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Qualitative visualisation – perspectives and potentials for population geography
Kristine Beurskens
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, 04328, Germany
Department of Geography, TU Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
Francis Harvey
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, 04328, Germany
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Based on a critique of statistical and cartographic analyses of migration patterns of young adults in rural areas of Central Germany, we conclude that there is an emergence of cultures of (out-)migration in some rural regions and discuss possible approaches from psychoanalytically informed migration research and complex systems theory that may help us to understand why, in these regions, adolescents often consider leaving the most viable option.
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Population geography shows a marked trend towards the increased relevance of qualitative research methods. The article discusses how the visualisation of qualitative research in particular has the potential to provide impulses for progressive developments of both theoretical and methodological dimensions of population geography research. The opportunities call for systematic exploration and exchange on qualitative visualisation and on the conditions for its further development.
Population geography shows a marked trend towards the increased relevance of qualitative...
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