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Questioning Geography: Fundamental Debates Noel Castree Alisdair Rogers Douglas Sherman Editors Blackwell Publishing Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_1_pretoc FinalProof page i 5.7.2005 5:04pm u e s tioni Q n g y h Geogr a p Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_1_pretoc FinalProof page ii 5.7.2005 5:04pm Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_1_pretoc FinalProof page iii 5.7.2005 5:04pm Q G UESTIONING EOGRAPHY Fundamental Debates Edited by Noel Castree, Alisdair Rogers and Douglas Sherman Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_1_pretoc FinalProof page iv 5.7.2005 5:04pm (cid:1)2005byBlackwellPublishingLtd except for editorial material and organization (cid:1) 2005 by Noel Castree, Alisdair RogersandDouglasSherman blackwellpublishing 350MainStreet,Malden,MA02148-5020,USA 9600GarsingtonRoad,OxfordOX42DQ,UK 550SwanstonStreet,Carlton,Victoria3053,Australia TherightofNoelCastree,AlisdairRogers,andDouglasShermantobeidentified as the Authors of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordancewiththeUKCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. 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Forfurtherinformationon BlackwellPublishing,visitourwebsite: www.blackwellpublishing.com Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_2_toc FinalProof page v 5.7.2005 5:06pm Contents ListofContributors viii ListofFigures x ListofTables xi Acknowledgements xii Introduction:Questioning Geography 1 Douglas Sherman,Alisdair Rogers andNoelCastree Part I The ‘Nature’ of Geography 7 1 Geography– ComingApartatthe Seams? 9 Ron Johnston 2 ADivided Discipline? 26 HeatherViles 3 What Difference Does Difference Make to Geography? 39 Katherine McKittrick and Linda Peake Part II Approaches in Geography 55 4 Is GeographyaScience? 57 Noel Castree Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_2_toc FinalProof page vi 5.7.2005 5:06pm vi CONTENTS 5 What Kind ofScience Is PhysicalGeography? 80 Stephan Harrison 6 Beyond Science? Human Geography, Interpretation and Critique 96 Maureen Hickey andVicky Lawson Part III Key Debates in Geography 115 7 General/Particular 117 Tim Burt 8 Process/Form 131 Bruce L. Rhoads 9 Representation/Reality 151 MatthewHannah 10 Meta-Theory/Many Theories 167 MichaelR. Curry Part IV The Practice of Geography 187 11 Cartography and Visualization 189 Scott Orford 12 Models,Modelling,and Geography 206 DavidDemerittand John Wainwright 13 Ethnographyand Fieldwork 226 Steve Herbert, JacquelineGallagher and Garth Myers 14 Counting and Measuring: Happy Valentine’sDay 241 Danny Dorling 15 Theory and Theorizing 258 ElspethGraham Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_2_toc FinalProof page vii 5.7.2005 5:06pm CONTENTS vii Part V The Uses of Geography 275 16 APolicy-RelevantGeographyforSociety? 277 AlisdairRogers 17 WhoseGeography?Educationas Politics 294 Noel Castree Index 308 Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_3_posttoc FinalProof page viii 5.7.2005 5:06pm Contributors Tim Burt is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Durham Uni- versity,UK. Noel Castree is a Professor in the School of Environment and Develop- ment, Manchester University, UK. Michael Curry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geog- raphy, UCLA, California,USA. David Demeritt is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, King’s College,University of London, UK. DannyDorlingisaProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography,Sheffield University, UK. Jacqueline Gallagher is a graduate student in the Department of Geog- raphy andGeology, Florida Atlantic University, USA. Elspeth Graham is a Reader in Geography at the School of Geography andGeosciences, University of St Andrews, UK. Matthew Hannah is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Uni- versity of Vermont,USA Stephan Harrison is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Exeter University, UK. Castree/QuestioningGeography 1405101911_3_posttoc FinalProof page ix 5.7.2005 5:06pm CONTRIBUTORS ix SteveHerbertisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography, WashingtonUniversity, Seattle, USA. MaureenHickeyisagraduatestudentintheDepartmentofGeography, University ofWashington,Seattle, USA. Ron Johnston is a Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University,UK. VickyLawsonisaProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography,Washing- tonUniversity, Seattle,USA. Katherine McKittrick is a graduate student in the Women’s Studies Program atYorkUniversity, Scarborough,Canada. GarthMyersisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography, University ofKansas, Lawrence,KS, USA. Scott Orford is a lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Plan- ning, CardiffUniversity,UK. LindaPeakeisanAssociateProfessorintheWomen’sStudiesProgram, York University, Scarborough, Canada. BruceRhoadsisaProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography,University ofIllinois,Urbana-Champagne, USA. Alisdair Rogersis aFellowof Keble College, Oxford University, UK. DouglasShermanisaProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography,Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Heather Viles is a Reader in the School of Geography and the Environ- ment, Oxford University, UK. JohnWainwrightisaProfessorintheDepartmentofGeography,King’s College, University of London,UK.