“J-READING” reaches its tenth year of publications in the framework of geographical journals. Geographically thinking about didactics, research and interdisciplinary approaches. Introduction

“J-READING – Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography” has celebrated ten years of publications since it was founded, coming from the determination and recommendation of Gino De Vecchis who was the National President of the Italian Association of Geography Teachers at that time. On the occasion of the tenth year of publications of J- READING, and with Number 1-2021, the journal website has been graphically and technically improved and enhanced in its layout and functions. The contents have been migrated in a recent version of Open Journal Systems (OJS), the software application which is at the basis of the system for managing and organising the submission of the papers and the editorial workflow up to publishing the different contributions and the whole number. One technical and graphic step has been performed functionally to operational and figurative criteria and to better guarantee the working flow and procedure according to current standards. Another step has been planned in terms of publication. In fact, among the main aims of J-READING is the wish to represent a key bridge to reduce distances or more incisively to move more closely, above all in a perceptive sense aimed at active sharing and the creation of a basis for common discussion, making it converge the attention on themes and aspects of great far-reaching relevance and defining documents in a participant way. A very good example of this was the meeting which was held in Rome, at the Sapienza University, in the location of the Geography Unit of the current Department of Letters and Modern cultures, during the IV EUGEO Congress (5-7 September 2013), when the Rome Declaration on Geographical Education in Europe was signed by Representatives of the Italian Association of Geography Teachers (AIIG), the Association of Geographical Societies in Europe (EUGEO), the European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO) and the International Geographical Union (IGU). In a cohesive atmosphere of international collaboration an important document was defined to “underline clearly and strongly that the teaching of Geography in schools is fundamental for the future of Europe”, since “Geographical knowledge is indispensable for well informed citizens, successful business-men and policy makers”. In order to feed an analogous sense of active and common participation and discussion about the role of geography research and didactics and the position of the geographical journals like suitable seat for discussions and comparisons and for creating knowledge and citizens’ awareness, this number of J-READING has been thought with a thematic issue entitled “‘J- READING’ reaches its tenth year of publications in the framework of geo-graphical journals. Geographically thinking about didactics, research and interdisciplinary approaches”.