The field excursion is intended to give students an opportunity to carry out an applied geographical research
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The field excursion is intended to give students an opportunity to carry out an applied geographical research project based on observation, data recording, and analysis.
- Using a field site of your own choosing, go for a walk and observe the world around you.
- Plan to spend at least two hours on the excursion.
- The distance covered will differ greatly depending on the complexity of the environment and of the phenomena being observed. For example,
- a walk in a mixed-use urban neighbourhood might cover a number of city blocks;
- observation of activity in a public square might involve little walking;
- observation of activity in a shopping centre might involve considerable walking but little distance covered in overall area.
- Dates and times of observations should be recorded clearly
- For students living in cities or towns, observe the complexity of urban landscapes, recording things like:
- what the built environment looks like,
- what people are doing,
- how people are interacting with each other,
- how much vehicular traffic is there and of what type, etc.
- How is space regulated, for example by bylaws, signage, and land use zoning?
- Is it possible to get clues about the socioeconomic status of the population from the landscape?
- What about other social categories, such as race, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, and class?
- What about the 'natural' landscape?
- For students in rural areas, a walk may result in very different observations than an urban walk.
- What is going on in the landscape?
- What can be observed about the political economy by observing the landscape?
- What other information would be useful to have and how might this information be gathered?
- Record your observations using a variety of tools: hand-written notes and a notebook, sketches, photography, video cameras, and so on.
- Please respect local rules and people's privacy with respect to photography and video recording.
- Write and submit a field excursion report based on your observations
- Reports should be mainly descriptive and should include at least five photographs and/or sketches and one location map (which appropriate citations if applicable).
- Field excursion reports will be used as the first phase of the research paper to be submitted at the end of the term (1000 words).
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