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Jane M. Jacobs is an Australian academic, currently serving as Professor of Cultural Geography, in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. She was previously at the University of Melbourne. Jacobs' work has focused on Postcolonialism; indigenous rights and identity; race and racism; cultural politics of urban space; high-rise housing and modernity; and the politics of cultural heritage. Jacobs has published several books, a large number of book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed international scholarly journals.

Selected publications

Books

Gelder, K. and Jacobs, J.M. (1998) Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation, University of Melbourne Press, Melbourne
Jacobs, J.M. (1996) Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City, Routledge, London & New York 186pp
Jacobs, J.M. and Gale, F. (1994) Tourism and the Protection of Aboriginal Cultural Sites, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra 146pp
Gale, F. and Jacobs, J.M. (1987) Tourists and the National Estate: Procedures to Protect Australia's Heritage, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra 116pp

Edited nooks

Fincher, R. and Jacobs, J.M. (1998) Cities of Difference, Guilford, New York 322pp
Gibson, K., Huxley, M., Cameron, J., Costello, L., Fincher, R., Jacobs, J.M., Jamieson, N., Johnson, L. and Pulvirenti, M. (1996) Restructuring Difference: Social Polarisation and the City, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 6 114pp
Jacobs, J.M. and Liepins, R. (1994) Rural Women: Exploring Research Agendas. In Department of geography and Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, Research Paper 1, Melbourne 45pp

External links

Staff information at University of Edinburgh

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-'''Jane M Jacobs''' is an Australian academic, currently serving as [[Professor]] of [[Cultural Geography]], in the School of Geosciences at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. She was previously at the [[University of Melbourne]]. Jacobs' work has focused on [[Postcolonialism]]; indigenous rights and identity; [[race]] and [[racism]]; cultural politics of urban space; high-rise housing and [[modernity]]; and the politics of cultural heritage. Jacobs has published several books, a large number of book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed international scholarly journals.
+'''Jane M. Jacobs''' is an Australian academic, currently serving as [[Professor]] of [[Cultural Geography]], in the School of Geosciences at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. She was previously at the [[University of Melbourne]]. Jacobs' work has focused on [[Postcolonialism]]; indigenous rights and identity; [[race]] and [[racism]]; cultural politics of urban space; high-rise housing and [[modernity]]; and the politics of cultural heritage. Jacobs has published several books, a large number of book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed international scholarly journals.
 ==Selected publications==
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 * [[Faye Gale|Gale, F]]. and Jacobs, J.M. (1987) Tourists and the National Estate: Procedures to Protect Australia's Heritage, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra 116pp
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 * [[Ruth Fincher|Fincher, R]]. and Jacobs, J.M. (1998) Cities of Difference, Guilford, New York 322pp
 * Gibson, K., [[Margo Huxley|Huxley, M]]., Cameron, J., Costello, L., [[Ruth Fincher|Fincher, R]]., Jacobs, J.M., Jamieson, N., Johnson, L. and Pulvirenti, M. (1996) Restructuring Difference: Social Polarisation and the City, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 6 114pp
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 * [http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/people/person.html?indv=382 Staff information at University of Edinburgh]
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 [[Category:Australian academics]]
 [[Category:Geographers]]