The fiftieth anniversary of Geographical Analysis occurs for many quantitative human geographers at an exciting era of new and exciting sources of data and computational advancements. However, it also represents a crossroads where excitement to quickly capitalize upon these new data sources and methods risks reverting the discipline back to its abstraction‐rich and overly generalized roots, erasing much progress made in the pages of this journal that advocated for the recognition of individual differences and need for alternative and even qualitative data sources. In this commentary, I reflect on what we can do over the next 50 years to ensure that the journal is producing research that is socially impactful and better able to explain the messiness of social reality.

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进行更具社会影响力的地理分析

在许多令人兴奋的新数据和计算资源来源的激动人心的时代，许多定量人类地理学家都迎来了地理分析五十周年。但是，这也代表了一个十字路口，在这种情况下，迅速利用这些新数据源和方法的热情可能会使该学科恢复到其抽象丰富且过于笼统的根源，从而抹去了该杂志主张倡导承认个体差异以及对替代性和定性数据源的需求。在这篇评论中，我回顾了未来50年我们可以做些什么，以确保该期刊进行的研究具有社会影响力，并且能够更好地解释社会现实的混乱状况。