历史慈善地理研究刍议

A Critical View of Historical Charity Geography Study

历史慈善地理是以历史地理学视角开展历史时期慈善组织及其慈善行为的研究,也是历史社会地理学的重要组成部分。对历史慈善地理的研究对象、研究内容和研究方法等内容做了初步的理论性归纳,以期有助于该领域研究的深入和历史社会地理学学科研究框架的进一步完善。认为历史时期的慈善组织是历史慈善地理研究的主要对象,而慈善组织兴起和发展的历史地理基础、时空分布、空间运作模式、慈善组织及其活动与区域社会的互动则是其研究的主要内容。

Historical charity geography aims at a study of charity organizations and deeds in historical periods in terms of histo-geography,and is also a leading branch of histo-social geography.This paper makes a preliminary theoretical summary of the object,contents and means of study of historical charity geography,intended to help to deepen studies in this area and further perfect the framework of histo-social geography studies.It believes that charity organizations in historical periods are the major objects of historical charity geography study,while histo-geographical basis,time-space distribution and spatial operative pattern of rise and growth of charity organizations,and charity organizations and their activities and interaction in regional society are the main contents of its study.