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Current Research
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Dr. David Dodman

Lecturer

david.dodman@uwimona.edu.jm

Current Research

  • Urban Governance and Management
  • Urban Livelihoods
  • Social Movements and Civil Society
  • Community-Based Urban Environmental Management
  • Qualitative and Participatory Research Methods

Selected Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

  • Dodman, D. (2003). 'Shooting in the city: an autophotographic exploration of
    the urban environment in Kingston, Jamaica' Area 35(3): 293-304.
  • Dodman, D. (2004). 'Feelings of Belonging? Young people's views of their
    surroundings in Kingston, Jamaica' Children's Geographies 2(2): 185-198.
  • Dodman, D. (2004). 'Community Perspectives on Urban Environmental Problems
    in Kingston, Jamaica' Social and Economic Studies 53(3): 31-59.
  • Dodman, D. (2007). ‘A Place or a people? Social and cultural geographies of the Anglophone Caribbean' Social and Cultural Geography 8 (1): 143-150.
  • Dodman, D. (2007). ‘Post-independence optimism and the legacy of waterfront redevelopment in Kingston, Jamaica' Cities 24 (4): 275-286.
  • Dodman, D. (in press). ‘Local living conditions, globalization and uneven underdevelopment on Jamaica's north coast' Accepted for publication in Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography .
  • Dodman, D. (in press). ‘Commerce and Cruises: a comparative study of Jamaican waterfront transformations' Accepted for publication in Local Environment .

Book Chapters

  • Dodman, D. (2004). 'Profitability or Postmodernity? Changing modes in
    Jamaican tourism' in S. Courtman (ed) Beyond the Blood, the Beach and the
    Banana: new perspectives in Caribbean Studies. Kingston, Ian Randle,
    pp155-169.
  • Dodman, D. and J. Dodman (2006). '"Nuff Respec?" Widening and
    Deepening Participation in Academic and Policy Research in the Caribbean' in
    J. Pugh and J. Momsen (eds) Participatory Environmental Planning in the
    Caribbean. Aldershot, Ashgate, pp93-109.
  • Dodman, D. (2007). 'Making a Living: small-scale metal smelting as a
    livelihood strategy in Kingston, Jamaica' in R. Jaffe (ed) The Caribbean
    City. Kingston, Ian Randle.
  • Dodman, D. and K. Rhiney (2007). ‘“We be Nyammin?” Food Supply, Authenticity and the Tourist Experience in Negril, Jamaica' in M. Daye, D. Chambers and S. Roberts (eds) New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism . New York, Routledge.

Book Reviews

  • Dodman, D. (2004). Brother Man by R. Mais Society for Caribbean Studies
    Newsletter 53 (Autumn 2004).
  • Dodman, D. (2005). Urban Environment and Infrastructure: toward livable
    cities by A. Bigio and B. Dahiya. Cities 22(2): 176-177.
  • Dodman, D. (2005). Participatory Planning in the Caribbean: lessons from
    practice edited by J. Pugh and R. Potter. Progress in Development Studies
    5(2): 164-166.
  • Dodman, D. (2005). Kingston: a cultural and literary history by D. Howard.
    Social and Economic Studies 54(1): 189-190.
  • Dodman, D. (forthcoming). Social Power and the Urbanization of Water: flows
    of power by E. Swyngedouw. European Planning Studies. 5(2): 164-166.
  • Dodman, D. (2005). Kingston: a cultural and literary history by D. Howard.
    Social and Economic Studies 54(1): 189-190.
  • Dodman, D. (2006). Social Power and the Urbanization of Water: flows
    of power by E. Swyngedouw. European Planning Studies 14(5): 718-720
  • Dodman, D. (in press). The experience of return migration: Caribbean perspectives by R. Potter, D. Conway and J. Phillips. Progress in Development Studies .
  • Dodman, D. (in press). Decolonizing the Colonial City: Urbanization and stratification in Kingston, Jamaica by C. Clarke. Social and Cultural Geography .
  • Dodman, D. (in press). The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use edited by D. McGregor, D. Simon and D. Thompson. Land Degradation and Development.

Courses

  • GG10A: Introduction to Human Geography
  • GG20R: Geographical Thought and Research Methods
  • GG30C: Geography of the Caribbean
  • GG31A: Urbanization in Developing Countries

Graduate Students

  • Chanelle Fingal : Fairtrade bananas in the Eastern Caribbean (co-supervised with Professor David Barker)
  • Seema Kadir : Housing policy in Trinidad and Jamaica
  • Robert Kinlocke : Gated communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area
  • Shenika McFarlane : Urban tourism in Jamaica

Outreach Activities

  • Coordinator: Department of Geography and Geology Brown Bag Seminar Series
  • Vice President: Jamaican Geographical Society
  • Board Member: Local Initiative Facility for the Environment (LIFE)
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