Another key area of my research concerns ‘Methodology & Place’, more particularly the innovative use of qualitative methodology. Adopting ethnographic and (auto)ethnographic approaches, alongside more conventional semi-structured interviews, life histories, and field diaries, I have explored the agency of place through methodology, but also the difference that place can make to methodology. Taking seriously the agency of place to the research encounter has resulted in more appropriate exploitation of the potential of qualitative methods in the research projects outlined above, as well as a number of publications that explicitly explore this area [1, 2, 3, 4] interest has been particularly significant in the use of ‘talking whilst walking’ approaches to method [5].
Here is one example of work in this area.
A new project in this area experiments with ‘Biomapping‘.
- Anderson, J. Jones, K. 2009 The difference that place makes to methodology: uncovering the ‘lived space’ of young people’s spatial practices. Children’s Geographies. 7 3 291- 303
- Anderson, J. Moles, K. 2008. Walking into Coincident Places. Qualitative Researcher. 9. 5-8
- Anderson, J. 2002 Researching environmental resistance: working through Secondspace and Thirdspace approaches. Qualitative Research, 2(3), 301-322.
- Anderson, J. Adey, P. and Bevan, P. 2010 Knowledge in Place: Rethinking the role of place in qualitative methodologies. Qualitative Research.
- Anderson, J. 2004 Talking whilst walking: a geographical archaeology of knowledge. Area, 36(3), 254-261.
- Anderson, J. Jones, K. 2011 The Difference that Place Makes to Methodology: Uncovering the ‘lived space’ of Young People’s Spatial Practices. In Coffey, A. Hall, T. Eds. “Researching Young People” SAGE Publications.
- Anderson, J. 2012 Reflective journals as a tool for auto-ethnographic learning: A case study of student experiences with individualised sustainability. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 36 4 613-623
- Anderson, J. 2013 Active learning through student film: a case study of cultural geography. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 37 3 385-398
- Anderson, J. 2013 Evaluating student-generated film as a learning tool for qualitative methods: geographical ‘drifts’ and the city. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 37 1 136-146
Royal Town Planning Institute Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, for ‘Integrating Student-led film into Assessment: Enhancing Planning through Qualitative Methods’. 2011