I ntervention: Critical physical geography
I ntervention: Critical physical geography
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干预：批判自然地理学
DOI：
10.1111/cag.12061
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2013
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Lave R
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Lave R
最近的一篇评论文章重新引发了争论，即地理学目前的跨学科构成是历史遗迹，还是知识活力的实际和潜在来源。采取后一种立场，我们在这里主张自然地理和关键人文地理的持续整合的好处。出于政治和实用的原因，我们将这一研究和实践相结合的领域称为关键自然地理学(CPG)。CPG将对权力关系的关键关注与深厚的生物物理科学或技术知识相结合，以服务于社会和环境变革。我们认为，无论是由个人还是团队实践，CPG的研究都可以提高自然地理和关键人文地理的知识质量并扩大其政治相关性，因为分开分析自然和社会系统越来越不现实：社会生物物理景观是不平等权力关系、殖民主义历史、种族和性别差异的产物，也是水文、生态和气候变化的产物。在这里，我们回顾了现有的CPG工作；讨论了批判性参与综合研究、教学和实践的主要好处；并就如何使CPG发挥作用提出了我们的集体想法。
A recent opinion piece rekindled debate as to whether geography's current interdisciplinary make‐up is a historical relic or an actual and potential source of intellectual vitality. Taking the latter position, we argue here for the benefits of sustained integration of physical and critical human geography. For reasons both political and pragmatic, we term this area of intermingled research and practice critical physical geography (CPG). CPG combines critical attention to power relations with deep knowledge of biophysical science or technology in the service of social and environmental transformation. We argue that whether practiced by individuals or teams, CPG research can improve the intellectual quality and expand the political relevance of both physical and critical human geography because it is increasingly impractical to separate analysis of natural and social systems: socio‐biophysical landscapes are as much the product of unequal power relations, histories of colonialism, and racial and gender disparities as they are of hydrology, ecology, and climate change. Here, we review existing CPG work; discuss the primary benefits of critically engaged integrative research, teaching, and practice; and offer our collective thoughts on how to make CPG work.