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AgendaAgenda►Questions?Questions?►GetFastGetFast►ReviewReview
OutlineOutline Field TripsField Trips Hostage-taking in North OssetiaHostage-taking in North Ossetia 2 fundamental continua in academic 2 fundamental continua in academic
geographygeography►Defining economic geographyDefining economic geography►Subfields of economic geography Subfields of economic geography
(Economic sectors)(Economic sectors)►Approaches to economic geographyApproaches to economic geography
ProductionProduction
►PrimaryPrimary►SecondarySecondary►TertiaryTertiary►QuaternaryQuaternary
Transportation Transportation andandcommunicationcommunicationss
ProductionProduction
►PrimaryPrimary►SecondarySecondary►TertiaryTertiary►QuaternaryQuaternary
Transportation Transportation andandcommunicationcommunicationss
Macro-theoretical Approaches Macro-theoretical Approaches to Economic Geographyto Economic Geography
► PositivismPositivism EmpiricalEmpirical
► QuantitativeQuantitative► QualitativeQualitative► idiographic (not!)idiographic (not!)
Theory, hypothesis testing, nomotheticTheory, hypothesis testing, nomothetic
► StructuralismStructuralism Forces of productionForces of production Relations of productionRelations of production Modes of productionModes of production
Approaches (contd.)Approaches (contd.)
► Structuralism (contd.)Structuralism (contd.) Infrastructure (relations of production)Infrastructure (relations of production) SuperstructureSuperstructure The empirical may not detect underlying causal The empirical may not detect underlying causal
structures!structures!► Humanism (humanistic geography)Humanism (humanistic geography)
Human agency not structuresHuman agency not structures Objectivity (not)Objectivity (not) Generalize (not)Generalize (not) Post-humanism/post structuralism/post-Post-humanism/post structuralism/post-
colonialism/post-modernismcolonialism/post-modernism
What approach What approach would you take, would you take, as an economic as an economic geographer, to geographer, to explain this?explain this?
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