Handbook of Qualitative and Visual Methods in Spatial Research.

• Superior document: Re-Figuration Von Räumen Series
• Author: Heinrich, Anna Juliane.
• TeilnehmendeR: Marguin, Séverine.; Million, Angela.; Stollmann, Jörg.
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Re-Figuration Von Räumen Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (377 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Handbook structure and contents -- Exploring space -- Conversing and storytelling -- Observing and experiencing -- Drawing and visualizing -- Reading and reflecting -- Outlook for future topics and requirements for further research -- References -- I. Exploring space: Theoretical and overarching methodological aspects of qualitative spatial research -- Conceptualizing and practicing spatial theory -- References -- Actor‐Network Theory as a Theory of Space -- 1 Early ANT: Toward a critique of the social production of space -- 2 After‐ANT: A topological turn in the study of technoscientific objects -- 3 Near‐ANT: Speculative cartography for the study of critical zones -- References -- Queer/feminist perspectives on qualitative spatial research -- 1 Queer/feminist critique of science -- 2 Deconstruction -- 3 Positionality and reflexivity -- 4 Research methods and reflexive research process -- References -- The reflective methodology of artistic spatial research -- 1 Comparative methodology -- 2 Retrospective traceability -- 3 A study of the exclusion mechanisms in public space -- 4 Aesthetic field research in ecological space -- 5 Imagination of the future anterior -- 6 Research cases -- References -- Case, context, and culture in spatial research -- 1 What is a case? -- 1.1 Dimensions of cases -- 1.2 The uniformity of the case -- 1.3 Field - case - subcase -- 2 What is a context? -- 2.1 Dimensions of contexts -- 2.2 Context and culture -- 3 What is culture? -- 3.1 Classic concepts of culture -- 3.2 More recent concepts of the relationship between space and culture -- 4 Methodological implications of defining case, context, and culture -- 4.1 Comparative cultural analysis of ethnicities or nations -- 4.2 Transcultural and intercultural comparisons -- 4.3 Cultures as shared constructs of knowledge.

5 Open questions -- References -- Case selection and generalization -- 1 Requirements for selecting cases -- 1.1 Defining the case -- 1.2 Ways of organizing the research process: linearity vs. iteration -- 1.3 Example: Spatial pioneers in urban areas -- 2 Random sampling, statistical inference, and associated problems -- 3 Purposeful sampling of multiple cases -- 3.1 Methods of agreement and difference -- 3.2 Criteria for selecting a specific case -- 4 Single case studies -- 4.1 Potential categories underlying single case studies -- 4.2 Criteria for selecting a specific case -- 4.3 Case selection and generalization -- 5 Case selection as the key determinant for generalization -- References -- Integrating visual and verbal data -- 1 Reasons for using diverse data in qualitative spatial research -- 2 Verbal and visual data -- 3 Data integration and integration strategies -- 4 Integrating visual and verbal data -- 4.1 Integrating separate visual and verbal data -- 4.2 Integrating interrelated visual and verbal data -- 4.3 Integrating visual and verbal data from a shared initial context -- 4.4 Integrating intertwined visual and verbal data -- 5 Conclusion: Developing a strategy to integrate different types of data -- Acknowledgments -- References -- II. Conversing and storytelling -- Biographical‐narrative interviews -- 1 The basics: Narrative interviews, biographical research, and spatial conception -- 1.1 Spatial theory -- 1.2 Basis for biographical research and biographical‐narrative interviews -- 2 Spatial analyses -- 2.1 Biographical locations -- 2.2 Constructing lebensraum -- 3 Conclusion: Complementary approaches -- References -- Using visual‐biographical interviews to analyze learning and spatial experiences -- 1 Reconstructing biographical narratives along the graphical timeline.

1.1 Educational‐biographical spatial research: Theoretical and methodological basis -- 1.2 Biography and space as social constructs -- 2 Combined qualitative‐visual techniques -- 2.1 Combining visual and verbal survey methods: Participatory guided interviews and graphic elicitation techniques -- 2.2 Graphic elicitation techniques -- 3 Triangulating methods, collecting data, and performing analysis: From the biographical timeline to the space‐based life‐events approach -- 3.1 Applying this approach -- 3.1.1 Terms and approaches -- 3.1.2 Data collection on the timeline and assignment in the matrix -- 3.2 Analysis and interpretation -- 4 A reflection on methods: Between support and influence -- References -- How to use guided interviews in spatial research -- 1 Classification and detailed description of the method -- 2 Defining the field and carrying out the sampling -- 3 Creating a guide -- 4 Collecting data by means of guided interviews -- 5 Data preparation -- 6 Analyzing guided interviews -- 7 The possibilities and potential of using guided interviews in spatial research -- References -- Image‐based qualitative interviews: on the example of photo elicitation -- 1 Image and space -- 2 Image‐based interviews in spatial research -- 3 The photo‐elicitation method: Preparation, implementation, analysis -- 4 Methodological reflections on photo‐elicitation -- 5 Potential of image‐based interviews for spatial research -- References -- III. Observing and experiencing -- Ethnography as a methodology -- 1 The ethnographic observation of spatial practice -- 2 Fields of application -- 3 The possibilities of spatial ethnographic research (in practice) -- 3.1 A question of positionality -- 3.2 Interdisciplinary connections -- References -- Videography and space -- 1 Development and key characteristics of videography.

2 Basic methods and methodologies in spatial videography -- 2.1 Spatial aspects of data collection -- 2.2 Analyzing video recordings -- 3 Spatial knowledge -- 4 Social dimensions of videographic space -- 5 Conclusion: Synthetic spaces -- References -- (Spatially) focused ethnography -- 1 What is focused ethnography? -- 1.1 Conventional ethnography versus focused ethnography: Establishing the status quo -- 1.2 Research design in focused ethnography -- 2 (Spatially) focused ethnography based on the field of professional football -- 2.1 Field restrictions as spatial order -- 2.2 The formation, interpretation, and gestalt of spaces -- 3 Focused ethnography as a concept for interdisciplinary spatial research -- References -- Webnography 2.0 -- 1 Theoretical basics: Physical, virtual, and hybrid spaces -- 2 Exemplary findings on the appropriation of hybrid spaces -- 2.1 Keeping up with progress: Studying types of use, not apps -- 2.2 Exploring spatial perceptions: Using combinations of methods -- 3 The qualitative study of hybrid spaces: Webnography 2.0 -- 3.1 Observation techniques -- 3.1.1 Ethnographic site visits -- 3.1.2 Technical walkthroughs -- 3.2 User surveys -- 3.2.1 Expert interviews -- 3.2.2 Diary methods -- 4 Webnography 2.0 is teamwork -- References -- Site visits -- 1 Problem‐oriented site visit and analysis -- 2 Site elements and the site as a whole -- 2.1 Individual elements and references to them -- 2.2 The whole as an atmosphere -- 2.3 Places change -- 3 Methodological approaches and tools -- 3.1 Systematic or exploratory -- 3.2 Observing or interacting -- 3.3 Using the body as a research tool -- 4 Documenting the site -- 4.1 Recordings -- 4.2 Synthesis -- 5 Using site visits to establish a relationship with a place -- References -- IV. Drawing and visualizing -- Mental maps and narrative maps.

1 The basics of mental mapping and a methodological approach to narrative maps -- 1.1 Step 1: Creating the mental map -- 1.2 Step 2: Two‐stage interview -- 2 Studying the translocal and mediatized spatial knowledge of children and youth -- 2.1 Example of a stimulus: Drawing your daily routine as a map -- 2.2 Example of structuring the interview into thematic blocks -- 3 Challenges when using this method -- 3.1 Collecting data in diverse setting -- 3.2 Selecting the base maps and formulating the stimulus -- 3.3 Quality of the sketches -- 4 Analysis with an optional focus on the spatial and procedural aspects of the study -- 4.1 Analyzing mental maps by means of comparison, transposition, translation, and superimposition -- 4.2 Synthesizing analysis: Triangulation -- 5 Methods with high interdisciplinary integration and potential for further development -- References -- The urban layer analysis -- 1 Urban theory background: A morphological and typological analysis in urban design -- 2 From the birth of the discipline to a tool for planning practice -- 3 Performing an urban layer analysis -- 3.1 Defining a topic of interest and study area -- 3.2 Creating the pool of data and selecting elements of investigation -- 3.3 Drawing and presenting layers -- 3.4 Evaluating individual layers and layer combinations -- 4 Basics principles of the analysis -- 4.1 Creating and selecting the underlying data for the layer model -- 4.2 Graphical analysis of the layers -- 5 Basic definition of the urban layer model -- References -- Multiscalar mapping -- 1 Mapping as a multiscalar narrative -- 2 Case study: The mapping of the hostel industry with homeless people -- 2.1 Introduction: Exploratory mapping -- 2.2 Linkage: Sociological observation levels and urban design scales of measurement -- 2.3 Thesis development: Concept mapping.

2.4 Implementing linkages: Individual thematic mappings.