Geographers who take a science, technology, and society (STS) approach to research recognize that the doing of science happens within particular social and historical contexts. Additionally, the production and representation of scientific knowledge occurs via networks of human and nonhuman actors. This article considers how coconstructivist STS emphasizes the processes and practices whereby knowledge and context produce each other simultaneously. A particular focus of this article is to show how taking an STS approach alters both the construction of research questions and the doing of fieldwork, especially for those geographers less familiar with STS. Although not intended to be an in-depth introduction to STS, this article explores the central tenets of coconstructivist STS, including its ontological foundations, processes of critical knowledge production, and methods, to demonstrate the applicability of this approach to geographic inquiry. Specific fieldwork examples from case studies on nonlethal weaponry in Bangkok, Thailand, and on long-term political effects of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine illustrate how a coconstructivist STS approach can be meaningful to geographic research and fieldwork. Key Words: Chernobyl disaster, fieldwork methods, knowledge production, nonlethal weapons, STS.

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地理学实地考察的科学、技术和社会方法

采取科学、技术和社会 (STS) 方法进行研究的地理学家认识到，科学活动发生在特定的社会和历史背景下。此外，科学知识的生产和表现是通过人类和非人类行为者的网络进行的。本文考虑了共构主义 STS 如何强调知识和语境同时产生的过程和实践。本文的一个特别重点是展示采用 STS 方法如何改变研究问题的构建和实地调查的进行，特别是对于那些不太熟悉 STS 的地理学家而言。虽然不打算深入介绍 STS，但本文探讨了共构主义 STS 的核心原则，包括其本体论基础，关键知识生产过程和方法，以证明这种方法对地理调查的适用性。来自泰国曼谷非致命武器案例研究和乌克兰切尔诺贝利灾难的长期政治影响的具体实地工作示例说明了共构主义 STS 方法如何对地理研究和实地工作有意义。关键词：切尔诺贝利灾难，实地考察方法，知识生产，非致命武器，STS。