Handbook of Qualitative and Visual Methods in Spatial Research.
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Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag,, 2024. ©2024. |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Re-Figuration Von Räumen Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (377 pages) |
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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.