Discussant(s): Geraldo Wilson Peter H. Herlihy - University of Kansas Sidney Chalhoub David J. Robinson - Syracuse University Session Description: This session explores international interdisciplinary collaboration through a set of exemplary research projects among geographers and other scholars in the Americas. An overview of recent research findings about international collaboration among geographers in the hemisphere preface a set of papers that describe ongoing successful interdisciplinary and multi-country projects in detail. Speakers conducting work in Canada, the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil offer their insights and highlight lessons learned from the experience of building and maintaining major research efforts across cultural, national, linguistic, and disciplinary borders. Featured projects addresses a diverse range of interests, from geographic technologies, ecological biodiversity and conservation, indigenous rural land use, to urban historical spaces. A discussion following the papers will explore opportunities for collaborative activities among geographers and related scholars of the Americas. The session builds upon a long-term initiative of special sessions at AAG Annual Meetings to explore the state of geography in the Americas and build collaboration among geographers in the hemisphere. Attendees are invited to stay for a wine reception immediately following the session.
