human geography, social science and the humanities editor's introduction
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Human Geography, Social Science and the Humanities Editor's IntroductionAuthor(s): Mike BradshawSource: Area, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Dec., 2001), p. 427Published by: Wiley on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of BritishGeographers)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20004184 .
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Editor's introduction
Mike Bradshaw
The two observations that follow are the result of an initial submission by Professor Michael Chisholm.
The issue of the relationship between Geography, as a discipline, and the various funding bodies (SSSR/ESRC, NERC and AHRB) has always been contentious. Those of you who spent the summer completing ESRC Postgraduate Recognition docu
ments are well aware of how the grand designs of those in Swindon impinge on how we train future generations of researchers. The fact that Geography does not sit comfortably within the confines of a single funding council is both a source of confusion as well as an opportunity: witness the ESRC/NERC joint studentship scheme. When I received Professor
Chisholm's observation, which recollects events 35 years ago, it struck me as an ideal opportunity to reflect on Human Geography's relationship with the newest funding body to influence our activities, the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB). I asked Professor Felix Driver to provide a complimentary observation on the contemporary relationships between human geography, social science and the humanities. This he has done in the second obser vation published below. Perhaps these two observa tions can stimulate similar debates amongst physical geographers concerning the status of their research within NERC or the efficacy of the various ESRC/ NERC initiatives?
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