Literature has been an object of study, a thematic context for research, a perspective through which the world is perceived, a methodological tool, and more. This relatively understudied field of geographic research, often titled “literary geography,” includes several overlapping perspectives following the main epistemological and theoretical turns in the fields of human and cultural geographies. In the early years, literature was often used to add aesthetic nuances to geographic descriptions or, slightly paradoxically, to function as a database for separating fact from fiction. Subsequently, before the 1960's and the rising interest in regionalism, literary geography was not actually geographic analysis of literature but rather a helping hand in descriptive geographic portrayals.
Quantitative revolution is among the enemies which ruined the field of literary geography and formed a separate field i.e quantitative geography.
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Personalmente y de acuerdo a mi experiencia como investigador que acabo de finalizar un trabajo que me tomo cinco años, el cual comencé desde el paradigma cualitativo para realizar mi tesis doctoral y luego de obtenido u cuerpo categorial de manera endogena, realice un trabajo de elaborar un instrumento de recolección de datos cuantitativos basado en dichas categorías y cuyo resultado arrojo un 87% de coincidencia; estoy convencido que enfoque depende de su contexto de aplicación y mas aun es la capacidad de interpretativa del investigador quien determina la validez de los resultados, el asunto es saber como hacerlo y saber interpretar. Por otro lado comprobé que no son excluyentes pueden ser complementarios. De la misma forma pienso que ya no estamos en un mundo de investigación cualitativa, la desocultación de la física de partículas ha convencido al mundo de la ciencia de inextricable vinculación entre la cualificar y la cuantificar, cualificar es esencia del acto cognitivo y cuantificar es continuación en cuanto al resultado de la diferenciación que se genera, la ciencia se mueve en un bucle interpretación-comprobación. comprobación que genera leyes, que inmediatamente son cuestionadas por nuevas interpretaciones que volverán generar otras leyes. Estimado amigo es una cuestión de pensamiento complejo.
literature is definitely useful to understand geography. In cultural geography and all the branches of humanistic geography, literature can act an useful tool. Geography is also the study of the society and human beings. Literature is the reflection of the society . These two are inseparable.
Dear Sir, Thank you so much for sharing your own experiences in research. But by believing in manipulated data's in some cases we are dumping our thoughts and ideas. My point is data's and results should not overtake peoples thoughts, though it is essential for some studies. Ernesto José López
We cannot all face one direction. If you need Mr A for medical advice, am sure Mr A will need you when he feels like traveling round the world or when at his leisure time.
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