Publications
Selected publications
- Posthuman Buddhism and the Digital Self (Book - 2023)
- Tracing lines in the Hilbre sands: a spatial anthropology of islandness and other fictions (Journal article - 2023)
- Songlines Are for Singing: Un/Mapping the Lived Spaces of Travelling Memory (Journal article - 2023)
- Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space (Book - 2018)
- Minding the emptiness of nothing: methodological nothingness and the spatial anthropology of futility (Journal article - 2024)
- Spatial Anthropology and Deep Mapping (Chapter - 2024)
- Notes Towards a Phenomenological Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (Journal article - 2025)
2026
Post-pandemic Imaginaries: Space, Culture and Memory After Lockdown
Grossman, A., & Roberts, L. (2026). Post-pandemic Imaginaries: Space, Culture and Memory After Lockdown. A. Grossman, & L. Roberts (Eds.), Bloomsbury.
2025
Humanities (The Phenomenology of Travel and Tourism)
Roberts, L., & Andrews, H. (2025). Humanities (The Phenomenology of Travel and Tourism) (Vol. .). L. Roberts, & H. Andrews (Eds.), MDPI AG.
Notes Towards a Phenomenological Anthropology of Travel and Tourism
Andrews, H., & Roberts, L. (2025). Notes Towards a Phenomenological Anthropology of Travel and Tourism. Humanities, 14(6), 119. doi:10.3390/h14060119
2024
Developing and Managing Film-Related Tourism at Film Studios with the Design of Cultural and Heritage Features
Cui, X., Roberts, L., & Motta, W. (2024). Developing and Managing Film-Related Tourism at Film Studios with the Design of Cultural and Heritage Features. In Media, Place and Tourism (pp. 226-241). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003320586-20
Minding the emptiness of nothing: methodological nothingness and the spatial anthropology of futility
Roberts, L. (2024). Minding the emptiness of nothing: methodological nothingness and the spatial anthropology of futility. Social & Cultural Geography, 1-20. doi:10.1080/14649365.2024.2384409
Spatial Anthropology and Deep Mapping
Roberts, L. (2024). Spatial Anthropology and Deep Mapping. In The Routledge Handbook of Cartographic Humanities. Routledge.
2023
Spatial anthropology: Understanding deep mapping as a form of visual ethnography
Roberts, L. (2023). Spatial anthropology. In The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society (pp. 613-622). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780367855765-51
Songlines Are for Singing: Un/Mapping the Lived Spaces of Travelling Memory
Roberts, L. (2023). Songlines Are for Singing: Un/Mapping the Lived Spaces of Travelling Memory. HUMANITIES-BASEL, 12(3). doi:10.3390/h12030052
Posthuman Buddhism and the Digital Self
Roberts, L. (2023). Posthuman Buddhism and the Digital Self. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429053375
Tracing lines in the Hilbre sands: a spatial anthropology of islandness and other fictions
Unknown Title (2025). Unknown Journal, 26(1). doi:10.33178/ija.26.1
2022
Territory Glimpsed Through Lache Eyes A Tale of Non-Euclidean and Symbolically Authentic Excursions in Liminal Space
Roberts, L. (2022). Territory Glimpsed Through Lache Eyes A Tale of Non-Euclidean and Symbolically Authentic Excursions in Liminal Space. In TERRITORIES ENVIRONMENTS POLITICS (pp. 89-110). doi:10.4324/9781003196365-5
2020
Liminality and the Stranger: Understanding tourists and their landscapes through True Detective
Roberts, L., & Andrews, H. (2020). Liminality and the Stranger: Understanding tourists and their landscapes through True Detective. In M. Mansson, L. Eskilsson, & A. Buchman (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism. Routledge.
Navigating Cinematic Geographies: Reflections on Film as Spatial Practice
Roberts, L. (2020). Navigating Cinematic Geographies: Reflections on Film as Spatial Practice. In T. Edensor, U. Kothari, & A. Kalandides (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Place. Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/
2019
'The news where you are': Putting the geo in media studies
Roberts, L. (2018). 'The news where you are': Putting the geo in media studies. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 33(6), 673-681. doi:10.1177/0267323118811690
2018
Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space
Roberts, L. (2018). Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space. London: Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved from https://rowman.com/
Humanities (Spatial Bricolage: Methodological Eclecticism & the Poetics of 'Making Do')
Roberts, L. (Ed.) (2018). Humanities (Spatial Bricolage: Methodological Eclecticism & the Poetics of 'Making Do') (Vol. 6-7). MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/spatial_bricolage
Spatial Bricolage: The Art of Poetically Making Do
Roberts, L. (2018). Spatial Bricolage: The Art of Poetically Making Do. Humanities, 7(2). doi:10.3390/h7020043
The Question of Space: A Review Essay
Roberts, L. (2018). The Question of Space: A Review Essay. Humanities, 7(2), 42. doi:10.3390/h7020042
2016
Landscape in the Frame: Exploring the Hinterlands of the British Procedural Drama
Roberts, L. (2016). Landscapes in the frame: exploring the hinterlands of the British procedural drama. NEW REVIEW OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES, 14(3), 364-385. doi:10.1080/17400309.2016.1189712
On location in Liverpool Film-related tourism and the consumption of place
Roberts, L. (2016). On location in Liverpool Film-related tourism and the consumption of place. In TOURISM AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: THEORIES, POLICIES AND PRACTICE (pp. 31-43). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
The Cestrian Book of the Dead: A Necrogeographic Survey of the Dee Estuary
The Cestrian Book of the Dead: A Necrogeographic Survey of the Dee Estuary (2016). In Literary Mapping in the Digital Age (pp. 200-222). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315592596-21
Inhabiting the Edge: Tricksterism and Radical Liminality
Roberts, L. (2016). Inhabiting the Edge: Tricksterism and Radical Liminality. The Double Negative. Retrieved from http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/
Deep Mapping and Spatial Anthropology
Roberts, L. (2016). Deep Mapping and Spatial Anthropology. Humanities, 5(1), 5. doi:10.3390/h5010005
<i>The Cestrian Book of the Dead</i> A Necrogeographic Survey of the Dee Estuary
Roberts, L. (2016). <i>The Cestrian Book of the Dead</i> A Necrogeographic Survey of the Dee Estuary. In LITERARY MAPPING IN THE DIGITAL AGE (pp. 182-203). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
'Deep Mapping' - Special Issue edition of Humanities
Roberts, L. (2016). 'Deep Mapping' - Special Issue edition of Humanities. L. Roberts (Ed.), MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/DeepMapping
2015
The Rhythm of Non Places: Marooning the Embodied Self in Depthless Space
Roberts, L. (2015). The Rhythm of Non Places: Marooning the Embodied Self in Depthless Space. Humanities, 4(4), 569-599. doi:10.3390/h4040569
Mapping Cultures: Spatial Anthropology and Popular Cultural Memory
Roberts, L., & Cohen, S. (2015). Mapping Cultures: Spatial Anthropology and Popular Cultural Memory. In Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry (pp. 170-192). New York: Routledge.
Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
Duxbury, N., Garrett-Petts, W. F., & MacLennan, D. (Eds.) (2015). Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry. In . Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315743066
Liminality
Andrews, H., & Roberts, L. (2015). Liminality. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 131-137). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.12102-6
Navigating the ‘Archive City’: Digital Spatial Humanities and Archival Film Practice
Roberts, L. (2015). Navigating the 'archive city': Digital spatial humanities and archival film practice. CONVERGENCE-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, 21(1), 100-115. doi:10.1177/1354856514560310
2014
Introduction: Locating popular music heritage
Cohen, S., Roberts, L., Knifton, R., & Leonard, M. (2014). Introduction: Locating popular music heritage. In Unknown Book (pp. 1-11). doi:10.4324/9780203514528
Sites of Popular Music Heritage
Cohen, S., Knifton, R., Leonard, M., & Roberts, L. (Eds.) (2014). Sites of Popular Music Heritage. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203514528
Unveiling memory: Blue Plaques as in/tangible markers of popular music heritage
Roberts, L., & Cohen, S. (2014). Unveiling memory: Blue Plaques as in/tangible markers of popular music heritage. In Sites of Popular Music Heritage Memories Histories Places (pp. 221-238). doi:10.4324/9780203514528
Popular music heritage, cultural memory and cultural identity
Brandellero, A., Janssen, S., Cohen, S., & Roberts, L. (2014). Popular music heritage, cultural memory and cultural identity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HERITAGE STUDIES, 20(3), 219-223. doi:10.1080/13527258.2013.821624
Talkin bout my generation: popular music and the culture of heritage
Roberts, L. (2014). Talkin bout my generation: popular music and the culture of heritage. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HERITAGE STUDIES, 20(3), 262-280. doi:10.1080/13527258.2012.740497
Unauthorising popular music heritage: outline of a critical framework
Roberts, L., & Cohen, S. (2014). Unauthorising popular music heritage: outline of a critical framework. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HERITAGE STUDIES, 20(3), 241-261. doi:10.1080/13527258.2012.750619
(Un)Doing Tourism Anthropology: Outline of a Field of Practice
Roberts, L., & Andrews, H. (2014). (Un)Doing Tourism Anthropology: Outline of a Field of Practice. Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends, VI(2), 13-38.
Heritage Rocks! Mapping Spaces of Popular Music Tourism
Cohen, S., & Roberts, L. (2014). Heritage Rocks! Mapping Spaces of Popular Music Tourism. In S. Kruger, & R. Trandafoiu (Eds.), The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Musical Migration and Tourism (pp. 35-58). London: Routledge.
Locating the Moving Image: Outline of a New Empiricism
Roberts, L., & Hallam, J. (2014). Locating the Moving Image: Outline of a New Empiricism. In J. Hallam, & L. Roberts (Eds.), Locating the Moving Image: New Approaches to Film and Place (pp. 1-30). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Mapping the city in film
Hallam, J., & Les, R. (2014). Mapping the city in film. In Toward Spatial Humanities Historical Gis and Spatial History (pp. 143-171).
Marketing musicscapes, or the political economy of contagious magic
Roberts, L. (2014). Marketing musicscapes, or the political economy of contagious magic. TOURIST STUDIES, 14(1), 10-29. doi:10.1177/1468797613511683
Of Time, Dissonance and the Symphonic-Poetic City
Roberts, L. (2014). Of Time, Dissonance and the Symphonic-Poetic City. Eselsohren: Journal of the History of Art, Architecture and Urbanism, Vol: II(1+2), 89-104.
The Archive City: Film as Critical Spatial Practice
Roberts, L. (2014). The Archive City: Film as Critical Spatial Practice. In B. Fraser (Ed.), Marxism and Urban Culture (pp. 3-22). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books..
The Bulger Case: A Spatial Story
Roberts, L. (2014). The Bulger Case: A Spatial Story. The Cartographic Journal, 51(2), 141-151. doi:10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000075
The Violence of Non Places
Roberts, L. (2014). The Violence of Non Places. In TOURISM AND VIOLENCE (pp. 13-31). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2013
Afterword: Toward a spatial history of the moving image
Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2013). Afterword: Toward a spatial history of the moving image. In Locating the Moving Image New Approaches to Film and Place (pp. 245-254).
Film and spatiality: Outline of a new empiricism
Roberts, L., & Hallam, J. (2013). Film and spatiality: Outline of a new empiricism. In Locating the Moving Image New Approaches to Film and Place (pp. 1-30).
In Search of Pleasures Past
Roberts, L., & Shand, R. (2013). In Search of Pleasures Past. Screenworks, 4. Retrieved from http://www.jmpscreenworks.com/?pid=vol4
Locating the moving image: New approaches to film and place
Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2013). Locating the moving image: New approaches to film and place.
The Last of Liverpool: Liminal Journeys Around the Port City
Roberts, L. (2013). The Last of Liverpool: Liminal Journeys Around the Port City. In J. Conolly, & C. Whelan (Eds.), World Film Locations: Liverpool (pp. .). Bristol: Intellect.
2012
Cinematic Cartography
Roberts, L. (n.d.). Cinematic Cartography. In Mapping Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137025050.0009
Mapping Cultures
Roberts, L. (n.d.). Mapping Cultures. In Mapping Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137025050.0005
Walking, Witnessing, Mapping
Cooper, D., & Roberts, L. (n.d.). Walking, Witnessing, Mapping. In Mapping Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137025050.0010
Liminal Landscapes
Andrews, H., & Roberts, L. (Eds.) (2012). Liminal Landscapes. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203123164
Another Space: Gleaning the Urban Littoral
Roberts, L. (2012). Another Space: Gleaning the Urban Littoral. Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice, 4(1), 94-100. Retrieved from http://www.tourismconsumption.org/v4n1.htm
Cinematic Cartography: Projecting Place Through Film
Roberts, L. (2012). Cinematic Cartography: Projecting Place Through Film. In L. Roberts (Ed.), Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance (pp. .). Basingstoke: Palgrave. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=507224
Film, Mobility and Urban Space: a Cinematic Geography of Liverpool
Roberts, L. (2012). Film, Mobility and Urban Space: a Cinematic Geography of Liverpool. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Retrieved from http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/
Introduction: Remapping Liminality
Roberts, L., & Andrews, H. (2012). Introduction: Remapping Liminality. In L. Roberts, & H. Andrews (Eds.), Liminal Landscapes: Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between (pp. .). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415668842/
Liminal Landscapes: Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between
.. (2012). Liminal Landscapes: Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between. L. Roberts, & H. Andrews (Eds.), London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415668842/
Mapping Cultures
Roberts, L. (Ed.) (2012). Mapping Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137025050
Mapping Cultures - A Spatial Anthropology
Roberts, L. (2012). Mapping Cultures - A Spatial Anthropology. In L. Roberts (Ed.), Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance (pp. .). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=507224
Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance.
.. (2012). Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance.. L. Roberts (Ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=507224
The Sands of Dee: Estuarine Excursions in Liminal Space
Roberts, L. (2012). The Sands of Dee: Estuarine Excursions in Liminal Space. In L. Roberts, & H. Andrews (Eds.), Liminal Landscapes: Travel, Experience and Spaces In-between (pp. .). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415668842/
Walking, Witnessing, Mapping: An Interview with Iain Sinclair
Roberts, L., & Cooper, D. (2012). Walking, Witnessing, Mapping: An Interview with Iain Sinclair. In Mapping Cultures: Place, Practice, Performance (pp. .). Basingstoke: Palgrave. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=507224
2011
Mapping, memory and the city: Archives, databases and film historiography
Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2011). Mapping, memory and the city: Archives, databases and film historiography. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14(3), 355-372. doi:10.1177/1367549411399939
Flirting with Space: Journeys and Creativity', by David Crouch
Roberts, L. (2011). Flirting with Space: Journeys and Creativity', by David Crouch. Unknown Journal, 53-57. Retrieved from http://www.tourismconsumption.org/v3n2.htm
Regeneration, Mobility and Contested Space: Cultural Reflections on a City in Transition
Roberts, L. (2011). Regeneration, Mobility and Contested Space: Cultural Reflections on a City in Transition. In J. Harris, & R. Williams (Eds.), Regenerating Culture and Society: Art, Architecture and Urban Style within the Global Politics of City-Branding (pp. .). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
2010
Introduction: Projecting the urban
Koeck, R., & Roberts, L. (2010). Introduction: Projecting the urban. In Unknown Book (pp. 1-17). doi:10.1057/9780230299238
Preface
Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2010). Preface. In Unknown Book (pp. ix-x). doi:10.1057/9780230299238
The City and the Moving Image: Urban Projections
Koeck, R., & Roberts, L. (Eds.) (2010). The City and the Moving Image. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230299238
Dis/embedded Geographies of Film: Virtual Panoramas and the Touristic Consumption of Liverpool Waterfront
Roberts, L. (2010). Dis/embedded Geographies of Film: Virtual Panoramas and the Touristic Consumption of Liverpool Waterfront. SPACE AND CULTURE, 13(1), 54-74. doi:10.1177/1206331209353691
Introduction: Projecting the Urban
Koeck, R., & Roberts, L. (2010). Introduction: Projecting the Urban. In The City and the Moving Image (pp. 1-17). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230299238_1
Making Connections: Crossing Boundaries of Place and Identity in Liverpool and Merseyside Amateur Transport Films
Roberts, L. (2010). Making Connections: Crossing Boundaries of Place and Identity in Liverpool and Merseyside Amateur Transport Films. MOBILITIES, 5(1), 83-109. doi:10.1080/17450100903435052
Mapping, Memory and the City
Roberts, L., Hallam, J., Shand, R., & Kronenburg, R. (Eds.) (2010). Mapping, Memory and the City. In Mapping, Memory and the City (pp. .). Liverpool: School of Architecture, University of Liverpool.
Projecting Place: Location Mapping, Consumption and Cinematographic Tourism
Roberts, L. (2010). Projecting Place: Location Mapping, Consumption and Cinematographic Tourism. In L. Roberts, & R. Koeck (Eds.), The City and the Moving Image: Urban Projections (pp. .). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=394185
World in One City: Surrealist Geography and Time-space Compression in Alex Cox's Liverpool
Roberts, L. (2010). World in One City: Surrealist Geography and Time-space Compression in Alex Cox's Liverpool. In P. Burns, & J. Lester (Eds.), Tourism and Visual Culture Volume 1: Theories and Concepts (pp. .). Wallingford: CABI. doi:10.1079/9781845936099.0200
2009
Projecting place: Mapping the city in film
Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2009). Projecting place: Mapping the city in film. In 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on E-Science Workshops (pp. 152-157). IEEE. doi:10.1109/esciw.2009.5407972
Review: Cinematic Urbanism: A History of the Modern from Reel to Real, Land Use Change: Science, Policy, and Management
Roberts, L., & Verburg, P. H. (2009). Review: Cinematic Urbanism: A History of the Modern from Reel to Real, Land Use Change: Science, Policy, and Management. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 36(3), 568-570. doi:10.1068/b3603rvw
2008
Liverpool: a city on screen
Roberts, L. (2008). Liverpool: a city on screen. BFI, www.screenonline.org.uk/liverpool/index. Retrieved from http://www.screenonline.org.uk/liverpool/index.html
2007
Hospitality and eroticism
Andrews, H., Roberts, L., & Selwyn, T. (2007). Hospitality and eroticism. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1(3), 247-262. doi:10.1108/17506180710817774
The Archive City: Reading Liverpool's Urban Landscape through Film
Koeck, R., & Roberts, L. (2007). The Archive City: Reading Liverpool's Urban Landscape through Film. In C. Grunenberg, & R. Knifton (Eds.), Centre of the Creative Universe (pp. 83-93). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press in Association with Tate Liverpool.
2005
Marc Augés 'Oblivion'
Roberts, L. (2005). Marc Augés 'Oblivion'. Unknown Journal, .. Retrieved from http://culturemachine.tees.ac.uk/frm_f1.htm
Non-places in the Mist: Mapping the Spatial Turn in Theo Angelopoulos' Peripatetic Modernism
Roberts, L. (2005). Non-places in the Mist: Mapping the Spatial Turn in Theo Angelopoulos' Peripatetic Modernism. In W. Everett, & A. Goodbody (Eds.), Revisiting Space: Space and Place in European Cinema (pp. 325-344). Oxford: Peter Lang.
Utopic Horizons: Cinematic Geographies of Travel and Migration
Roberts, L. (2005). Utopic Horizons: Cinematic Geographies of Travel and Migration. (PhD Thesis, Middlesex University).
2002
From Sarajevo to Didcot: An interview with Pawel Pawlikowski
Roberts, L. (2002). From Sarajevo to Didcot: An interview with Pawel Pawlikowski. New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 1(2), 91-97. doi:10.1386/ncin.1.2.91
Welcome to Dreamland: From Place to Non-place and Back Again in Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort
Roberts, L. (2002). Welcome to Dreamland: From place to non-place and back again in Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort. New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 1(2), 78-90. doi:10.1386/ncin.1.2.78