'Jack of all trades'? The negotiation of interdisciplinarity within geography

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 552-560

  Lau, Lisa ^a   Pasquini, Margaret ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disciplines; Geography; Interdisciplinarity; Perceptions; Positionality; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PERCEPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39849110722     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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