Geographies of reflection and radiance: Radiant worlds, speculative surfaces, and reflective media

This article revisits and reconceptualises the geographies of reflection. Questions of reflection have been understood by geographers primarily in terms of vision and visuality and their implication in the representational constitution of the human subject. However, this article argues that reflecti...

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Published inProgress in human geography Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 286 - 304
Main Author McCormack, Derek P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2025
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Electromagnetic waves
Geographers
Geography
Human geography
Radiance
Reflection
Research subjects
speculation
elemental media
reflection
surfaces
radiance
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Summary:This article revisits and reconceptualises the geographies of reflection. Questions of reflection have been understood by geographers primarily in terms of vision and visuality and their implication in the representational constitution of the human subject. However, this article argues that reflection can be reconceptualised as more-than-visual and that its geographies should be resituated on a wider spectrum of electromagnetic radiance which includes but goes beyond visible light. Developing this argument, the article extends the geographies of reflection along three conceptual-empirical pathways – radiant worlds, speculative surfaces, and reflective media.
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ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/03091325251334275