Over Researched Places: Towards a Critical and Reflexive Approach

Cat Button, Gerald Taylor Aiken

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Abstract

The book explores the implications that research-density has on the people and places researched, on the researchers, on the data collected and knowledge produced, and on the theories that are developed.

It examines the effects that research-density has on the people and places researched, on the researchers, on the data collected and knowledge produced, and on the theories that are developed. By weaving together experiences from a variety of countries, and across disciplinary boundaries and research methods, the volume outlines the roots of over-research, where it comes from and what can be done about it.

The book will be useful for social science students and researchers working in ethnographic disciplines such as Human Geography, Anthropology, Urban Planning and Sociology and seeking to navigate the tricky ‘absent present’ of already existing research on their fields of exploration.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages167
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9781003099291
ISBN (Print)9780367567712
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameRoutledge Studies in Human Geography
PublisherRoutledge

Keywords

  • Geography
  • Research methods
  • Urban studies
  • Over-research: What, why, when, where, how?

    Button, C. & Aiken, G. T., 2022, Over Researched Places: Towards a Critical and Reflexive Approach. Button, C. & Aiken, G. T. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-5 5 p. (Routledge Studies in Human Geography).

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  • Towards a theory of over-researched places

    Aiken, G. T., 2022, Over Researched Places: Towards a Critical and Reflexive Approach. Button, C. & Aiken, G. T. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 6-23 18 p. (Routledge Studies in Human Geography).

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