1 / 12

Field Journals ala Luna Leopold

Field Journals ala Luna Leopold. Date Location Purpose Remembrance People Notes. Write what you see. SODA: The life-force of a Geographer. S peculate Why is that there? Helps develop hypothesis (hypotheses) and/or research question(s) O bserve What do you “see” in the landscape

jessie
Download Presentation

Field Journals ala Luna Leopold

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Field Journals alaLuna Leopold • Date • Location • Purpose • Remembrance • People • Notes

  2. Write what you see

  3. SODA: The life-force of a Geographer • Speculate • Why is that there? • Helps develop hypothesis (hypotheses) and/or research question(s) • Observe • What do you “see” in the landscape • Support/not support your hypotheses & RQ • Describe • Explain and expound on what you “see” • What did you “see”? And how did you “do” it? • What method(s) used—and why? • How will test hypotheses & describe results • Note specific and general details of S & O, perhaps corroborate with others • Analyze • What do your findings tell you? • May result in further hypotheses/research questions

  4. After SODA • SODA POP • Propose the next step • The Analysis generated through SODA leads to the next move, and that move must be formally Proposed • Organize the results • The Proposed next move then needs to be Organized in a way that your audience will understand it • Present findings • Once Organized, the results should be Presented; hopefully, by the end of the Presentation, there is even more valuable feedback

  5. After SODA • SODA CAN • Conclusion • The Analysis can also lead to a Conclusion • Maybe what you've discovered is something entirely new • Application • A Conclusion should then lead to an Application • How can what you've discovered be used? Why is it important? • New Knowledge • The Application, in most cases, is—or at least leads to—New knowledge, and this can then be shared with the world (however small your world may be)

  6. (some) Human Geography Field Methods • Qualitative vs. Quantitative • Surveys • Questionnaires • Interviews, in situ and otherwise • Participant-observation vs. Observing-participant • Ethnography • Archival research • Landscape interpretation • Cognitive mapping • Photo-documenting

  7. (some) Physical Geography Field Methods • Quantitative vs. Qualitative • Mathematical models • Theoretical models • Getting “dirty” • Soil, water, landform, plants, animals, weather • “Technical” equipment • Stream gauge • Meteorological assessment • Clinometer, thermister, IRT

  8. Discussion • Geography is our epistemology (our ‘way of knowing’) • “The field” has long been a core of our ontology (our ‘way of being’) • Spatial-analytical synthesis capability is our “method” (our ‘way of doing’) • Do human and physical geography field methods overlap? • What are some of the overlaps?

  9. Mixed Methods • Human Comfort Index • Visitor impact on a Park • Building/Urban Sprawl • Alternative energy use and design • Hydrological assessment (think water…) • Forest fire impacts • Distance Decay • GIS/RS for assessment

More Related