This paper argues for the relevance of the history and philosophy of geography and provides a personal perspective on the origins of the Working Party/Study Group/Research Group by one of its founders. Intellectually, the paper identifies the role of its history and philosophy as the construction and sanctioning of meta-narratives by which meaning is conferred on ‘geography’. Practically, the paper summarises the descriptive, normative and personal justifications for the establishment of the Working Party in 1981 in the context of Queen's University Belfast as a zone of civility exemplifying the politics of hope in a militarised, segregated and sectarian society.

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书写/纠正世界：对地理思想历史和哲学的反思

本文论证了地理学的历史和哲学的相关性，并对其创始人之一提供了关于工作组/研究组/研究组起源的个人观点。从理智上讲，本文将其历史和哲学的作用确定为元叙事的构建和批准，通过元叙事赋予“地理学”意义。实际上，本文总结了 1981 年在贝尔法斯特女王大学成立的描述性、规范性和个人理由，贝尔法斯特女王大学是一个文明区，体现了军事化、种族隔离和宗派社会中的希望政治。