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I'm quite surprised this page did not exist already, as the concept is currently taught in introduction to geography courses, and is often used to broadly organize text books.
We need elaboration on geostatistics, geotechnologies, and the internet as it applies to geography.
Any useful photos might be useful. I have several venn diagrams showing Geography broken between Technical geography, physical, and human. They are all copyrighted however. Creating such a diagram would be useful for this page as well as the general geography page. GeogSage ( talk) 05:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
References
Technical geography as a term is present within literature. I have provided numerous sources in this article, including peer-reviewed journals, entries in other encyclopedia's, and textbooks, that make use of the term AND use it to subdivide the discipline. At the time of writing this, this article has more citations then both the human geography and physical geography pages combined. This is necessary as the term is much more novel then either human or physical geography, and there are competing words/phrases used to subdivide the discipline. These phrases and terms have been noted within this article, as has the dispute over the use of the term.
On the main geography page, technical geography is used as one of two methods for subdividing the discipline. The first is the four traditions of geography, and the second is the branch model. The branch system is based in large part on the three main themes of the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems geography publication from 2009 which explicitly use the term "technical geography". Other sources have employed similar concepts to technical geography, dividing geography into multiple branches, categories, themes, etc. Several of these other concepts are noted in the article, and are employed to give theoretical backing to a separate category of geography focused on the things under the umbrella of technical geography. Geographic Information Science is a very similar concept, but is not as inclusive within the literature. One textbook has used the terms interchangeably, however other terms have also been used. In addition to the use of technical geography as a term to subdivide the discipline, from an ontological perspective, technical geography as a term fits cleanly with physical geography and human geography, grammatically speaking, where other terms do not.
Other branches, including integrated geography, are proposed branches under different systems for subdividing the discipline. I propose, based on my understanding of existing literature, that all geography is integrated geography to some extent, and trying to subdivide the field deeply along those lines is challenging. On the main geography page, integrated geography is used as the main page for the Human-environment interaction tradition in the four traditions of geography organization. The category can be seen here Human-Environment interaction and has six pages and no subcategories. All geography should be integrated to some extent, but as far as subfields go, it will tend towards human, physical, or technical.
How to subdivide geography is challenging, and hotly debated within the literature. This is why I reorganized the main geography page to include both the four traditions AND a branch system (the four traditions were previously not included on the page, and branches were haphazardly included). The four traditions, as I understand them, are more historic and theoretical in focus, while the branches are a product of applied geography. I believe, based on reviewing available literature, that within the overlap of the human-environment traditions, and spatial tradition, a branch of applied geography has emerged that is distinct in focus from human and physical. Disputes over the term are noted in the "criticism" section of the page. Ambiguity and debate of the term has been noted extensively within this page and the main geography page. While technical geography is a novel term, and controversial, I believe it is a good addition when trying to explain the ways we can divide geography. Failure to include this would be a major omission, and I believe by having this in addition to the four laws on the main geography page, a reader can get a good grasp on the organization of geography. GeogSage ( ⚔Chat?⚔) 20:59, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Possible hypothesis 41.13.112.77 ( talk) 17:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
I'm quite surprised this page did not exist already, as the concept is currently taught in introduction to geography courses, and is often used to broadly organize text books.
We need elaboration on geostatistics, geotechnologies, and the internet as it applies to geography.
Any useful photos might be useful. I have several venn diagrams showing Geography broken between Technical geography, physical, and human. They are all copyrighted however. Creating such a diagram would be useful for this page as well as the general geography page. GeogSage ( talk) 05:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
References
Technical geography as a term is present within literature. I have provided numerous sources in this article, including peer-reviewed journals, entries in other encyclopedia's, and textbooks, that make use of the term AND use it to subdivide the discipline. At the time of writing this, this article has more citations then both the human geography and physical geography pages combined. This is necessary as the term is much more novel then either human or physical geography, and there are competing words/phrases used to subdivide the discipline. These phrases and terms have been noted within this article, as has the dispute over the use of the term.
On the main geography page, technical geography is used as one of two methods for subdividing the discipline. The first is the four traditions of geography, and the second is the branch model. The branch system is based in large part on the three main themes of the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems geography publication from 2009 which explicitly use the term "technical geography". Other sources have employed similar concepts to technical geography, dividing geography into multiple branches, categories, themes, etc. Several of these other concepts are noted in the article, and are employed to give theoretical backing to a separate category of geography focused on the things under the umbrella of technical geography. Geographic Information Science is a very similar concept, but is not as inclusive within the literature. One textbook has used the terms interchangeably, however other terms have also been used. In addition to the use of technical geography as a term to subdivide the discipline, from an ontological perspective, technical geography as a term fits cleanly with physical geography and human geography, grammatically speaking, where other terms do not.
Other branches, including integrated geography, are proposed branches under different systems for subdividing the discipline. I propose, based on my understanding of existing literature, that all geography is integrated geography to some extent, and trying to subdivide the field deeply along those lines is challenging. On the main geography page, integrated geography is used as the main page for the Human-environment interaction tradition in the four traditions of geography organization. The category can be seen here Human-Environment interaction and has six pages and no subcategories. All geography should be integrated to some extent, but as far as subfields go, it will tend towards human, physical, or technical.
How to subdivide geography is challenging, and hotly debated within the literature. This is why I reorganized the main geography page to include both the four traditions AND a branch system (the four traditions were previously not included on the page, and branches were haphazardly included). The four traditions, as I understand them, are more historic and theoretical in focus, while the branches are a product of applied geography. I believe, based on reviewing available literature, that within the overlap of the human-environment traditions, and spatial tradition, a branch of applied geography has emerged that is distinct in focus from human and physical. Disputes over the term are noted in the "criticism" section of the page. Ambiguity and debate of the term has been noted extensively within this page and the main geography page. While technical geography is a novel term, and controversial, I believe it is a good addition when trying to explain the ways we can divide geography. Failure to include this would be a major omission, and I believe by having this in addition to the four laws on the main geography page, a reader can get a good grasp on the organization of geography. GeogSage ( ⚔Chat?⚔) 20:59, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Possible hypothesis 41.13.112.77 ( talk) 17:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)