Abstract
Abstract. The quantitative revolution in the field of geography is commonly recalled as
a story of scientific success, overcoming parochial, regionalist and
ideographic modes of geography. This paper, however, suggests a different,
yet parallel narrative. It reveals that the methodological reorientation
towards statistical geography was a coping strategy, adopted by researchers
from within and outside the discipline of geography in order to defend the
analysis of ecological (i. e., spatially aggregated) data against the
powerful critique of producing “ecological fallacies”. Through emphasizing
how the quantitative revolution was an expression of both modernizing and
protective tendencies within the field of geography, the paper contributes to
a more concrete understanding of what motivates methodological change in
geography.
Subject
Earth-Surface Processes,Anthropology,Geography, Planning and Development,Global and Planetary Change
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