From the Inside Looking out and the Outside Looking in: Whatever Happened to 'Behavioural Geography'?
As part of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Millennium Project, this article examines the shift of behavioural geography from a cutting edge sub‐discipline to a branch of enquiry that is now much less prominent in mainstream human geography, especially in Australia. Through an explorati...
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Published in | Geographical research Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 192 - 203 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Melbourne, Australia
Blackwell Publishing Asia
01.06.2009
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Summary: | As part of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Millennium Project, this article examines the shift of behavioural geography from a cutting edge sub‐discipline to a branch of enquiry that is now much less prominent in mainstream human geography, especially in Australia. Through an exploration of the rationale for behavioural geography, a brief outline of the nature of the work that was done, and a consideration of the critiques of behavioural geography, the paper argues that behavioural geography enriched the discipline in several ways: it was instrumental in encouraging geographers to consider the epistemological foundations of the discipline; it fostered consideration of a variety of philosophical and methodological positions; and it highlighted the need to consider interrelationships between individuals, groups, society and environment thereby bringing into prominence the ways in which shared environmental meanings are contested and negotiated. Behavioural geography might be a term that is used much less than it once was and behaviourally‐orientated research might increasingly find expression in interdisciplinary outlets rather than in mainstream geography journals but contemporary geography is heir to the endeavours of behavioural geography. |
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Bibliography: | istex:DBD978DD68A69E768C4BED73E3220F97E6537913 ark:/67375/WNG-GT3BNTD8-R ArticleID:GEOR571 Geographical Research, v.47, no.2, June 2009: 192-203 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1745-5863 1745-5871 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00571.x |