Reflexivity and French geographers in the XXth century. From an historical to an epistemological approach
During the XXth century, French geographers gradually adopted some reflexive approaches. Doing so, the importance, place and status of reflexive questions have deeply evolved. No longer being a neglected field in French geography, the reflexive perspective conquered a specific methodology as well as conceptual tools that assure its visibility and acknowledgement in the field of academic geography. From an historical project, which was thought to write the story of geography as a scientific discipline, to an epistemological one, the ways to build the geographical reflexivity substantially changed. Today, we observe a clear enthusiasm for that kind of researches, which is also accompanied by an enlargement of their themes, questions, and methods.