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In defence of situated messiness: Geographical knowledge and the history of science

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The history of geography needs to be more closely connected with recent revisionist accounts of the history of science. After a brief review of some of the newer historiographic insights that have lately been applied to writings on geography's history, this paper sets out some additional principles that historians of the subject might profitably engage. Chief among these are the consequences of taking seriously the “situatedness” and “contingency” of geographical knowledge and practice.

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  1. School of Geosciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Livingstone D. N. Dr.

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Livingstone, D.N. In defence of situated messiness: Geographical knowledge and the history of science. GeoJournal 26, 228–229 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241227

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