Geosophy

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Geosophy

Geosophy is the study of geography from any of all points of view (Wright, 1947). John K. Wright invented this term in his 1946 presidential address to the Association of American geographers (Cloke, Philo & Sadler, 1999). In stead of just looking at the one point of view of the academic geographer, geosophy studies how (groups of) people perceive and imagine the world. This makes geosophy part of humanistic geography.

Geosophy is not an objective studie and the stricter methods of analysis can not be applied. Geosophical inquiries provide us background and perspective. It shows us how we think about and observe our place in the bigger picture of the world. In this way we can understand the relationships of of scientific geography to the historical and cultural conditions better and become better-rounded scientific geographers.

References

• Cloke P, Philo C, Sadler D. (1999). Approaching Human Geography
• Wright, John K. (1947). Terrae Incognitae: The Place of Imagination. Geography Annals of the Association of American Geographers 37: 1-15.

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• page created by --SusanVerbeij 12:02, 7 September 2011 (UTC)