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Practising Human Geography is critical introduction to disciplinary debates about the practice of human geography, that is informed by an inquiry into how geographers actually do research. In examining those methods and practices that are integral to doing geography, the text presents a theoretically-informed reflection on the construction and interpretation of geographical data - including factual and "fictional" sources; the use of core research methodologies; and the interpretative role of the researcher. Framed by an historical overview how ideas of practising human geography have changed, the following three sections offer an comprehensive and integrated overview of research methodologies. Illustrated throughout, the te
Constructing Geographical Interpretations
Geographical Interpretations
If human geographers do use data in their research (see the introduction to Part I), it is obvious that we have do something with these data in the course of bending them into intelligible findings amenable to the drawing of conclusions, the offering of speculations and even, on occasion, the tendering of predictions. A few human geographers might suppose that ‘the data speak for themselves’, implying that once you have gathered or generated the relevant data it is possible simply to ‘write up’ or ‘write out’ these data as findings which unproblematically mirror what is happening in the world beyond the pages of the academic text. The majority of human geographers would dispute such a supposition, though, not least ...
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