The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Cover Artist
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Introduction
What This Volume Is/Is Not
Organisation
References
Part I Origins, Reflections and Debates
1 The Great Debate in Mid-Twentieth-Century American Geography: Fred K. Schaefer vs. Richard Hartshorne
Introduction
Context and Dramatis Personae
The Debate
The Aftermath
Conclusion
Notes
References
2 The Archive and the Field: Methodological Procedures and Research Outcomes in the Work of Carl O. Sauer (1889–1975)
Beginnings, Schooling, and Academic Career
The Morphology of Landscape
Foreword to Historical Geography
The Education of a Geographer
A First Book in Geography
The Vicissitudes of Collaboration
Acclaim and Resonance
Coda
Notes
References
3 The Quantitative Revolution
Setting the Stage
The Start of the Revolution
The Beginning of the End?
Concluding Thoughts
References
4 Towards Interdisciplinarity: The Relationship Between GIS/GIScience/Cartography and Human Geography
Introduction
Basic Concepts and Definitions
GIS, GIScience, and Cartography: From Space to Place
Conclusions: Towards a GIS of Space AND Place
Notes
References
5 Reflections On Human Geography’s Methodological ‘Turns’
Introduction
Four Anecdotes That Presaged Personal ‘Turns’
A Turn in Perspective
Two ‘Turns’ in Light of Field Experience
Conclusion
References
6 For an Intersectional Sensibility: Feminisms in Geography
Introduction
Intersectionality-like Thinking: The Early Years
Twentieth-century Revolutions (1960–1985)
Intersectionality (1991–present)
For an Intersectional Sensibility in Feminist Geography’s Methodologies
Conclusion
Note
References
7 Making Space for Indigenous Intelligence, Sovereignty and Relevance in Geographic Research
Introduction
‘But How Will This Research Be Useful for the Community?’ By Chantelle Richmond
‘Embracing the Gift of Indigenous Intelligence’ By Renee Pualani Louis
Indigenous Leadership in Research: ‘Whakaari Ma Hoiho – Research as Horseplay’ By Brad Coombes
Conclusion
References
8 Geohumanities: An Evolving Methodology
Introduction
Geography and (As) the Humanities: The Meanings and Origins of Geohumanities
Geohumanities as Methodology, as a Framework for Thinking and Theorizing
Geohumanities as Method, as Doing and World Making
Geohumanities in the Future: Where Must We Go, What Might Be Changed?
Note
References
Part II Methodologies of Human Geography’s Sub-Disciplines
9 Affective Landscapes: Capturing Emotions in Place
Introduction
From Phenomenology to Full-Blooded Relational Emotional Geographies
Place Capture: From Words to Bodies to Actions
Stories: Talking and Hearing Affect/Emotion
Observations: Viewing and Placing Affect/Emotion
Encounters: Sharing and Living Affect/Emotion
Valuing Emotional Geographies Methods
References
10 Geography’s Sexual Orientations: Queering the Where, the What, and the How
Queer Methods and Methodology
Geographies of Sexuality
The Queer Turn
Queer Methodologies
Refusal and In/Visibility as Methodologies for Queer Geographies?
Ephemera as Methodological Resource for Queer Geographies
Queer Archives, Messy Archives
Conclusion
References
11 Political Geographies: Assemblage Theory as Methodology
Introduction
Ethnography and the Body Becoming
Archives and the Anthropocene: Non-Human Agency and Temporality
Conclusion
References
12 Indigenous Geographies: Researching and De-Colonising Environmental Narratives
Introduction
Indigenous Research Ethics and Methodologies
Indigenous Research Paradigms and Frameworks
Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Frameworks: Exploring The Interface Between Worlds
Indigenous Methodologies and Methods: Narratives Not Numbers?
Indigenous Qualitative Methods: Interviews
Hikoi (Walking) Method
Talaona (Story) Method
Yarning (Aboriginal Storytelling)
Sharing Circles
Concluding Remarks
References
13 Storytelling in Anti-Colonial Geographies: Caribbean Methodologies With World-Making Possibilities
Introduction: Storytelling as Decolonial/Anticolonial Methodology
Storytelling in the Caribbean
Methods for Gathering Caribbean Stories
Listening
Translation
Interpretation, Responsibility and Ethics
Community Co-Production of Knowledge
Conclusion
References
14 Historical Geographies: Geographical Antagonism and Archives
Introduction
Geographical Antagonism in Analogue Archives
Geographical Antagonism in Digital Archives
Conclusion
Notes
References
15 Black Geographies: Methodological Reflections
Introduction
The Construction of “Race” and Racist Geography
Situating Black Geographies
Reimagining Spaces, Spatialities and Spatializations of Race, Racialization, Racism and Anti-Racism
Methodological Challenges and Pathways of Black Geographies
Conclusion
References
16 Digital Geographies and Everyday Life: Space, Materiality, Agency
Introduction
Socio-Technics of Everyday Life
Methodological Practices
Digital Geographies in Action: Researching Technological Sovereignty in Barcelona
Conclusion
References
17 GIScience: Addressing Aggregation and Uncertainty
Introduction
Uncertainty in GIS Data
American Community Survey
Regionalization: Aggregations of Area Units
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem
Uncertainty Visualization
Bivariate Mapping for Visualizing Uncertainty Attributes
Map Classification With an Incorporation of Uncertainty
Spatial Patterns With Uncertainty
Uncertainty in GIS Analysis
Specification Error
Measurement Error Model
Conclusions
Notes
References
18 Health Geography and Big Data Adventures: Methodological Innovations, Opportunities and Challenges
Introduction: Moving People, Evolving Places
From Aggregate to Individual: A Wealth of Individualised Big Data
Exposure: Interactions Between People and Place
Introducing Time: Or (Re)Introducing Time
Big Data: ‘Buzzword Bingo’ Or Epistemological Advancement?
Smart Cities: Smart Idea, Naïve Solutions
Privacy and Ethics: Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Meant We Should
Challenges and Opportunities for Methodological Innovation
Challenges: Pilotism and Reproducibility
Opportunities: Interventions in the Neighbourhood
Research in Action: The Sensing City, #Well ConnectedNZ and MGeoHealth
Future Research Directions: Where Next for Health Geography, Big Data, Time and Space?
Notes
References
19 Geographies of Disability: On the Potential of Mixed Methods
Introduction
Defining Disability
Historical and Intellectual Trajectory of Disability Geography
The Potential of Mixing Methods
Researcher Positionality
Future Research Directions
Conclusion
References
20 Methodologies for Animal Geographies: Approaches Within and Beyond the Human
Introduction
Engaging in Conversations About Nonhuman Animals
Studying Animal Cultural Texts
Human-animal Ethnographies
A Dialogue of Methods
The Ethics and Politics of Methods
Conclusions
References
21 Urban Geographies: Comparative and Relational Urbanisms
Introduction
Comparative Urbanism
Relational Urbanism
Conclusion
References
22 Economic Geographies: Navigating Research and Activism
Introduction
Embracing and Inventorying the Mess
Activating New Economies Through Performative Research
Concluding Thoughts: New Challenges for Economic Geography
References
23 Geographies of Education: Data, Scale/Mobilities, and Pedagogies
Introduction
Data: Embodied, Co-Constructed, and Digital
Scale: Educational Sites and Mobilities
Pedagogy: Synergies and Reciprocities
Conclusions
References
24 Children’s Geographies: Playing With Participatory Methods
Introduction
Why Focus On Participatory Methods and Play?
Part 1: Shifts Inside and Outside Human Geography
Part 2: Critical Perspectives
Part 3: Research Examples
Example 1: Photovoice
Example 2: Youth-Performed Play Space Assessments
Conclusions
References
25 Anarchist Research Within and Without the Academy: Everyday Geographies and the Methods of Emancipation
Introduction
Anarchism, Anarchist Geographies and Research
Foregrounding Methodology: Methods, Ethics and Dissemination Strategies
Disseminating Anarchist Research Within and Beyond the Academy
Conclusion: Futures
References
Part III Cross-Cutting Issues in Human Geography Methodologies
26 Politics, Institutions and Place: Researching Sensitive Subjects in Urban Contexts
Introduction
Politics, Politicians and Power
Negotiating the Contested Spaces of Urban Institutions
Conclusions
References
27 Navigating Ruralities in Human Geography Research: Reflections From Fieldwork in Complex Rural Settings
Introduction
Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Fieldwork: Practicalities and Complexities
Building Trust With Respondents and Gatekeepers
Positionality and Subjectivities
Implementing Longitudinal Research Design and Methods
Navigating Socio-Cultural Norms
Conclusion
References
28 Participatory Geographies: From Community-Engaged to Community-Led Research
Introduction
What Is ‘Participatory’ Research?
Where Does Participatory Research Come From?
Early Critiques of Participation
Participatory Research Comes to Geography
Trends, Tensions, Emerging Questions: Where Next for Participatory Geographies?
Concluding Comments
References
29 The Methodological Implications of Integrating Lived Experience in Geographic Research On Inequalities
Lived Experience and Geography
The Challenges of Researching the Lived Experience of Inequality
Geographical Approaches to Researching the Lived Experience of Inequality
Go Alongs
Ethnography
Visual Methods
Implications for Research and Practice
Conclusion
References
30 What Role for More-Than-Representational, More-Than-Human Inquiry?
From Representation to More-Than-Representation
The Methodological Implications and Challenges of a More-Than-Representational Geography
Practicing More-Than-Representational, More-Than-Human Research
Sensory and Proactive Ethnographies
More-Than-Human Considerations
Arts-based Approaches
New Approaches to Interviews and Conversation
New Technologies
New Ways of Writing
More-Than-Representational Methodological Futures
References
31 Dear Feminist Collective: How Does One Take Up Slow Scholarship (In the Midst of Crises)?
Feminist Slow Scholarship: Some Background
Feminist Slow Scholarship Can Inform Research Methodologies
Rethinking Temporalities of Crisis and Care
Dear FACC: How Do We Practice a Feminist Ethics of Care Throughout the Research Process?
Dear FACC: How Do We Make Time For Slow Scholarship When We’re Working in a System That Privileges and Prioritizes Speed?
Dear FACC: How Is Slowing Down Relevant to Practices of Embodied Care Work, Both Within and Beyond Formal Scholarship?
Conclusion
References
32 Refining Research Methodologies to Make a Difference in Policy
Introduction
Engage Decisionmakers
Expand Data Collection
Encourage Networking
Contextualize Results
Conclusions
References
Index