Fragmentation around a Defended Core: The Territoriality of Geography

Geography, like all other academic disciplines, is fragmented into a large number of specialist communities, within which research occurs and individual careers are structured: Geography is characterized by at least four cleavages. Such fragmentation is necessary to scientific progress, but threaten...

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Published inThe Geographical journal Vol. 164; no. 2; pp. 139 - 147
Main Author Johnston, R.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Royal Geographical Society 01.07.1998
Royal Geographical Society
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Bgi / Prodig
College instruction
Communities
Funding
Geography
Geography education
Human geography
Interdisciplinary relations
Professional and research organization. Deontology
Research trends
Research universities
Territoriality
Territories
The practice of geography
Universities
Geography
Specialization
Territoriality
Epistemology
University
Practice of geography
Geographic research
Fragmentation
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Summary:Geography, like all other academic disciplines, is fragmented into a large number of specialist communities, within which research occurs and individual careers are structured: Geography is characterized by at least four cleavages. Such fragmentation is necessary to scientific progress, but threatens the discipline's status and funding within academia, hence the attempts to defend Geography's territory within the academic division of labour. Geography's situation may be more acute than that for many other disciplines, because of its multifarious external links.
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ISSN:0016-7398
1475-4959
DOI:10.2307/3060365