Situating practices : the archive and the file cabinet
Historical geography ; Massachusetts ; Organization ; Practice of geography ; Research ; United States of America
Archives ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie historique ; Massachusetts ; Organisation ; Pratique de la géographie ; Recherche
Paper deals with the Stockbridge Library Historical Room as an example of how its filing systems are the result of a set of social and institutional practices and technologies that, in turn, are part of a larger forms of social and spatial
The AA. first highlight the diverse strands of economic geography scholarship that have an explicit interest in practices and then propose an epistemological and methodological framework for a practice-oriented economic geography. A reformulated
retroductive methodology is outlined to assess the impacts and theoretical significance of particular economic-geographical practices.
Die geograaf in die praktyk van stedelike beplanning The geographer in urban planning practice
Afrique du Sud ; Emploi des géographes ; Géographie appliquée ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Planification régionale ; Pratique de la géographie ; Urbanisme
Geography of Africa
Geographers in planning practice in South Africa are restricted in the areas of employment by a lack of training in urban and regional planning. - (AJC)
Applied geography ; Canada ; France ; Geographical thought ; History of geography ; International Geographical Union ; Ireland ; Japan ; Netherlands (The) ; Poland ; Practice of geography ; Russia ; Spain
Canada ; Espagne ; France ; Géographie appliquée ; Histoire de la géographie ; Irlande ; Japon ; Pays-Bas ; Pensée géographique ; Pologne ; Pratique de la géographie ; Russie ; Union Géographique Internationale
This book deals with the exploration of the relationships between geography and professional practice from a historical perspective. As such the book is an initiative of the IGU-Commission on the History of Geographical Thought. The chapters
of the book present a vast array of professional activities as practiced in various countries. -(AGD)
Image, practice and hidden impacts of geographic information systems
Computing ; Geographical information system ; Philosophy of sciences ; Practice of geography ; Spatial representation ; System
Informatique ; Langage ; Philosophie des sciences ; Pratique de la géographie ; Représentation de l'espace ; Système ; Système d'information géographique
A clearer understanding of the possible impacts of the use of geographic information systems can be developed only by looking to the relationships among the knowledge (final product of an inquiry), the practices that produce that product
Practices of solidarity : opposing apartheid in the centre of London
Activisme ; Apartheid ; England ; Géographie sociale ; London ; Royaume-Uni ; Solidarité transnationale
Activism ; Apartheid ; England ; London ; Social geography ; United Kingdom
This paper examines the spatial practices of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London (1986–1990). It explains how this movement produced solidarity with those resisting apartheid in South(ern) Africa. It argues that how the need
for anti-apartheid solidarity was framed politically cannot be understood in isolation from how it was performed in practice. The study of solidarity is enriched by paying attention to the micropolitics of the practices through which it is enacted
[b1] Dept. of Geography, Univ., Leicester, Royaume-Uni
Stages on journeys : some remarks about human geography and psychotherapic practice
Communication ; Feminism ; Human geography ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Practice of geography ; Psychotherapy ; Societal relations
Communication ; Féminisme ; Géographie humaine ; Interdisciplinarité ; Pratique de la géographie ; Psychothérapie ; Relations sociales
L'A. discute des interconnections entre pratique psychothérapeutique et géographie humaine. Elle souligne l'importance de l'expérience et des relations personnelles.
Resources and practices in A level geography education in Jamaica and England
Cursus universitaire ; Education ; England ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Jamaïque ; Qualité de l'enseignement ; Système scolaire
Geography of America
In this paper it is argued that the very low pass rates experienced by students taking the A level geography examination in Jamaica are due to poor school-level resources and practices. Differences between provisions in Jamaica and England