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JournalISSN: 0033-0124

The Professional Geographer 

Routledge
About: The Professional Geographer is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Geographer & Population. It has an ISSN identifier of 0033-0124. Over the lifetime, 3507 publications have been published receiving 75059 citations. The journal is also known as: Professional Geographer.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a reflexive examination of a research project on sexual identities and highlight some of the key ethical questions that face researchers conducting fieldwork, especially with regard to the relationship between the researcher and those being researched.
Abstract: Feminist and poststructural challenges to objectivist social science demand greater reflection by the researcher with the aim of producing more inclusive methods sensitive to the power relations in fieldwork. Following a discussion of contrasting approaches to these power relations, I present a reflexive examination of a research project on sexual identities. My reflections highlight some of the key ethical questions that face researchers conducting fieldwork, especially with regard to the relationship between the researcher and those being researched. My discussion of these dilemmas reflect the situated and partial nature of our understanding of “others.” I argue that the researcher's positionality and biography directly affect fieldwork and that fieldwork is a dialogical process which is structured by the researcher and the participants.

1,558 citations

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TL;DR: The concept of intersectionality has been used within the wider social sciences by feminists to theorize the relationship between different social categories: gender, race, sexuality, and so forth as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: This article focuses on the concept of intersectionality, which is being used within the wider social sciences by feminists to theorize the relationship between different social categories: gender, race, sexuality, and so forth Although research within the field of feminist geography has explored particular interconnections such as those between gender and race, the theoretical concept of intersectionality as debated in the wider social sciences has not been addressed This article attempts to respond to that omission It begins by tracing the emergence of debates about the interconnections between gender and other identities It goes on to reflect on attempts to map geometries of oppressions The emphasis then moves from theorizing intersectionality to questioning how it can be researched in practice by presenting a case study to illustrate intersectionality as lived experience The conclusion demonstrates the contribution that feminist geography can make to advance the theorization of intersectionality through its appreciation of the significance of space in processes of subject formation It calls for feminist geography to pay more attention to questions of power and social inequalities

959 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that by interrogating the multiple positionings of intellectuals and the means by which knowledge is produced and exchanged, field researchers and those with whom they work can find common ground to construct a politics of engagement that does not compartmentalize social actors along solitary axes.
Abstract: Many questions-practical, strategic, political, ethical, personal-are raised by conducting field research. Some of these seem, or are constituted as, separate from the “research itself,” yet are integral to it. In this paper I attempt to cut through the breach that divides the doing of fieldwork and the fieldwork itself by addressing what constitutes the “field,” what constitutes a field researcher, and what constitutes data under contemporary conditions of globalization. Drawing on my work in New York City and Sudan, I argue that by interrogating the multiple positionings of intellectuals and the means by which knowledge is produced and exchanged, field researchers and those with whom they work can find common ground to construct a politics of engagement that does not compartmentalize social actors along solitary axes.

617 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that the interview site itself embodies and constitutes multiple scales of spatial relations and meaning, which construct the power and positionality of participants in relation to the people, places, and interactions discussed in the interview.
Abstract: For qualitative researchers, selecting appropriate sites in which to conduct interviews may seem to be a relatively simple research design issue. In fact it is a complicated decision with wide-reaching implications. In this paper, we argue that the interview site itself embodies and constitutes multiple scales of spatial relations and meaning, which construct the power and positionality of participants in relation to the people, places, and interactions discussed in the interview. We illustrate how observation and analysis of interview sites can offer new insights with respect to research questions, help researchers understand and interpret interview material, and highlight particular ethical considerations that researchers need to address.

608 citations

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TL;DR: Eicher et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a methodology for generating a surface-based representation of population that mitigates the arbitrary nature of areal unit partitioning by incorporating areal weighting and empirical sampling techniques.
Abstract: Aggregated demographic datasets are associated with analytical and cartographic problems due to the arbitrary nature of areal unit partitioning. This article describes a methodology for generating a surface-based representation of population that mitigates these problems. This methodology uses dasymetric mapping and incorporates areal weighting and empirical sampling techniques to assess the relationship between categorical ancillary data and population distribution. As a demonstration, a 100-meter-resolution population surface is generated from U.S. Census block group data for the southeast Pennsylvania region. Remote-sensing-derived urban land-cover data serve as ancillary data in the dasymetric mapping. ∗The author would like to thank Cory Eicher and Alan MacEacren for many helpful conversations regarding dasymetric mapping and Barbara Buttenfield for her constructive comments on a previous draft of this article.

541 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202332
202293
202193
202053
201964
201864