"The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength. Many students have commented that the chapters they have read have encouraged them to read more in this field, which is fantastic from a lecturers perspective." - Richard White, Sheffield Hallam University
A new edition of the classic Approaches text for students, organised in three sections, which overviews and explains the history and philosophy of Human Geographies in all its applications by those who practise it:
Section One Philosophies: Positivist Geography / Humanism / Feminist Geographies / Marxisms / Structuration Theory / Human Animal / Realism / Postmodern Geographies/ Poststructuralist Theories / Actor-Network Theory, / Postcolonialism / Geohumanities / Technologies Section Two People: Institutions and Cultures / Places and Contexts / Memories and Desires / Understanding Place / Personal and Political / Becoming a Geographer / Movement and Encounter / Spaces and Flows / Places as Thoughts Section Three Practices: Mapping and Geovisualization / Quantification, Evidence, and Positivism / Geographic Information Systems / Humanism / Activism / Feminist Geographies / Poststructuralist Theories / Psychoanalysis / Environmental Inquiry / Contested Geographies and Culture Wars
Fully updated throughout and with eight brand new chapters - this is the core text for modules on history, theory, and practice in Human Geography.
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The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength of this book. Many students have commented that the chapters they have read have encouraged them to read more in this field, which is fantastic from a lecturers perspective. -- Richard White
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1 Ways of Knowing and Ways of Doing Geographic Research |
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3 Lived Emplacement and the Locality of Being: A Return to Humanistic Geography? |
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4 Feminist Geographies of Difference, Relation, and Construction |
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5 Marx and the Spirit of Marx |
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6 Structuration Theory: Agency, Structure and Everyday Life |
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8 Realism as a Basis for Knowing the World |
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9 Postmodern Geographies and the Ruins of Modernity |
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10 Poststructuralist Theories |
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10a Postscript to Poststructuralist Theories in Geography |
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11 Actor-Network Theory, Networks, and Relational Geographies |
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12 Postcolonialism: Powers of Representation |
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13 Geohumanities: Engaging Space and Place in the Humanities |
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14 Mind the Gap: Reconsidering Geography's Twentieth Century Technological Settlements |
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15 Institutions and Cultures |
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16 Places, People and Contexts |
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18 Understanding the Heart of Place ... |
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19 Personal and Political |
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20 How I Became a Geographer |
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21 Movement and Encounter |
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24 Mapping and Geovisualization |
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25 Quantification, Evidence and Positivism |
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26 Geographic Information Systems |
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27 Humanism and People-Centered Methods |
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28 To Build Another World: Activism in the Light of Marxist Geographical Thought |
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29 Producing Feminist Geographies: Theory, Methodologies and Research Strategies |
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30 Poststructuralist Approaches: Deconstruction and Discourse Analysis |
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31 Pricing Dignity: Psychoanalytical Frameworks and the Burden of Proof |
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32 Research is Theft: Environmental Inquiry in a Postcolonial World |
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33 Contested Geographies: Culture Wars, Personal Clashes and Joining Debate |
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Dr. Stuart C. Aitken is Professor of Geography and June Burnett Chair at SDSU. He directs the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Young People and Space (ISYS). Stuarts research interests include critical social theory, qualitative methods, children, families and communities. His recent books include The Ethnopoetics of Space and Transformation (Ashgate 2014), The Fight to Stay Put (Verlag 2013), Young People. Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations (Routledge 2011), Qualitative Geographies (Sage 2010) and The Awkward Spaces of Fathering (Ashgate 2009). Stuart has published over 200 papers in academic journals and edited book collections.
Professor Valentine has held prestigious international visiting fellowships at the Universities of Sydney, Australia and Otago, New Zealand and has visited and given keynote addresses at a range of prestigious international conferences. She was co-founder and co-editor of the international journal Social and Cultural Geography, and co-edited Gender, Place and Culture. She has undertaken international research in Europe, Africa and the USA and is committed to developing the University of Sheffields international strategy within the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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