Filling in the blanks: translating among systematic geographies

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English

Bibliographic Citation

The California Geographer 47: 61-77

Notes

This article offers an approach to integrating systematic geographies by translating among them. First, a distinction is made between integration and synthesis, the former highlighting the relations among geographic subdisciplines, rather than an amalgamation of them. A matrix to be used in pursuit of this integration is then proposed and compared to other models of geographic integration and synthesis, namely region, place, landscape, and network. An in-depth discussion of the relational aspect of the model follows. The semiconductor is offered as a model of an individual relation between two subdisciplines. The concept of the parasite is then introduced as a metaphor for a wide range of human, biological, and physical actors that influence these relations. The article closes with a discussion of grammar that further expands the relational concept, particularly through the use of prepositions. Key concepts are adapted from the work of Michel Serres.

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Filling in the blanks: translating among systematic geographies