Qualitative Methodologies for Geographers by Melanie Limb

Qualitative Methodologies for Geographers by Melanie Limb

Over recent years there has been an increasing trend towards the adoption of interpretative and critical approaches to research within human geography. Qualitative methodologies offer a gateway to exploring the processes shaping our social worlds, allowing the researcher to engage with the lives and experiences of others through interviews, group discussions or participant observation. This book is a critical introduction to qualitative methodologies for those preparing to undertake their own qualitative research, or who need to better understand the processes to evaluate and interpret the geographic research of others. Its aim is to demystify the process of doing qualitative methodologies through the discussion and illustration of research in practice. Each chapter presents an insight into the author's own experiences of using qualitative research across a number of projects, and reflects on the dilemmas, thought-processes and questions involved. The reader is invited to engage in the issues and debates thrown up by these examples and, in doing so, to deepen their understanding of the research processes which may be applied to their own projects.

An excellent resource and one that can be recommended both to senior undergraduates and postgraduate studentsWell-written and sensibly structured.
Geographical Association

Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield. Philip Crang is Reader in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Claire Dwyer is Lecturer in Geography at University College London.

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ISBN 13	9780340742266
ISBN 10	0340742267
Title	Qualitative Methodologies for Geographers
Author	Claire Dwyer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2001-08-31
Number of pages	288
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