Beyond Space (As We Knew It): Toward Temporally Integrated Geographies of Segregation, Health, and Accessibility
Beyond Space (As We Knew It): Toward Temporally Integrated Geographies of Segregation, Health, and Accessibility
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10.1080/00045608.2013.792177
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2013-09-01
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Kwan, Mei-Po
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Kwan, Mei-Po
地理和社会科学研究中的许多基本概念仍然倾向于在很大程度上以静态的空间术语来概念化，忽视了我们对所研究问题的理解如何通过时间和人类流动性的透镜得到极大的丰富。本文回顾了三个这样的概念：种族隔离、环境暴露和可获得性。它认为有必要将我们的分析重点从静态的居住空间扩展到人们日常生活中的其他相关地点和时间。流动性是人们时空体验的一个基本要素，这些复杂的体验不能仅仅通过观察人们居住的地方来完全理解。由于许多社会科学家对隔离、环境暴露和可获得性研究感兴趣，地理学家可以通过仔细检查人们在空间和时间中展开生活的日常经历，为推进对这些问题的时间综合分析做出贡献。沿着这条线进行的跨学科研究可能会对地理学以外的许多学科产生广泛的影响。
Many fundamental notions in geographic and social science research still tend to be conceptualized largely in static spatial terms, ignoring how our understanding of the issues we study can be greatly enriched through the lenses of time and human mobility. This article revisits three such notions: racial segregation, environmental exposure, and accessibility. It argues for the need to expand our analytical focus from static residential spaces to other relevant places and times in people's everyday lives. Mobility is an essential element of people's spatiotemporal experiences, and these complex experiences cannot be fully understood by just looking at where people live. As many social scientists are interested in studying segregation, environmental exposure, and accessibility, geographers can contribute to advancing temporally integrated analysis of these issues through careful examination of people's everyday experiences as their lives unfold in space and time. Interdisciplinary research along this line could have a broad impact on many disciplines beyond geography.