking and forward-looking, this collection reflects Johnston’s passion for geography and celebrates his extensive contributions to the discipline. It pays tribute to his scholarship through engagement with the ideas and concepts he developed in his research, and reflects on where his work can take us next. Click here to read praise for Geography and a Geographer "This book succeeds in providing a vital, multifaceted account of Ron’s enduring legacy. It is a powerful testament that, despite his own humility regarding his place in the discipline, his influence - on generations of geographers as much as on geography itself - was, and remains, nothing short of foundational." — Julie MacLeavy, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Bristol "Geography and a Geographer speaks to the work and influence of a man who shaped, profoundly, the discipline he professed. Intellectually curious, always collegial, astonishingly productive and forward thinking about geography’s past and present, Ron Johnston was geography’s modest colossus. This book is a tribute and a clarion call for geography in better futures." — Charles W. J. Withers, Professor Emeritus of Historical Geography, The University of Edinburgh "An insightful and wide-ranging collection reflecting on the prolific research record of Ron Johnston. From voting, elections, and politics through to debates about segregation and quantitative human geography, this collection offers rich insights and timely reflections on the many geographical debates and intellectual issues that can be found in Johnston’s scholarship." — Peter Hopkins, Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University "Ron Johnston painted one of the most definitive pictures of the discipline of human geography from his own earliest research in spatial segregation to his work on electoral geography. He was attuned to all the currents in contemporary human geography building on quantitative as well as qualitative methods that served to tie the field together. Ron wrote the definitive history of the field since 1945, but he left it to his erstwhile colleagues at Bristol to assemble a wonderful tribute to his influence in this monograph that must be required reading for anyone wants to know the impact that a quintessential geographer’s geographer has on the field." — Michael Batty, Emeritus Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London "This collection presents a wonderful mapping of the astonishing breadth and depth of Ron Johnston’s intellectual landscape. The possibilities for dialoguing with, dissenting from, or developing further, Ron’s legacy are amply displayed here and attest to the fertility of his writing and thought. But more than that, Geography and a Geographer evokes the kind of scholar Ron was – generous, open-minded, ever curious, always engaged. A model for us all." — David N. Livingstone, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at Queen's University Belfast "This book evokes some of the best qualities of Ron Johnston’s work as a geographer, from the geography of elections and social segregation to questions of philosophy and methodology. Broad in their scope, accessible in tone and generous in spirit, the contributors together paint an affectionate portrait of one of the most dynamic and influential British geographers of our times." — Felix Driver, Professor of Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London "This edited collection celebrates Ron Johnston’s remarkable contribution to the discipline of geography. With contributions by scholars, colleagues and personal friends familiar with Ron’s wide-ranging oeuvre in quantitative human geographical methods, political geography and the history of human geography, the book lucidly and engagingly conveys his intellectual acumen, generosity and deep respect for the work of academic colleagues and peers alike." — Andrew E.G. Jonas, Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, University of Hull</jats:p>