Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain

Primary fieldworks precede the formalisation of geographical knowledges, but not only. It also refers to a somewhat vague notion that raises the question of the antecedence of fieldwork in the researcher’s relationship to the knowledge he or she develops. Fieldwork is a polysemous term that has a mu...

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Main Author: Éric Masson
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Language:English
Published: Association AGF 2022-07-01
Series:Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/9310
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description Primary fieldworks precede the formalisation of geographical knowledges, but not only. It also refers to a somewhat vague notion that raises the question of the antecedence of fieldwork in the researcher’s relationship to the knowledge he or she develops. Fieldwork is a polysemous term that has a multitude of definitions depending on the scientific disciplines and methodologies, the themes or the objects/subjects studied. The fieldwork is therefore not only a portion of the earth’s surface under study, but a spatial context, an environment, an interplay between its physical, societal, cultural and sensory dimensions, etc. This article is a (self)reflective contribution on the importance of fieldwork for Geography. It addresses the multitude of scientific fieldworks, the concept of primary fieldwork and a reflection on the interdependence between methodology and fieldwork for the production of geographical knowledge.
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spelling doaj-art-1df44f5e5e1f45e7a81b84e735963e4f2025-08-20T02:02:47ZengAssociation AGFBulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français0004-53222275-51952022-07-0199210.4000/bagf.9310Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrainÉric MassonPrimary fieldworks precede the formalisation of geographical knowledges, but not only. It also refers to a somewhat vague notion that raises the question of the antecedence of fieldwork in the researcher’s relationship to the knowledge he or she develops. Fieldwork is a polysemous term that has a multitude of definitions depending on the scientific disciplines and methodologies, the themes or the objects/subjects studied. The fieldwork is therefore not only a portion of the earth’s surface under study, but a spatial context, an environment, an interplay between its physical, societal, cultural and sensory dimensions, etc. This article is a (self)reflective contribution on the importance of fieldwork for Geography. It addresses the multitude of scientific fieldworks, the concept of primary fieldwork and a reflection on the interdependence between methodology and fieldwork for the production of geographical knowledge.https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/9310Primary fieldworksGeographical knowledgesReflexivity
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Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
Primary fieldworks
Geographical knowledges
Reflexivity
title Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
title_full Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
title_fullStr Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
title_full_unstemmed Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
title_short Les terrains premiers : fondation, construction, validation des savoirs géographiques par l’épreuve de terrain
title_sort les terrains premiers fondation construction validation des savoirs geographiques par l epreuve de terrain
topic Primary fieldworks
Geographical knowledges
Reflexivity
url https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/9310
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