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Is Critical Human Geography Research Replicable?
Annals of the American Association of Geographers ( IF 3.982 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-13
Joel Wainwright

The debate concerning replicable scientific research has reached geography’s shores. This has exposed old fault lines in our discipline, because some forms of geographical inquiry are more amenable to replicability than others. If there is a corner of the discipline that seems especially ill-suited to replicability, it is critical human geography. Almost no work in the subfield exhibits the combination of qualities—explicit and replicable methods; large, numerical data sets; full reporting—that enable reproducibility. Should we care? Although the inability of critical human geographers to reproduce our research results does not constitute a crisis, it is a matter worthy of reflection. Even if it proves difficult to realize, the challenge of designing replicable research promises to generate insights into the relative rigor of our disciplinary practices. Moreover, by clarifying the limits on replicability in social inquiry, we should be better positioned to weigh and mediate between competing values, for instance, the potential conflict between the principle of scientific integrity and the protection of vulnerable research subjects. I contend that producing a rigorous and reproducible geographical research, while also respecting the dignity of subaltern social groups, would require significant changes to standard research practice. To flesh out these claims, I offer concise reflections on the literature from critical human geography research with subaltern social groups.



中文翻译:

关键的人文地理研究可以复制吗?

关于可复制科学研究的辩论已经到达地理学的边缘。这暴露了我们学科中的旧断层线,因为某些地理查询形式比其他形式更易于复制。如果该学科的某个角落似乎特别不适用于可复制性,那么这是至关重要的人文地理。子领域中几乎没有作品表现出品质的结合,即明示和可复制的方法。大型数字数据集;完整报告-实现可重复性。我们应该照顾吗?尽管关键的人类地理学家无法复制我们的研究结果并不构成危机,但这值得反思。即使事实证明很难实现,设计可复制研究的挑战有望产生对我们纪律实践相对严格的见解。此外,通过阐明社会探究中可复制性的局限性,我们应该更好地权衡并在相互竞争的价值观之间进行调解,例如,科学诚信原则与保护弱势研究对象之间的潜在冲突。我认为,要进行严格且可重复的地理研究,同时还要尊重次要社会群体的尊严,就需要对标准研究实践进行重大改变。为了充实这些主张,我对人类社会各方面的批判性人类地理学研究进行了简要的反思。我们应该更好地权衡并在相互竞争的价值观之间进行调和,例如,科学诚信原则与弱势研究对象的保护之间可能存在的冲突。我认为,要进行严格且可重复的地理研究,同时还要尊重次要社会群体的尊严,就需要对标准研究实践进行重大改变。为了充实这些主张,我对来自次要社会群体的重要人类地理学研究的文献进行了简要的反思。我们应该更好地权衡并在相互竞争的价值观之间进行调和,例如,科学诚信原则与弱势研究对象的保护之间可能存在的冲突。我认为,要进行严格且可重复的地理研究,同时还要尊重次要社会群体的尊严,就需要对标准研究实践进行重大改变。为了充实这些主张,我对来自次要社会群体的重要人类地理学研究的文献进行了简要的反思。在尊重次要社会群体尊严的同时,还需要对标准研究实践进行重大改变。为了充实这些主张,我对来自次要社会群体的重要人类地理学研究的文献进行了简要的反思。在尊重次要社会群体尊严的同时,还需要对标准研究实践进行重大改变。为了充实这些主张,我对来自次要社会群体的重要人类地理学研究的文献进行了简要的反思。

更新日期:2020-10-13
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