Explain the importance of studying human geography in modern times
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human geography, physical geography, chorology, postpositivismAbstract
I argue that contemporary human geography has suffered from a significant narrowing of the time periods that inform its empirical and conceptual studies. This is despite the fact that contemporary human geography has undergone a welcome explosion in terms of the breadth of its thematic scope. starts by providing evidence that the temporal focus of the subdiscipline has shifted over the course of the previous 50 years, with a special emphasis placed on the temporal narrowing that has occurred over the course of the past 20 years. After stating this, the next thing I want to do is provide some probable explanations for why the times that are researched in this subfield have become shorter. After that, I demonstrate why it is beneficial to broaden our chronological frame of reference to include discussions of prior eras. In conclusion, I will argue that the project of expanding the timeframes that we use to organise our geographical study has the potential to allow us to tell alternative tales about the geographical past and present. This is the argument that I will give.
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