Academic Writing For Geographers

Author : James A. Tyner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111189724
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Writing for Geographers written by James A. Tyner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many ‘how-to’ books on writing for academics; none of these, however, relate specifically to the discipline of geography. In this book, the author identifies the principle modes of academic writing that graduate students and early-career faculty will encounter – specifically focusing on those forms expected of geographers, that is, those modes that are reviewed by academic peers. This book is readily accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate students and early-career faculty who may feel intimidated by the process of writing. This volume is not strictly a ‘how-to’ or ‘step-by-step’ manual for writing an article or book; rather, through the use of real, concrete examples from published and unpublished works, the author de-mystifies the process of different types of scholarly pieces geographers have to write with the specific needs and challenges of the discipline in mind. Although chapters are thematic-based, e.g., stand-alone chapters on book reviews, articles, and books, the manuscript is structured around the concept of story-telling, for it is the author’s contention that all writing, whether a ‘scientific’ study or more humanist essay, is a form of story-telling.

Author : James A. Tyner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111190544
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Writing for Geographers written by James A. Tyner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many ‘how-to’ books on writing for academics; none of these, however, relate specifically to the discipline of geography. In this book, the author identifies the principle modes of academic writing that graduate students and early-career faculty will encounter – specifically focusing on those forms expected of geographers, that is, those modes that are reviewed by academic peers. This book is readily accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate students and early-career faculty who may feel intimidated by the process of writing. This volume is not strictly a ‘how-to’ or ‘step-by-step’ manual for writing an article or book; rather, through the use of real, concrete examples from published and unpublished works, the author de-mystifies the process of different types of scholarly pieces geographers have to write with the specific needs and challenges of the discipline in mind. Although chapters are thematic-based, e.g., stand-alone chapters on book reviews, articles, and books, the manuscript is structured around the concept of story-telling, for it is the author’s contention that all writing, whether a ‘scientific’ study or more humanist essay, is a form of story-telling.

Author : Michael Solem
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aspiring Academics written by Michael Solem and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aspiring Academics is a set of essays designed to help graduate students and early career faculty get started in their careers in geography and related social and environmental sciences. Rather than viewing faculty work as a collection of unrelated tasks, Aspiring Academics stresses the interdependence of teaching, research, and service and the importance of achieving a healthy balance in professional and personal life. Drawing on several years of research, the chapters provide accessible, forward-looking advice on topics that often cause the most stress in the first years of a college or university appointment." "Aspiring Academics also features a companion website offering dozens of activities that can be used in workshops, seminars, and informal gatherings of graduate students and faculty. Written in a spirit of collegiality and sharing of support, visitors to the website can participate in discussion forums and contribute their own resources and tips for others."--Jacket.

Author : Kimberley Peters
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473933544
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Human Geography Dissertation written by Kimberley Peters and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An undergraduate dissertation is your opportunity to engage with geographical research, first-hand. But completing a student project can be a stressful and complex process. Your Human Geography Dissertation breaks the task down into three helpful stages: Designing: Deciding on your approach, your topic and your research question, and ensuring your project is feasible Doing: Situating your research and selecting the best methods for your dissertation project Delivering: Dealing with data and writing up your findings With information and task boxes, soundbites offering student insight and guidance, and links to online materials, this book offers a complete and accessible overview of the key skills needed to prepare, research, and write a successful human geography dissertation.

Author : A. J. Parsons
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415341558
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines written by A. J. Parsons and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a step-by-step guide for students, this text looks at each stage of writing a dissertation for geography and related disciplines, explaining basic approaches as well as how to collect and analyse data.

Author : Nicola Twilley
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374715335
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Until Proven Safe written by Nicola Twilley and published by MCD. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With Until Proven Safe, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world. Quarantine is our most powerful response to uncertainty: it means waiting to see if something hidden inside us will be revealed. It is also one of our most dangerous, operating through an assumption of guilt. In quarantine, we are considered infectious until proven safe. Until Proven Safe tracks the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and space—from the crumbling lazarettos of the Mediterranean, built to contain the Black Death, to an experimental Ebola unit in London, and from the hallways of the CDC to closed-door simulations where pharmaceutical execs and epidemiologists prepare for the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. But the story of quarantine ranges far beyond the history of medical isolation. In Until Proven Safe, the authors tour a nuclear-waste isolation facility beneath the New Mexican desert, see plants stricken with a disease that threatens the world’s wheat supply, and meet NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer, tasked with saving Earth from extraterrestrial infections. They also introduce us to the corporate tech giants hoping to revolutionize quarantine through surveillance and algorithmic prediction. We live in a disorienting historical moment that can feel both unprecedented and inevitable; Until Proven Safe helps us make sense of our new reality through a thrillingly reported, thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of freedom, governance, and mutual responsibility.

Author : Nadia von Benzon
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529738156
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Methods for Human Geographers written by Nadia von Benzon and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a broad range of innovative and creative qualitative methods, this accessible book shows you how to use them in research project while providing straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up and disseminating research. It offers: Demonstration of creative methods using both primary or secondary data. Practical guidance on overcoming common hurdles, such as getting ethical clearance and conducting a risk assessment. Encouragement to reflect critically on the processes involved in research. The authors provide a complete toolkit for conducting research in geography, while ensuring the most cutting-edge methods are unintimidating to the reader.

Author : Martin S. Kenzer
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3Y/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Becoming a Professional Geographer written by Martin S. Kenzer and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert W. Durrenberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geographical Research and Writing written by Robert W. Durrenberger and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Gould
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815606673
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Geographer written by Peter Gould and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Gould, a prominent, award-­winning geographer who admits to having a low threshold for boredom, offers a collection of essays that reflect his eclectic research and provocative thinking. The topics range widely and include the diffusion of AIDS, mental maps, development themes in Africa, postmodernism, and the practices of teaching and writing. Becoming a Geographer expands on Gould's influential ideas and contributions to the field. Gould values the kind of independent thought and scholarship now often frowned upon by university administrators. He has written eighteen books and more than one hundred sixty articles that have appeared in more than seventy-six different journals dur­ing his forty-year career in research and higher education—his "lifetime sabbatical"—much of it spent teaching at Penn State. A witty, graceful, engaging writer, Could situates geography in a wider social context. In this book, he brings a fresh perspective to developments in the field including the quan­titative and mathematical revolution in geog­raphy in the 1960s and 1970s. He writes with directness and clarity about the use and mis­use of mathematics in illuminating social and geographical reality. His thoughts are especially valuable for what geography offers the world of learning and its capacity to help resolve urgent prob­lems of the day.