Geo-narrative: Extending geographic information systems for narrative analysis in qualitative and mixed-method research

Mei Po Kwan; Guoxiang Ding

doi:10.1080/00330120802211752

Geo-narrative: Extending geographic information systems for narrative analysis in qualitative and mixed-method research

Mei Po Kwan, Guoxiang Ding

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Abstract

This research seeks to contribute to advancing qualitative methodologies at the intersection of qualitative geographic information systems (GIS), narrative analysis, 3D GIS-based time-geographic methods, and computer-aided qualitative data analysis. The approach to GIS-based narrative analysis developed in the study, called "geo-narrative," is based on extending current GIS capabilities for the analysis and interpretation of narrative materials such as oral histories, life histories, and biographies. The three central elements in this approach are (1) narrative analysis as the qualitative approach; (2) 3D GIS-based time-geographic methods as the representational framework; and (3) 3D-VQGIS as the GIS-based computer-aided qualitative data analysis component. A case example based on a study of the lives of the Muslim women in Columbus, Ohio, after 11 September 2001 is used to illustrate the approach.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	443-465
Number of pages	23
Journal	Professional Geographer
Volume	60
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00330120802211752
State	Published - Nov 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

3D-VQGIS
CAQDAS
Geo-narrative
Narrative analysis
Qualitative GIS
Qualitative data analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes

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