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Harrowell, Elly, Davies, Thom and Disney, Tom (2018) Making space for failure in geographic research. The Professional Geographer, 70 (2). pp. 230-238. doi:10.1080/00330124.2017.1347799 ISSN 0033-0124.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2017.1347799
Abstract
The idea that field research is an inherently “messy” process has become widely accepted by geographers in recent years. There has thus far been little acknowledgment, however, of the role that failure plays in doing human geography. In this article we push back against this, arguing that failure should be recognized as a central component of what it means to do qualitative geographical field research. This article seeks to use failure proactively and provocatively as a powerful resource to improve research practice and outcomes, reconsidering and giving voice to it as everyday, productive, and necessary to our continual development as researchers and academics. This article argues that there is much value to be found in failure if it is critically examined and shared, and—crucially—if there is a supportive space in which to exchange our experiences of failing in the field.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Failure (Psychology) , Geography--Fieldwork, Ethnology--Fieldwork | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Professional Geographer | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0033-0124 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 70 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 230-238 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/00330124.2017.1347799 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 August 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 August 2018 | ||||||||
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