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Counting in qualitative fieldwork: Notes from a large urban park.
- Source :
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Area . Feb2024, p1. 7p. 3 Illustrations. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper reflects on the practice of counting physical activity in a large urban park as a social research method. Using a page of tabulated numbers from inside my notebook as a launching off point, it discusses how this quantitative method aided my qualitative inquiry. It discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of the method as well as offering a reflection on how geographers and urban scholars might use counting as a regular part of their research practice. By opening up my notebook I reflect on how I went about assembling evidence as a researcher in my investigation of a busy urban space, and how it helped me to understand the social life of a well‐used park in situ as I developed an argument about conceptualising parks as social infrastructures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00040894
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Area
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175432300
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12926