Methodological frameworks for the geography of organizations

In this paper, we present three methodological frameworks for the geographi c study of organizations. These are situated within three meta-theoretical perspectives in human geography: spatial science, critical realism, and pos t-structuralism. Each framework offers a different theorization of organiza tions, and each prompts different research questions that can be used to gu ide their geographic study. The research questions we offer are general, an d are pertinent to all types of organizations. To supplement the methodolog ical contributions of this paper, we suggest how each of these frameworks m ight inform empirical investigations of Appalshop, a media arts organizatio n located in Whitesburg, Kentucky. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All right s reserved.