Problems of Our Time

Platt, Robert S.

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“…In fact, in his address to AAG members assembled at the 1945 annual meeting, Robert S. Platt observed that to be a bona fide presidential address, a talk must address the question: "What Is Geography?" (Platt 1946). Unlike my predecessors, however, I will not look to define or delimit geography.…”

Section: Geography As a Discipline And Its Relationship With Other DImentioning

confidence: 99%

Prospects for Geography as an Interdisciplinary Discipline

Baerwald

2010

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

108

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The drive to examine broad-ranging problems that encompass a complex mix of phenomena and processes has spurred the conduct of research that bridges traditional disciplines. Geographers have played active roles in many interdisciplinary projects, because geography itself is inherently interdisciplinary. Geography builds on major emphases in spatial analysis, human-environment interaction, and place-based and regional analyses to encourage communication and interaction with myriad other disciplines. The active pursuit of inquiries related to space, place, and interactions, especially dynamics within and across spaces and places, leads many geographers to range far from the field's core and explore the peripheral realms where geographic perspectives and insights intersect with those from other fields. Scholars who have engaged in interdisciplinary collaborations cite many positive aspects in working with colleagues from other fields, and they affirm their desire to conduct interdisciplinary work in the future despite the challenges they face when moving beyond comfortable disciplinary cores. Patience and openmindedness are among the critical factors that foster success of interdisciplinary collaboration. Geographers should continue to show interdisciplinary leadership by embracing different perspectives, by supporting institutional arrangements that foster interdisciplinary activity, and by seeking the knowledge and techniques other fields can share at the same time they contribute geographic perspectives, approaches, and insights to the collective effort.La tendencia a examinar problemas de gran amplitud, en los cuales concurre una mezcla compleja de fenómenos y procesos, ha estimulado el tipo de investigación que conecta las disciplinas tradicionales. Los geógrafos están cumpliendo papeles activos en muchos proyectos interdisciplinarios, ya que la propia geografía es inherentemente interdisciplinaria. La geografía construye a partir de su reiteradoénfasis en el análisis espacial, la interacción humano-ambiental y los análisis basados en lugar y región como condición básica para fomentar la comunicación e interacción con muchas otras disciplinas. La activa prosecución de investigaciones relacionadas con espacio, lugar e interacciones varias, especialmente en términos de las dinámicas que se dan dentro y a través de espacios y lugares, lleva a muchos geógrafos a desplazarse lejos del núcleo del campo y a explorar los reinos periféricos donde las perspectivas e ideas geográficas se cortan con las de otros campos del saber. Los estudiosos que se han involucrado en colaboraciones interdisciplinarias destacan muchos aspectos positivos de su trabajo con colegas de otros campos y afirman su deseo de emprender trabajo interdisciplinario en el futuro, a pesar de los retos que toca

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Section: Geography As a Discipline And Its Relationship With Other DImentioning

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Prospects for Geography as an Interdisciplinary Discipline

Baerwald

2010

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

108

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“…During and after World War II, the focus shifted to studies on transcontinental aviation, linking of heretofore distant places, and nascent regional/national airline networks (Wilcox 1930;Mason 1936;Pollog 1937;Plischke 1943;Hinks et al 1944;Van Zandt 1944;Platt 1946;Spoehr 1946;Whittlesey, Williams, and Dawson 1947;de Seversky 1950;Pearcy andAlexander 1951, 1953;Kish 1958). Also, a number of articles in the early 1940s pointed out the shortcomings of using the Mercator projection and the need to devise new cartographic representations for the emerging air transport age (Hinks et al 1944; Geography of Post-War Age Routes 1944).…”

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“…Also, a number of articles in the early 1940s pointed out the shortcomings of using the Mercator projection and the need to devise new cartographic representations for the emerging air transport age (Hinks et al 1944; Geography of Post-War Age Routes 1944). Platt (1946) addressed this global perspective in his 1945 AAG presidential address; it contained world maps showing world air traffic in 1939, including one without land areas, and several showing the principal routes of major international airlines.…”

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From Podes to Antipodes: Positionalities and Global Airline Geographies

Zook

Brunn

2006

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Questions of cost and time distance have long been of interest to geographers and have become a more central concern as globalization advances. We analyze the global air travel system by examining the differences in the costs, distances, and times of one aspect of globalization. We review the extant literature on airline transportation by geographers and others, noting especially the near-century-long interest in unraveling cost, time, and distance issues and designing innovative ways to map these interrelated variables. We expand on this base to bring recent scholarship on power and positionality of cities to our understanding of air travel. Our analysis expands on previous work on airline transport geographies in four distinct ways. First, we developed an international database for a large number of cities worldwide that includes measures of distance, cost, frequency and flight duration of airline connections. Second, this database is examined statistically through ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions to measure variations in airline volume with selected socioeconomic variables. Third, these global airline data are mapped using conventional mapping techniques, and finally, we prepare a set of ''position-grams'' or intersecting spheres of regional variation that measure and map regional patterns and variations in airline connectedness.

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Problems of Our Time

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Prospects for Geography as an Interdisciplinary Discipline

From Podes to Antipodes: Positionalities and Global Airline Geographies

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