Practicing physical geography: An actor-network view of physical geography exemplified by the rock art stability index

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-248

  Allen, Casey D ^a   Lukinbeal, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

actor network theory; fieldwork; philosophy of science; RASI; rock art stability index; weathering pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION; FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; ROCK ART; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 79953238207     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310364929     Document Type: Article

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