I just learned I am a runner-up for the 2012 Wiley–Blackwell Publishers Area Prize for New Research in Geography, based on my publication, “Practising workplace geographies: embodied labour as method in human geography”. I will receive an honorable mention in the June issue of the journal. The paper describes my research in ryokan, or traditional Japanese inns. I discuss the methodological possibilities and limitations of working participant observation, and I challenge geographers who research work and workplaces to get their hands dirty.

According to the journal’s website, “The purpose of the Area Prize is to encourage submissions from new researchers and to reward excellent geographical research. To be eligible for consideration, at the time of submitting their paper, authors should be engaged in full or part-time postgraduate research, or be within three years of the completion of their PhD, or of equivalent professional standing.”

If you wish to read the paper:
– Access the abstract here and connect through your library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2012.01101.x/abstract
– If you do not have library access, please contact me