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地理学与区域国别研究笔谈
Dialogues on geography in relation to country and area studies
【摘要】 区域国别学作为交叉学科类一级学科的设立引发了外国语言文学、政治学和世界史等学科的广泛关注和热烈讨论。但是,地理学没有受到区域国别学者的足够关注,地理学者也没有深入参与区域国别学的相关讨论。本文借《世界地理研究》期刊组织出版“地理学与区域国别研究”专刊之机,邀请了国内不同高校关注区域国别问题的青年学者,围绕地理学与区域国别学在学科发展、理论体系、研究方法与实践应用等方面如何交叉互鉴等问题,展开了深入的讨论。文章认为,地理学具有悠久的区域研究传统和综合性的学科属性,这与区域国别学有很高的相似性,因而对于区域国别学学科建设具有重要的借鉴意义;地理学的地理信息技术、空间分析方法和人地关系研究传统等为区域国别研究提供了独特的视角和工具;地理学发展的历史及中间经历的论辩则对于区域国别学平衡普适性与特殊性、解决理论创新与信息收集之间的矛盾具有参考价值。未来需要进一步吸纳更多其他学科的相关学者加入讨论,介绍地理学的其他核心概念和基础理论视角,并从超越学科的层面来思考区域研究的知识整合和理论融合机制。
【Abstract】 The establishment of country and area studies as an interdisciplinary first-level discipline has sparked widespread attention and lively discussions in fields such as Foreign Language and Literature, Political Science, and World History. However, Geography has not received sufficient attention from scholars in country and area studies, nor have geographers deeply engaged in related discussions on this discipline. Taking the opportunity of the "Geography and Country & Area Studies" special issue organized by World Regional Studies, this article brings together young scholars from various universities across China who focus on issues related to country and area studies. The discussion revolves around how geography and country and area studies can mutually learn from each other in terms of disciplinary development, theoretical frameworks, research methods, and practical applications. The article argues that geography, with its longstanding tradition of regional studies and its integrative disciplinary attributes, shares significant similarities with and offers valuable lessons for country and area studies. Furthermore, Geography’s techniques in geographic information systems(GIS), spatial analysis methods, and its tradition of studying human-environment interactions provide unique perspectives and tools for country and area studies. The historical development of geography, along with the debates it has undergone, offers insights for country and area studies in addressing tensions between universality and specificity, as well as between theoretical innovation and information collection. In the future, it will be essential to involve more scholars from other related disciplines in these discussions, introduce more core concepts and foundational theoretical perspectives from geography,and think about mechanisms for knowledge integration and theoretical synthesis in regional studies from a transdisciplinary perspective.
【Key words】 country and area studies; geography; disciplinary traditions; space; integrative nature; exceptionalism;
- 【文献出处】 世界地理研究 ,World Regional Studies , 编辑部邮箱 ,2025年03期
- 【分类号】D50;K90-4
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