Dr Joanne Maddern

Associate Professor

Geography

j.f.maddern@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Academic Office - 211
Second Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Dr Jo Maddern is an Associate Professor in Human Geography, specialising in new cultural and historical geographies and educational development.

She has a PhD in cultural representations of migration at Ellis Island from Aberystwyth University (2004) and has held academic positions in Dundee University (2000- 2005, Lecturer in Geography), Aberystwyth University (2005 - 2016, Director of the PGCTHE & learning and teaching development coordinator) and Swansea University (2017 - present, Associate Professor).

She was the incumbent programme director for Swansea Geography (2017-2024) and is an advisor and writer for the most recent national QAA Geography benchmark statement (2022).

Dr Maddern obtained Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2017) and assesses Senior Fellowship applications for Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching. She has led scheduled quality reviews for departments across the University and internal staff development events and away days.

She holds a postgraduate qualification in Personal and Business Coaching and has acted as a mentor for Women’s academic mentoring networks.

She holds a senior visiting fellowship in educational development from Windsor University Ontario (2013). She has delivered educational development workshops and seminars in a range of national and international contexts including India, the Middle East and North America.

Her research interests span areas such as heritage, travel, leisure, tourism, memory, landscape, place-making, mobility, the politics of fieldwork and pedagogy. She is available for postgraduate supervision and welcomes student enquiries.

Areas Of Expertise

Migration and Identity
Subjectivity and Space
Heritage and Spectrality
American National Identities
History and Memory
Academic Development in HE
Critical Pedagogies

Publications

Research Highlights

Maddern, J. (2004). Front doors to freedom, portal to the past: History at the Ellis Island immigration museum, New York.. Social and Cultural Geography, 5(3), 437-457.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38156
Maddern, J. (2004). Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island National Monument.. Current Issues in Tourism, 7(4-5), 303-314.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38155
Maddern, J. & Adey , P. (2008). Spectro-geographies.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 291-295.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38154
Maddern, J. (2008). Spectres of Migration and the Ghosts of Ellis Island.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 359-381.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38153
Maddern, J. (2008). Spectres of Migration and the Ghosts of Ellis Island.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 359-381.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38152
Maddern, J. & Stewart , E. (2010). Biometric Geographies, Mobility and Disability: Biologies of Culpability and the Biologised Spaces of (Post)modernity. In V. Chouinard., E. Hall., R. Wilton. (eds) Towards Enabling Geographies: : ‘Disabled’ Bodies and Minds in Society and Space. Geographies of Health (pp. 237-252). Taylor & Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38151
Maddern, J. & Hoskins, G. (2010). Immigration Stations: The regulation and commemoration of mobility at Angel Island, San Francisco and Ellis Island, New York.. Cresswell, T and Merrimen P (eds) Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects Taylor and Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38150
Maddern, J. (2012). The Battle over Annie Moore: Sculpting an Irish-American Genealogical Identity at Ellis Island Immigration Museum. N. Moore., Y. Whelan. (eds) lHeritage, Memory and the Politics of Space: New Perspectives on the Cultural Landscape (pp. 37-45). Taylor & Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38148
Maddern, J. (2017). The “Isle of Home” is Always on Your Mind: Subjectivity and Space at Ellis Island. Levin, A (eds) Global Mobilities Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants in Museums and Archives. Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38147
https://www.routledge.com/Global-Mobilities-Refugees-Exiles-and-Immigrants-in-Museums-and-Archives/Levin/p/book/9781138906327
Hoskins, G. & Maddern, J. (2022). Anticipating a Covid-19 Memorial Landscape: Quarantine and Migration Heritage as a Template?. Change Over Time, 11(1), 122-139.
https://doi.org/10.1353/cot.2022.0010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66320

All Research

Journal Articles

Hoskins, G. & Maddern, J. (2022). Anticipating a Covid-19 Memorial Landscape: Quarantine and Migration Heritage as a Template?. Change Over Time, 11(1), 122-139.
https://doi.org/10.1353/cot.2022.0010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66320
Maddern, J. & Adey , P. (2008). Spectro-geographies.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 291-295.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38154
Maddern, J. (2008). Spectres of Migration and the Ghosts of Ellis Island.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 359-381.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38153
Maddern, J. (2008). Spectres of Migration and the Ghosts of Ellis Island.. Journal of Cultural Geography, 15(3), 359-381.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38152
Maddern, J. (2004). Front doors to freedom, portal to the past: History at the Ellis Island immigration museum, New York.. Social and Cultural Geography, 5(3), 437-457.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38156
Maddern, J. (2004). Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island National Monument.. Current Issues in Tourism, 7(4-5), 303-314.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38155

Book Chapters

Maddern, J. (2017). The “Isle of Home” is Always on Your Mind: Subjectivity and Space at Ellis Island. Levin, A (eds) Global Mobilities Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants in Museums and Archives. Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38147
https://www.routledge.com/Global-Mobilities-Refugees-Exiles-and-Immigrants-in-Museums-and-Archives/Levin/p/book/9781138906327
Maddern, J. (2012). The Battle over Annie Moore: Sculpting an Irish-American Genealogical Identity at Ellis Island Immigration Museum. N. Moore., Y. Whelan. (eds) lHeritage, Memory and the Politics of Space: New Perspectives on the Cultural Landscape (pp. 37-45). Taylor & Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38148
Maddern, J. & Stewart , E. (2010). Biometric Geographies, Mobility and Disability: Biologies of Culpability and the Biologised Spaces of (Post)modernity. In V. Chouinard., E. Hall., R. Wilton. (eds) Towards Enabling Geographies: : ‘Disabled’ Bodies and Minds in Society and Space. Geographies of Health (pp. 237-252). Taylor & Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38151
Maddern, J. & Hoskins, G. (2010). Immigration Stations: The regulation and commemoration of mobility at Angel Island, San Francisco and Ellis Island, New York.. Cresswell, T and Merrimen P (eds) Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects Taylor and Francis
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38150

Taught Modules

GE-008 Foundations in Human Geography

An introduction to human geography concepts and themes from the perspective of contemporary research. The material covered builds on the WJEC A-level syllabus and focuses on the areas of development, globalisation and sustainability. Development is a continuing concern of geographers while the economic, political, social and environmental aspects of Globalisation increasingly impact on people and places. Themes relating to Sustainability (Sustainable Water, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Population and Sustainable Cities) draw attention to the complexities and the management of a sustainable planet. The course provides a bridge between A-level and University level study.
GEC252L Geographical Fieldwork Skills: Local

Nod y modiwl yw ennill profiad o'r sgiliau daearyddol y mae eu hangen i archwilio'r amgylcheddau daearyddiaeth ffisegol a dynol o'n cwmpas. Defnyddiwn ein hasedau daearyddol lleol a rhanbarthol sylweddol i archwilio nifer o themâu ym maes daearyddiaeth ddynol a ffisegol. Y nodau cyffredinol yw nodi, dadansoddi a meithrin dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd ddaearyddol amrywiol a¿r nodweddion cynhenid yn Abertawe a de Cymru. Mae'r modiwl yn cynnwys hyd at 10 niwrnod maes 'dewis a dethol', gyda thema daearyddiaeth ddynol, daearyddiaeth ffisegol neu ddaearyddiaeth ddynol a ffisegol. Gofynnir i fyfyrwyr ddewis mynd i 4 o'r diwrnodau maes. Bydd myfyrwyr sy¿n dilyn y modiwl hwn yn ennill profiad mewn dylunio ymchwil, methodolegau, dadansoddi data a dulliau cyflwyno. Gall myfyrwyr sy'n dilyn y cwrs maes hwn ddewis canolbwyntio ar naill ai elfennau daearyddiaeth ffisegol neu ddynol neu'r diwrnodau dynol/ffisegol cymysg, neu gymysgedd o'r tri. Mae'r cwrs yn hyblyg iawn o ganlyniad i'r ystod o bynciau y gallwn eu harchwilio yn yr ardal leol a rhanbarthol. Bydd deunyddiau darlith a deunyddiau ar-lein yn ategu pob diwrnod maes. Cynhelir y diwrnodau ar adegau gwahanol yn ystod y Semester a'r myfyrwyr eu hunain fydd yn cadw eu lle ar y diwrnodau maes o'u dewis. Thema'r daith yw "De Cymru: Amgylcheddau, Tirweddau, Treftadaeth a Chymuned". The module is concerned with gaining experience of the geographical skills needed to explore the physical and human geography environments around us. We use our considerable local and regional geographical assets to explore multiple themes in human and physical geography. The general aims are to observe, analyse and achieve an understanding of the varied geographical landscape and inherent features in Swansea and South Wales. The module is run via up to 10 'pick and mix' field days, with a human, physical or human and physical geography theme. Students will be required to chose 4 of the field days to attend. Students taking this module will gain experience in research design, methodologies, data analysis and presentation methods. Students taking this field course can choose to focus on either the physical or human geography elements or the mixed human/physical days, or a mix of all three. Maximum flexibility is afforded by the range of topics we can explore in the local and regional area. Each day will be accompanied by online and lecture materials. The days will be run at various times in the Semester and students will book on to their chosen field days independently. The theme of the trip is "South Wales: Environments, Landscapes, Heritage and Community".
GEG220 Tourism, Heritage and Leisure

The tourism and leisure industries are one of the world¿s most successful industries. In the UK alone, the tourism industry contributes an estimated £127 billion annually to the British economy. In developing countries, tourism can be a force for growth, a key source of employment and income generation. But the tourism industry is not without its impacts. In this module, we will examine how tourism, leisure and heritage spaces are produced, maintained, and consumed. Within this circuit of cultural production and consumption, we will examine a range of case studies to understand key theories around authenticity, nostalgia, tourism mobilities, and the ¿tourist gaze¿. We will also examine the heritage industry and the ways in which the ¿past¿ are used in the ¿present¿. Here a key focus is on collective memory making, what is remembered and what is forgotten, by whom and for what purpose.
GEG252B Geographical Fieldwork skills: Berlin

The module is concerned with identifying and defining geographical questions in Berlin and applying the relevant geographical skills, knowledge and techniques to these questions. The general aims are to observe, analyse and achieve an understanding of the varied geographies and landscapes of the city. The emphasis is on the cultural, political, urban and economic geographies of Berlin, focussing on landscapes of power and memory, counter-culture and gentrification, and culture and everyday life in the city. The module comprises preparatory lectures and small-group preparation work in Swansea, and a week's fieldwork in Berlin. Assessment is entirely through coursework.
GEG277 Geographical Methods and Data Analysis

This core 20-credit module introduces a variety of physical and human geography methods, along with data analysis. The module builds upon student knowledge and covers research design, data collection and data analysis. Students are introduced to a range of lab and field techniques in physical and / or human geography along with statistical analysis. They gain experience in describing, interpreting and presenting the results.
GEG278 Dissertation Preparation Skills

This module builds upon student knowledge of social research methods and environmental methods (delivered in GEG277) through to the formulation of a dissertation proposal. The module focuses on key dissertation planning and preparation skills.
GEG331 Dissertation Report: Geography

The dissertation is an original, substantive and independent research project in an aspect of Geography. The dissertation research project is based on 20 - 25 days of primary research (e.g fieldwork, lab work, archive work) and several months of analysis and write-up. The end result must be less than 10,000 words of text. The dissertation offers you the chance to follow your personal interests and to demonstrate your capabilities as a Geographer. During the course of your dissertation, you will be supported by a peer-led discussion group and a staff supervisor. Lectures and guidance are delivered via this module and peer and staff led Dissertation Support Groups are delivered via GEG332. Participating in Dissertation Support Groups is vital, and is assessed and, in these groups, students will provide constructive criticism to fellow students undertaking related research projects, learning from their research problems and subsequent solutions. This support and supervision is delivered through GEG332, which is a co- requisite.
GEG332 Dissertation Support: Geography

This module provides structured, student-led peer-group support and academic staff group supervision for students undertaking the 30-credit 'Dissertation Report: Geography' module. This support and supervision is assessed through the submission of the Dissertation Outline and the Dissertation Support Group Reflection and Attendance Log. Working within a supervised Student Peer Group, students have the opportunity to provide constructive criticism to fellow students undertaking related research projects, learning from their research problems and subsequent solutions. Group sessions are the main support provision as student¿s work through their Dissertation. This module complements the 'Dissertation Report: Geography' module, which is a co-requisite.
GEGM15 Qualitative Research Methods

This is a ¿hands on¿ module concerned specifically with how to effectively and reflectively ¿do¿ qualitative methods in the social sciences. It complements and builds on similar modules in quantitative approaches and epistemological and ontological frameworks such as CRM02, CRM03, POM32 and EDM18. After two initial lectures situating the contested and shifting notion of ¿the field¿ and relationships between theory and practice, students will engage in a series of hands-on, practical workshops in specific methods. Workshops will be of 3 hours duration each and will include a theoretical element, a practice element and a reflection element. Following each workshop students will be asked to complete a short, 800-word reflection on the applicability of the research method to their discipline and set of research questions. Students will be encouraged in their reflections to consider both the practical and academic aspects of ¿doing¿ each method. The completed reflective portfolio will be handed in at the end of the course for marking. The methods will vary depending on the staff complement teaching the module from year to year, but are very likely to include: ¿ Ethnographic methods and observation ¿ Archival research, oral history and biographical methods. ¿ Organisational research and interviewing elite actors ¿ Questionnaires, interviews and focus groups ¿ Mobile methods ¿ Participatory action research ¿ Textual and online methods.

Dr Joanne Maddern

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Welsh language proficiency

About

Areas Of Expertise

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Taught Modules

GE-008 Foundations in Human Geography

GEC252L Geographical Fieldwork Skills: Local

GEG220 Tourism, Heritage and Leisure

GEG252B Geographical Fieldwork skills: Berlin

GEG277 Geographical Methods and Data Analysis

GEG278 Dissertation Preparation Skills

GEG331 Dissertation Report: Geography

GEG332 Dissertation Support: Geography

GEGM15 Qualitative Research Methods