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Orain Le Rôle De La Graphique
1 Le rôle de la graphique dans la modélisation en géographie. Contribution à une histoire épistémologique de la modélisation des spatialités humaines Olivier Orain * Depuis les années 1950-60, les géographes ont amplement développé à travers le monde un usage réflexif des catégories de « modèle » et « modélisation », contemporain du développement de la mathématisation dans de larges secteurs de recherche. Modéliser est devenu une activité reconnue, même si elle n’a jamais fait consensus et a connu un certain reflux depuis les années 1980. Les groupes de géographes dits parfois « quantitativistes » (qui ne sont pas tous « modélisateurs ») disposent de réseaux très structurés et ont su depuis longtemps valoriser leur production sur des marchés extrêmement diversifiés. En se donnant des critères a priori , on pourrait bien entendu faire remonter les pratiques modélisantes bien en-deçà des années 1950, voire affirmer que des opérations de modélisation ont toujours été nécessaires à certains travaux de géographie savante, et ce bien avant sa disciplinarisation (Blanckaert, 2006) — opérée entre 1850 et 1920 selon les pays d’Europe. En revanche, l’explicitation et la valorisation de procédures et de méthodologies recourant à la catégorie de « modèle » date des décennies d’après-guerre, à partir d’un foyer nord-américain. C’est en effet au sein d’un espace anglophone, dans des circonstances historiques et intellectuelles particulières, que “model ” a fait florès, sans doute parce qu’il a fini par incarner les changements épistémologiques alors à l’œuvre. La « géographie des modèles » a par la suite essaimé suivant un processus de diffusion complexe, tributaire d’évolutions disciplinaires nationales et de réappropriations lui conférant des styles nationaux assez différenciés. -
Cartographic Reason, Mapping and the Geo-Coded World John Pickles
A History of Spaces Cartographic reason, mapping and the geo-coded world John Pickles I~ ~~O~!!~~i~~UP LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2004 by Routledge For Lynn, Leon and my parents, and for three teachers: 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Roger Downs, Peter Gonld and Joseph Kockelmans Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2004 John Pickles Typeset in Times by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wiltshire All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Pickles, John, 1960- A history of spaces: cartographic reason, mapping, and the geo coded world! John Pickles. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Cartography. L Title. GA105.3.P522004 526-dc21 2003008283 ISBN 0-415-14497-3 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-14498-1 (pbk) Contents One pylon marks the spot List of illustrations ix BBC News Monday, 15 October 200111:55GMT, Preface and acknowledgements http://news.bbc.co.uklhi/english/uk/england/newsid_160000011600225.stm xi A field in North Lincolnshire is the most featureless part of the UK, according to a new Ordnance Survey (OS) map. -
Gregory & Castree~Vol 1 Prelims.Indd
The University of Manchester Research Human geography Link to publication record in Manchester Research Explorer Citation for published version (APA): Castree, N., & Gregory, D. (2011). Human geography. In Human geography (1 ed., pp. 1-52). Sage Publications Ltd. Published in: Human geography Citing this paper Please note that where the full-text provided on Manchester Research Explorer is the Author Accepted Manuscript or Proof version this may differ from the final Published version. If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the Research Explorer are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Takedown policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please refer to the University of Manchester’s Takedown Procedures [http://man.ac.uk/04Y6Bo] or contact [email protected] providing relevant details, so we can investigate your claim. Download date:08. Oct. 2021 Contents i HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ii Contents SAGE Fundamentals of Geography is a series of authoritative major works in Human Geography and Physical Geography edited by internationally recognised scholars. The first two in the series are overview volumes on these two main sub- ject areas. Taken together, these two sets demonstrate what is singular about the geographical imagination and the unique contribution its diverse perspectives makes to human science and natural science, as well as the link it provides between the human and the natural. -
Ph.D. General Exam Proposal
Ph.D. General Exam Proposal Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning Basic Information Name: Roberto Ponce Lopez Email: [email protected] Phone: 617-823-2075 Fields of Examination Field 1: Urban Information Systems Field 2: Spatial Inequality and Uneven Development Written Examination Proposed Dates: TBD Number of Questions (asked/answered): Field 1 – 3/2; Field 2 – 3/2 Parameters: Font: minimum 12 point; Length (per question): maximum 8-10 pages; Line spacing: minimum 1.5; Margins: minimum 1 inch. Oral Examination Proposed Date: TBD Examination Committee Chair: Joseph Ferreira Jr., Professor of Urban Planning and Operations Research Signature: Member: Amy Glasmeier, Professor of Geography and Regional Planning Signature: Member: Jinhua Zhao, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Signature: Submission Date: General Examination Proposal Ponce Lopez, Roberto Introduction For my general examinations I have chosen Urban Information Systems (UIS) as the intellectual approach and Spatial Inequality with a special emphasis on Economic Geography as the applied field. I have chosen this combination based on my interest in the connection between spatial analysis and wealth distribution at the local level. My particular interest is in the processes and patterns of wealth creation and distribution within cities. For instance, imagine that a given process is creating economic segregation in Boston. I, as a researcher, use analytics to detect and measure such a spatial pattern of segregation. However, the questions are twofold: how can I explain the process generating such spatial pattern? And, how does the process function in order to create the pattern that I see? The concepts of process and pattern are theoretical foundations of spatial analysis. -
DOREEN MASSEY the Passing of Doreen Massey Has Been the Occasion for a Recounting and Celebration of Her Achievements, and These Were Many
‘PLACING’ DOREEN MASSEY The passing of Doreen Massey has been the occasion for a recounting and celebration of her achievements, and these were many. She was a major figure in post-war Anglo-American geography and her work has been rightly celebrated. She is also an exemplar of a particular generation of British geographers that came of age towards the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 70s. It merits some reflection. In terms of the advancement of geographic ideas, it is a notable, even remarkable, group. It includes not only Doreen but also the likes of Brian Berry, Dick Chorley, Peter Haggett, David Harvey, Ron Johnston, Allen Scott, Peter Taylor and Michael Webber; and to be followed quickly by people like Ray Hudson, Derek Gregory, Linda McDowell, John Agnew and Michael Watts, who all left their marks on the field, particularly at the level of theory. So what happened? The original and crucial spark had, aside from Brian Berry and Peter Gould, little to do with the Brits. This was the spatial quantitative revolution, which in its origins was an almost entirely American development. Its success reflected both the technocracy of the period, a technocracy particularly evident in the US at that time and celebrated by books like Daniel Bell’s The End of Ideology – hard to imagine a book with a title like that being published in Britain at that time; and also the demoralized state of American geography subsequent to the Department closures at Harvard and Yale: these made the spatial-quantitative work especially attractive as a way of retrieving some ground in the academic pecking order.