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Personal profile
Biography
Tim Cresswell is Ogilvie Professor of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is a cultural geographer by training, and the author or editor of a dozen books and over a 100 articles on the role of space, place and mobility in social and cultural life. He has PhDs in Geography (Wisconsin) and Creative Writing (Royal Holloway, University of London). Cresswell is also a widely published poet with three collections – most recently Plastiglomerate(Penned in the Margins, 2020). His most recent academic books include, Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Place published in 2019 by the University of Chicago Press, Moving Towards Transition published by Zed Books (co-authored) in 2021 and Muybridge and Mobility published by University of California Press (co-authored) in 2022. His research focuses on place and mobility and their role in the constitution of social and cultural life.
Research Interests
Geographies of place and mobility in relation to social and cultural hierarchies.
Transgression and resistance.
Creative approaches to geography.
GeoHumanities.
Websites
timcresswell.net
Research Groups
Cultural and Historical Geography Research Group
Research students
Teaching
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge (UG 3rd Year core course)
Geographies of Mobility (UG honours option course)
Values and the Environment (Masters course)
Creativity and the Environment (Masters course)
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Muybridge and Mobility
Cresswell, T. & Ott, J., 7 Mar 2022, Berkeley: University of California Press. (Defining Moments in American Photography)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Moving Towards Transition: Commoning Mobility for a Low-Carbon Future
Cresswell, T., Adey, P., Nikolaeva, A., Lee, J. Y., Novoa, A. & Temenos, C., 7 Oct 2021, London: Zed Books. 208 p. (Just Sustainabilities; vol. 6)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The rhythm of place and the place of rhythm: arguments for idiorhythmy
Cresswell, T., 11 Jun 2023, In: Mobilities.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emplaced Partnerships and the Ethics of Care, Recognition and Resilience
Ryan, A., Geiger, S., Haugh, H., Branzei, O., Gray, B., Lawrence, T., Cresswell, T., Anderson, A., Jack, S. & McKeever, E., 4 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Business Ethics. Special Issue - Putting Partnerships in their PlaceResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In Memoriam - Steering His Own Ship: Yi-Fu Tuan (1930–2022)
Cresswell, T., 6 Feb 2023, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. p. 1-8Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tim Cresswell (Chair)
2019 → 2020Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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GeoHumanities (Journal)
Tim Cresswell (Peer reviewer)
2015 → 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity