Abstract：The European and American developed countries have well advanced a modern system on human geography research methodology. Based on the overseas literature and famous geography scholars' arguments, and referring to the modern human geography philosophical thoughts and their derivative methodology, firstly, the author explores the dynamic relationship between the methodology, together with its derivative research methods, and its expanding areas of research, we think that the spatial dynamic essence of ‘cultural turn’ is the microcosmic motile system of culture-constructing space:human behavior is the dynamic source of constructing space; the force of human culture (cohesion) is changing the space. Secondly, the author traces back to sum up the forefront research and its thread of different schools and think that the space in ‘cultural turn’ research is ‘existential space’ with ‘time-culture’ structure. The theory of place is the basic theory of the deconstruction of ‘existential space’. There are three new aspects of research:new ideas of epistemology; new ideas of research methodology and a kind of synthetical school with aim of explaining the culture-space structure. Thirdly, the derivative concrete research contents from different schools and the research of society-life spatial structure and the theory of place are the current forefront of human geography.
王兴中, 刘永刚. 人文地理学研究方法论的进展与“文化转向”以来的流派[J]. 人文地理, 2007, 22(3): 1-6,11.
WANG Xing-zhong, LIU Yong-gang. THE PROGRESS OF THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND THE SCHOOLS SINCE “CULTURAL TURN”. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2007, 22(3): 1-6,11.
