Becoming a geographical scientist: oral histories of Arctic fieldwork
This paper examines the development of a geographical sensibility amongst field scientists involved in the Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) during the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is achieved by using oral histories collected from scientists and other field personnel. These oral testimonie...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00314.x 2024-06-02T08:01:20+00:00 Becoming a geographical scientist: oral histories of Arctic fieldwork Powell, Richard C 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00314.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1475-5661.2008.00314.x https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00314.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers volume 33, issue 4, page 548-565 ISSN 0020-2754 1475-5661 journal-article 2008 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00314.x 2024-05-03T11:09:27Z This paper examines the development of a geographical sensibility amongst field scientists involved in the Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) during the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is achieved by using oral histories collected from scientists and other field personnel. These oral testimonies reveal a number of important issues for historians of geography. These include the interrelation of scientific practices in the field and the association of an interdisciplinary stance towards Arctic science with a particular understanding of geographical identity. It appears that the community of actors taking vocational and professional meaning from the practice of geography is much larger than is usually considered to be the case. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for debates about disciplinary identity and belonging in geography. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Continental Shelf Project Wiley Online Library Arctic Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33 4 548 565 |
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This paper examines the development of a geographical sensibility amongst field scientists involved in the Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) during the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is achieved by using oral histories collected from scientists and other field personnel. These oral testimonies reveal a number of important issues for historians of geography. These include the interrelation of scientific practices in the field and the association of an interdisciplinary stance towards Arctic science with a particular understanding of geographical identity. It appears that the community of actors taking vocational and professional meaning from the practice of geography is much larger than is usually considered to be the case. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for debates about disciplinary identity and belonging in geography. |
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