Triangulation is increasingly being seen as a concept that has lost clarity and become too broad to be of use. A new language is required to explain how and why researchers bring together multiple perspectives to study phenomena. By drawing on my own research experiences I propose ‘collage’ as a framework for using multiple methods in geography. This framework differs from triangulation in two important ways: firstly, it brings multiple methods together to elucidate a broad research area rather than a precise one, and secondly, it allows for greater spontaneity and the shifting of the frame of research. This paper explains how multiple methods can be used to gather fragments of knowledge on a topic that, when pieced together, can create a more complex understanding of the wider research area. A focus on this process emphasizes the role of the researcher in putting the pieces together.

三角剖分越来越被视为一种概念，它已经失去了清晰度，而且变得过于广泛而无法使用。需要一种新的语言来解释研究人员如何以及为何将多种观点组合在一起来研究现象。通过借鉴自己的研究经验，我提出了“拼贴”作为在地理学中使用多种方法的框架。该框架在三个重要方面不同于三角剖分：首先，它汇集了多种方法来阐明广阔的研究领域，而不是精确的领域；其次，它允许更大的自发性和研究框架的转变。本文解释了如何使用多种方法来收集有关某个主题的知识片段，将这些知识拼凑起来可以对更广泛的研究领域产生更复杂的理解。