Ideological productions in human geography as an apparatus of the state/power

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Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography, cilt.104, sa.4, ss.362-373, 2022 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 104 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/04353684.2022.2055607
  • Dergi Adı: Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, Anthropological Literature, Geobase, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.362-373
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: academic autonomy and freedom, curriculum and ideology, Human geography in Turkey, indoctrination, organic integrity, surveillance
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

… ‘Humanity’ is an apparatus that could be used ideologically (Schmitt 1963, 55). This study analyses the ideological practices of the state/power -including panoptic surveillance and organic integrity practices- in the discipline of human geography through the lenses of curriculum, scientific freedom, and autonomy. Human geographers have long analysed the sociospatial traits of societies using scientific perspectives. However, in many socioeconomically less-developed countries like Turkey, human geography and other social sciences, portray social issues through the meticulously designed ideological expectations of powers, rather than universal scientific criteria. This ideological structure damages the scientific development of human geography and hinders students’ abilities to practice coexistence with other groups by instilling a dependent consciousness.