Announcements

“The ships, the trucks, the loading docks are containers of immiserated labor—and therefore, containers of revolutionary potential.”

In a new essay published in Places Journal, Charmaine Chua challenges us to reconsider the ordinary logistics landscapes that surround us. The concrete warehouses lining our freeways, she argues, are not merely sites of storage but infrastructures of capture—of markets, labor, and increasingly, people detained...

The Department of Geography is honored to announce Sophia Perez as a 2026 Lyman Recipient, receiving $8,500 to assist in writing her dissertation. With the award, Sophia will be working on a dissertation chapter focused on the production and content of Island Time, a Mariana Islands-based children’s show she created and directed as a way to tailor the celebration of the Indigenous Chamorro culture and language to the needs and aesthetics of today’s Chamorro youth. Perez argues that...

Caroline Tracey (PhD '22)'s new book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History, is a wide-ranging and deeply researched exploration of some of the planet’s most overlooked ecosystems.

Blending environmental reportage, cultural history, and memoir, Tracey’s book takes readers from the Great Salt Lake and California’s Mono Lake to Central Asia and beyond, tracing the fragile futures of saline lakes around the world. Drawing on years of fieldwork and travel, she...

Our department is proud to announce the launch of the Berkeley Space Station, a 24/7 streaming radio station where we curate and create sonic works that explore with Place, wonder amidst Space, and entwine in Time.

The department radio station, spearheaded by Joel Wanek, is located on the first floor of McCone Hall in what was once a windowless storage room. Outfitted with soundproofing, recording equipment, and editing software, the Berkeley Space Station will...