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.