Biography geography
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Research Methods: Geographical Biographies
This ‘how to’ guide outlines the Geographical Biographies research method used by Cheryl McGeachan from the University of Glasgow. The film was created in collaboration with Alastair Lomas, The University of Manchester.
Social scientists from the Methods for Change project came together to discuss the research methods they use and how methods create change in society. Drawing from the expertise in the Aspect network, they collaborated on a series of ‘how to’ guides which are step-by-step instructions and top-tips for adopting these methods in a range of sectors. Visual and multisensory pieces, including comics, illustrations, posters, booklets, short films and animations were then developed in collaboration with creatives to capture the key value of these research methods with a view to being able to convey them to a variety of audiences.
It is hoped that these resources will be useful for people in higher education, commercial, public s
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Best known for her contemplative films, often shot in a single sequence, Tacita Dean's work is a veritable praise of slowness. Moving away from films with commentary in the s, she has since favoured discreet soundtracks that further intensify the minimalism of her narratives. Her work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), Dia: Beacon (New York) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York).
The artist's atmospheric poetics are reflected in the curves of the architecture of the Bourse de Commerce. In particular, she will be presenting a new work, Geography Biography, of which this artist's book presents an archive. She invented a concave pavilion that fits into the concrete rotunda, an immaterial, almost lunar territory where light and reflections converge. Her Super 8 films are an autobiographical cartography of her travels around the world, embedded in postcards from her collection. The filmic hybridisation of these nin
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Geography: A Research Guide
Biographical upplysning about geographers can be funnen in a variety of traditional sources, in addition to those biographical compilations mentioned below.
Use the online catalog in the Library Quick Links box to the left, to find biographies of specific geographers. Search the name of the geographer as the subject.
- American Geographers, :A Bio-bibliographical Guide, by Ben A. Smith and James W. Vining. Gives short biographies and bibliographies of American geographers, cartographers, surveyors, and authors of related books. [ULIB G 67 Z S65 ]
- Geographical Voices: Fourteen Autobiographical Essays, edited bygd Peter Gould and Forrest R. Pitts. Fourteen geographers from diverse backgrounds explain what lead them to the discipline. [ULIB G 67 G48 ]
- Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, edited by Patrick H. Armstrong and Geoffrey J. Martin. New York: Continuum.