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CGSG is committed to promoting community, collaboration, and scholarship within cultural geography. With that in mind, we encourage you to get involved in our lively collective of cultural geographers. As the board of CGSG, our job is to support our members in their work and help connect people with cultural geography. Here are some of our objectives for this year:

• Facilitate new, creative, artistic, and multimedia explorations of geography (check out our photo competition winners!).
• Create opportunities for folks—both in and out of academia—to participate in conversations, events, and initiatives that advance the study of cultural geography.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with partner organizations within the field of geography and beyond.
• Participate actively in events and projects locally and globally to promote CGSG.
• Promote an open and welcoming environment in which all members feel empowered to contribute their unique perspectives to our collective work. 
• And most importantly…Have fun!

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Mission

The Cultural Geography Specialty Group (CGSG) seeks to promote and encourage scholarly research and superior teaching in the field of Cultural Geography through the exchange of current thought, trends, and information focusing on all areas of the field. The CGSG shall encourage, facilitate and sponsor the organization of paper sessions and discussion panels at national and regional meetings of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) as well as other seminars, symposiums, and conferences at which themes relating to Cultural Geography are discussed. The CGSG will also reward junior scholars by hosting paper competitions and awarding research grants. The CGSG will stimulate dialog and represent members in all matters related to membership in the national association (AAG).

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Current Executive Board