Critical reflections on practice: The changing roles of three physical geographers carrying out research in a developing country

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Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-93

  Mistry, Jayalaxshmi ^a   Berardi, Andrea ^b   Simpson, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Guyana; Participation; Physical geography; Positionality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DEVELOPING WORLD; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH WORK;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58949093636     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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