The geo-computational social sciences(GSS)has emerged as a new frontier in the interdisciplinary fields.However,the GSS has somehow trapped into a predicament as the field evolves,due to many fundamental theoretical issues remaining unsettled,such as the underlying theoretical legitimacy,conceptual domains,and research paradigm.Aiming to rectify these fundamental flaws,this paper first traces the evolving and intersecting trajectories of sociology,geography and geographical information science and focuses on the spatial turn and ideological trend of computationalism,based on which the theoretical legitimacy of GSS is defended.Second,we crystalize its conceptual domains with reference to Deleuze's conceptualization of Rhizome and further unfold the conceptual domains from two perspectives.Third,in reference to Kuhn's paradigm framework,we clarify the research paradigm of GSS through a systematic theoretical deduction from three aspects,i.e.,epistemology,ontology and methodology.Finally,we propose the research agenda for GSS against China's context in the post-pandemic era to advance the theoretical innovations and applications of modem geography.
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社会地理计算/社会学/地理信息科学/理论合法性/研究范式/空间转向/计算主义
Key words
geo-computational social sciences/sociology/geographical information science/theoretical legitimacy/research paradigm/spatial turn/computationalism
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