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Exploring the dynamic growth, change, and complexity of qualitative research in human geography, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography brings together leading scholars in the field texamine its history, assess the current state of the art, and project future directions Moving beyond textbook rehearsals of standard issues, the Handbook shows how empirical details of qualitative research can be linked tthe broader social, theoretical, political, and policy concerns of qualitative geographers and the communities within which they work The book is organized intthree sections: Part I: Openings engages the history of qualitative geography, and details the ways that research, and the researchers place within it, are conceptualized within broader academic, political, and social currents Part II: Encounters and Collaborations describes the different strategies of inquiry that qualitative geographers use, and the tools and techniques that address the challenges and queries that arise in the research processPart III: Making Sense explores the issues and processes of interpretation, and the ways researchers communicate their results Retrospective as well as prospective in its approach, this is geographys first peer-to-peer engagement with qualitative research detailing how tconceive, carry out and communicate qualitative research in the twenty-first century Suitable for postgraduate students, academics, and practitioners alike, this is the methods resource for researchers in human geography
