AgendaAgenda►Questions?Questions?►GetFastGetFast►ReviewReview

OutlineOutline Field TripsField Trips Hostage-taking in North OssetiaHostage-taking in North Ossetia 2 fundamental continua in academic 2 fundamental continua in academic

geographygeography►Defining economic geographyDefining economic geography►Subfields of economic geography Subfields of economic geography

(Economic sectors)(Economic sectors)►Approaches to economic geographyApproaches to economic geography

ProductionProduction

►PrimaryPrimary►SecondarySecondary►TertiaryTertiary►QuaternaryQuaternary

Transportation Transportation andandcommunicationcommunicationss

ProductionProduction

►PrimaryPrimary►SecondarySecondary►TertiaryTertiary►QuaternaryQuaternary

Transportation Transportation andandcommunicationcommunicationss

Macro-theoretical Approaches Macro-theoretical Approaches to Economic Geographyto Economic Geography

► PositivismPositivism EmpiricalEmpirical

► QuantitativeQuantitative► QualitativeQualitative► idiographic (not!)idiographic (not!)

Theory, hypothesis testing, nomotheticTheory, hypothesis testing, nomothetic

► StructuralismStructuralism Forces of productionForces of production Relations of productionRelations of production Modes of productionModes of production

Approaches (contd.)Approaches (contd.)

► Structuralism (contd.)Structuralism (contd.) Infrastructure (relations of production)Infrastructure (relations of production) SuperstructureSuperstructure The empirical may not detect underlying causal The empirical may not detect underlying causal

structures!structures!► Humanism (humanistic geography)Humanism (humanistic geography)

Human agency not structuresHuman agency not structures Objectivity (not)Objectivity (not) Generalize (not)Generalize (not) Post-humanism/post structuralism/post-Post-humanism/post structuralism/post-

colonialism/post-modernismcolonialism/post-modernism

What approach What approach would you take, would you take, as an economic as an economic geographer, to geographer, to explain this?explain this?