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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
The Changing Practices of Human Geography: An Introduction
The Changing Practices of Human Geography: An Introduction
Practising Human Geography?
Let us begin by imagining two different human geographers, one we will call Carl and the other Linda. Both these are human geographers who believe that at least part of what human geography entails is the actual ‘practising’ of human geography: the practical ‘doing’ of it in the sense of leaving the office, the library and the lecture hall for the far less cosy ‘real world’ beyond and, in seeking to encounter this world in all its complexity, to find out new things about the many peoples and places found there, to make sense of what may be going on in the lives of these peoples and places ...
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