Recapping the History of the Antipodes: Reappraising Absolute and Relative Connotations

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dc.contributor.authorAlbert, Donald
dc.contributor.authorStockwell, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorTiller, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T21:11:10Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T21:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractDuring the first half of the 20th century teaching and learning about the antipodes were considered a fundamental element within the undergraduate geography curricula. However, in the 1970s the antipodes were absent from Bacon's surveys of domain, core, and sphere concepts in human and physical geography. In fast forwarding to the 21st century, the term has virtually disappeared from introductory-level geography curricula. This exploration confirms that rather than being an obscure concept, the antipodes percolate across a diverse range of illustrations in mathematics, cartography, geology, astronomy, to cultural geography, literature and social theory. Our discourse supports reclaiming the antipodes for their geodetic value within the undergraduate introductory geography curriculum, but stresses sensitivities when using relative connotations in social, cultural, and political arenas.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent21 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationAlbert, D., Stockwell, N., & Tiller, J. (2014). Recapping the history of the antipodes: Reappraising absolute and relative connotations. Research in Geographic Education, 16(2), pp. 5-25.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17317
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 5-25.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectantipodes
dc.subjectgeodesy
dc.subjectgeographic illiteracy
dc.subjectabsolute location
dc.subjectrelative location
dc.titleRecapping the History of the Antipodes: Reappraising Absolute and Relative Connotations
dc.typeArticle

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