Field Journals ala Luna Leopold Date Location Purpose Remembrance People Notes

Write what you see

SODA: The life-force of a Geographer Speculate Why is that there? Helps develop hypothesis (hypotheses) and/or research question(s) Observe What do you “see” in the landscape Support/not support your hypotheses & RQ Describe Explain and expound on what you “see” What did you “see”? And how did you “do” it? What method(s) used—and why? How will test hypotheses & describe results Note specific and general details of S & O, perhaps corroborate with others Analyze What do your findings tell you? May result in further hypotheses/research questions

After SODA SODA POP Propose the next step Organize the results The Analysis generated through SODA leads to the next move, and that move must be formally Proposed Organize the results The Proposed next move then needs to be Organized in a way that your audience will understand it Present findings Once Organized, the results should be Presented; hopefully, by the end of the Presentation, there is even more valuable feedback

After SODA SODA CAN Conclusion Application New Knowledge The Analysis can also lead to a Conclusion Maybe what you've discovered is something entirely new Application A Conclusion should then lead to an Application How can what you've discovered be used? Why is it important? New Knowledge The Application, in most cases, is—or at least leads to—New knowledge, and this can then be shared with the world (however small your world may be)

(some) Human Geography Field Methods Qualitative vs. Quantitative Surveys Questionnaires Interviews, in situ and otherwise Participant-observation vs. Observing-participant Ethnography Archival research Landscape interpretation Cognitive mapping Photo-documenting

(some) Physical Geography Field Methods Quantitative vs. Qualitative Mathematical models Theoretical models Getting “dirty” Soil, water, landform, plants, animals, weather “Technical” equipment Stream gauge Meteorological assessment Clinometer, thermister, IRT

Discussion Geography is our epistemology (our ‘way of knowing’) “The field” has long been a core of our ontology (our ‘way of being’) Spatial-analytical synthesis capability is our “method” (our ‘way of doing’) Do human and physical geography field methods overlap? What are some of the overlaps?

Mixed Methods Human Comfort Index Visitor impact on a Park Building/Urban Sprawl Alternative energy use and design Hydrological assessment (think water…) Forest fire impacts Distance Decay GIS/RS for assessment