Author/Authors
bilgili, münür marmara üniversitesi - coğrafya eğitimi abd., turkey
Title Of Article
A Poststructuralist Approach to Geography’s Scientific Identity
شماره ركورد
43691
Abstract
A discipline questioning its own scientific identity is a wished attitude. As an individual often reviews his/her own past, disciplines trace the same path. Unlike the individual, the discipline questions how to approximate and reflect the reality, in what proportion finds and solves the problems, how to keep up with the scientific line drawn beforehand. Geography, like every scientific discipline, is a perspective offering viewpoints. These viewpoints become functional with the modus operandi and approaches. In this study geography was covered from the point of poststructuralist view. Poststructuralism generally stands against strict divisions and does not see the social reality as single and unchangeable. The approaches offering solutions to every ideological, economic and social issue are not taken for granted. It emphasizes the important relation between the reality and language. Considering the strict and unchangeable approaches in geography’s past it is clear that poststructuralism has offered and will offer new perspectives into geography.
From Page
101
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Poststructuralism , approach , geography , scientific identity
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
To Page
109
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
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