Understanding the Future of Behavioral (and Cognitive) Geography by Understanding Its Past
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Keywords: Behavioral Geography, Cognitive Geography
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Daniel R Montello UCSB
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Behavioral and cognitive geography (BCG) is the study of human mind, brain, and behavior within the context of geography, the study of space, place, and environment relevant to human activity and experience. BCG explores the intersections of geography with behavioral and cognitive sciences, especially psychology but also linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, AI, information science, and more. In my talk, I propose that the future of BCG depends, in part, on how we answer three questions about its past: (1) Do we think of BCG as a distinct subfield of geography or as an approach that can be applied to any geographic topic?, (2) Do we think of BCG as distinctly part of the discipline of geography or as a comprehensively multi- and interdisciplinary endeavor?, and (3) How do we conceive of BCG with respect to the classic distinction between the sciences and the humanities?
Understanding the Future of Behavioral (and Cognitive) Geography by Understanding Its Past
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Daniel Montello University of California - Santa Barbara
montello@geog.ucsb.edu
This abstract is part of a session: Future directions in behavioral geography
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