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Imagining Landscapes Past, Present and Future
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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The landscapes of human habitation are not just perceived; they are also imagined. What part, then, does imagining landscapes play in their perception? The contributors to this volume, drawn from a range of disciplines, argue that landscapes are 'imagined' in a sense more fundamental than their symbolic representation in words, images and other media. Less a means of conjuring up images of what is... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction, Tim Ingold; Chapter 2 Seeing Ruins, Jo Vergunst; Chapter 3 Scottish Blackhouses, Tessa Poller; Chapter 4 OrkneyLab, Laura Watts; Chapter 5 Imagining Aridity, Stefano Biagetti, Jasper Morgan Chalcraft; Chapter 6 Meaningful Resources and Resource-full Meanings, Sophie Haines; Chapter 7 Imagining and Consuming the Coast, Kaori O’Connor; Chapter 8 Imagining the Forces of Life and the Cosmos in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak, Monica Janowski;
Biography
Monica Janowski is Research Associate at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London, UK. Tim Ingold is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and author of Lines and co-editor of Ways of Walking.
'A thought-provoking book that is of interest to landscape scholars of various disciplinary bents. Drawing on examples from widely different geographical contexts, this is an important contribution to a body of work that highlights the creative involvement of humans with environments and landscapes through their practices, perceptions, and complex imaginings.' Karl Benediktsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
