‘Doom’, ‘danger’ and ‘disregard’ are palpable sentiments in recent writing by historical geographers and give the subfield some decidedly political intonations. These three words have diverse, disquieting and expectant connotations and are tracked in this report through clusters of research on colonialism, racism, decolonisation, climate change, Earth history and political reaction and populism. This range of historical work within geography provokes more general questions about how the discipline, generally, sees itself today and at a time of profound uncertainty about the meaning and direction of history. At this time, it is easy to be despondent but vital to hope and work for change.

“毁灭”，“危险”和“无视”是历史地理学家在最近的著作中可明显看出的情绪，并给该领域带来了明确的政治语调。这三个词具有多样化，令人沮丧和令人期待的含义，并且在本报告中通过有关殖民主义，种族主义，非殖民化，气候变化，地球历史以及政治反应和民粹主义的一系列研究得到追踪。地理学中的这种历史工作范围引发了关于该学科在今天以及在历史的意义和方向充满深刻不确定性的情况下通常如何看待自身的更普遍的问题。在这个时候，很容易会灰心，但是对于希望和为变革而努力至关重要。