GY 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: You Will Remember, Ethnography, Research
4 Nov 2016
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A group of techniques used in social sciences to elicit meanings, beliefs, and attitudes of individuals and groups. Research method that seeks to not only explore what people say, but also what they do (anderson, 2010) Involves participation in and observation of the cultural geographies studied (trying to build trust with these people) Ex: researching russia, sometimes the stereotypes are true, aka russians like to drink. You can think you will remember but you end up forgetting. It because you didn"t write it down her face when takes shot. Sick, goes to hospital, alcohol doesn"t sit well with her. Empirical inquiries focusing on a particular place and its borders. Is specific only to that particular location. One major tool used in cultural geography today: gis (geographic. A computer-based software system that allows location information (maps) to be combined with attribute information for the purpose of capturing, storing, querying, analyzing and displaying.
