Geographic interviews
A qualitative geographic information systems (QGIS) method for understanding person-in-environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21724259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle Maude Littman (0000-0002-5708-4511, University of Utah College of Social Work, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-432 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1473-3250 • E-ISSN: 1741-3117 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14733250241304865 |
| OpenAlex | W4404791132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Social work grounds itself in a person-in-environment (PIE) paradigm, often centering Ecological Systems Theory in early coursework. However, there are limited methods in social work research for operationalizing PIE. This paper introduces geographic interviews as a method for understanding the relationship between people and their environments. Geographic interviews, a participant-driven qualitative geographic information systems (QGIS) method, combine go-along/walking interviews with participant markings on visual-spatial representations (e.g., architectural floorplans, neighborhood maps) to represent individual and collective experiences of a specific space. This paper illustrates a case example of using geographic interviews to understand the recently housed young adults’ experiences of a permanent supportive housing (PSH) setting from data collection through dissemination. As a method-in-development, this paper ends with key questions which may future advancement of the geographic interview methodology. Specifically, future work should explore the use of physical movement, map types, and technology/materials as variables in implementing the geographic interview methodology to understand the relationship between people and their environments
Cartography · Geographic information system · Geography · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |