Strategic positivism

Strategic positivism is an approach that recognizes the limitations and potential of positivist methods, using them strategically for emancipatory goals. It draws on both classical and newer quantitative tools and builds infrastructure around epistemology, methodology, and political engagement.{{Cite journal |last=Wyly |first=Elvin |date=2009-07-06 |title=Strategic Positivism∗ |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00330120902931952 |journal=The Professional Geographer |language=en |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=310–322 |doi=10.1080/00330120902931952 |issn=0033-0124|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Shelton |first=Taylor |date=2022-03-03 |title=Situated Mapping: Visualizing Urban Inequality between the God Trick and Strategic Positivism |url=https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1941 |journal=ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies |language=en |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=346–356 |issn=1492-9732}}{{Cite book |title=The Routledge handbook of geospatial technologies and society |date=2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-367-85576-5 |editor-last=Kent |editor-first=Alexander James |location=Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY |editor-last2=Specht |editor-first2=Doug}}