Field Journals ala Luna Leopold

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Field Journals ala Luna Leopold

• Date
• Location
• Purpose
• Remembrance
• People
• Notes

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Write what you see
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SODA The life-force of a Geographer

• Speculate
• Why is that there?
• Helps develop hypothesis (hypotheses) and/or
  research question(s)
• Observe
• What do you see in the landscape
• Support/not support your hypotheses RQ
• Describe
• Explain and expound on what you see
• What did you see? And how did you do it?
• What method(s) usedand why?
• How will test hypotheses describe results
• Note specific and general details of S O,
  perhaps corroborate with others
• Analyze
• What do your findings tell you?
• May result in further hypotheses/research
  questions

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After SODA

• SODA POP
• Propose the next step
• The Analysis generated through SODA leads to the
  next move, and that move must be formally
  Proposed
• Organize the results
• The Proposed next move then needs to be Organized
  in a way that your audience will understand it
• Present findings
• Once Organized, the results should be Presented
  hopefully, by the end of the Presentation, there
  is even more valuable feedback

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After SODA

• SODA CAN
• Conclusion
• The Analysis can also lead to a Conclusion
• Maybe what you've discovered is something
  entirely new
• Application
• A Conclusion should then lead to an Application
• How can what you've discovered be used? Why is it
  important?
• New Knowledge
• The Application, in most cases, isor at least
  leads toNew knowledge, and this can then be
  shared with the world (however small your world
  may be)

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(some) Human Geography Field Methods

• Qualitative vs. Quantitative
• Surveys
• Questionnaires
• Interviews, in situ and otherwise
• Participant-observation vs. Observing-participant
• Ethnography
• Archival research
• Landscape interpretation
• Cognitive mapping
• Photo-documenting

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(some) Physical Geography Field Methods

• Quantitative vs. Qualitative
• Mathematical models
• Theoretical models
• Getting dirty
• Soil, water, landform, plants, animals, weather
• Technical equipment
• Stream gauge
• Meteorological assessment
• Clinometer, thermister, IRT

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Discussion

• Geography is our epistemology (our way of
  knowing)
• The field has long been a core of our ontology
  (our way of being)
• Spatial-analytical synthesis capability is our
  method (our way of doing)

• Do human and physical geography field methods
  overlap?
• What are some of the overlaps?

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Mixed Methods

• Human Comfort Index
• Visitor impact on a Park
• Building/Urban Sprawl
• Alternative energy use and design
• Hydrological assessment (think water)
• Forest fire impacts
• Distance Decay
• GIS/RS for assessment