Landscapes of Encounter
Title | Landscapes of Encounter PDF eBook |
Author | Liam Gearon |
Publisher | University of Calgary Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1552380483 |
Brian Moore (1921 1999) is one of the few novelists whose literary portrayal of Catholicism effectively spans the period prior to and following the Second Vatican Council. Many critics have discussed how Moore's life is reflected in his works, while others have dismissed his fictions as simple narratives in the mould of classical realism. In this timely book, Gearon contends that Moore's fictions are far more complex, as he was one of the great observers of Catholicism in all its modern and historical controversy. .
The Landscapes of the Sublime 1700-1830
Title | The Landscapes of the Sublime 1700-1830 PDF eBook |
Author | C. Duffy |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2013-08-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1137332182 |
The Landscapes of the Sublime examines the place of the 'natural sublime' in the cultural history of the eighteenth century and Romantic period. Drawing on a range of scholarship and historical sources, it offers a fresh perspective on the different species of the 'natural sublime' encountered by British and European travellers and explorers.
Waiting for Elijah
Title | Waiting for Elijah PDF eBook |
Author | Safet HadžiMuhamedović |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-12-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1800732198 |
Waiting for Elijah is an intimate portrait of time-reckoning, syncretism, and proximity in one of the world’s most polarized landscapes, the Bosnian Field of Gacko. Centered on the shared harvest feast of Elijah’s Day, the once eagerly awaited pinnacle of the annual cycle, the book shows how the fractured postwar landscape beckoned the return of communal life that entails such waiting. This seemingly paradoxical situation—waiting to wait—becomes a starting point for a broader discussion on the complexity of time set between cosmology, nationalism, and embodied memories of proximity.
The World Multiple
Title | The World Multiple PDF eBook |
Author | Keiichi Omura |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2018-11-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429852584 |
The World Multiple, as a collection, is an ambitious ethnographic experiment in understanding how the world is experienced and generated in multiple ways through people’s everyday practices. Against the dominant assumption that the world is a single universal reality that can only be known by modern expert science, this book argues that worlds are worlded—they are socially and materially crafted in multiple forms in everyday practices involving humans, landscapes, animals, plants, fungi, rocks, and other beings. These practices do not converge to a singular knowledge of the world, but generate a world multiple—a world that is more than one integrated whole, yet less than many fragmented parts. The book brings together authors from Europe, Japan, and North America, in conversation with ethnographic material from Africa, the Americas, and Asia, in order to explore the possibilities of the world multiple to reveal new ways to intervene in the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism that inflict damage on humans and nonhumans. The contributors show how the world is formed through interactions among techno-scientific, vernacular, local, and indigenous practices, and examine the new forms of politics that emerge out of them. Engaged with recent anthropological discussions of ontologies, the Anthropocene, and multi-species ethnography, the book addresses the multidimensional realities of people’s lives and the quotidian politics they entail.
Field Sketching and the Experience of Landscape
Title | Field Sketching and the Experience of Landscape PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Swailes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2016-06-17 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1317401840 |
The act of field sketching allows us to experience the landscape first-hand – rather than reliance upon plans, maps and photographs at a distance, back in the studio. Aimed primarily at landscape architects, Janet Swailes takes the reader on a journey through the art of field sketching, providing guidance and tips to develop skills from those starting out on a design course, to those looking to improve their sketching. Combining techniques from landscape architecture and the craft and sensibilities of arts practice, she invites us to experience sensations directly out in the field to enrich our work: to look closely at the effects of light and weather; understand the lie and shapes of the land through travel and walking; and to consider lines of sight from the inside out as well as outside in. Full colour throughout with examples, checklists and case studies of other sketchers’ methods, this is an inspirational book to encourage landscape architects to spend more time in the field and reconnect with the basics of design through drawing practice.
Learning in Landscapes of Practice
Title | Learning in Landscapes of Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Etienne Wenger-Trayner |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2014-07-25 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317692535 |
If the body of knowledge of a profession is a living landscape of practice, then our personal experience of learning can be thought of as a journey through this landscape. Within Learning in Landscapes of Practice, this metaphor is further developed in order to start an important conversation about the nature of practice knowledge, identity and the experience of practitioners and their learning. In doing so, this book is a pioneering and timely exploration of the future of professional development and higher education. The book combines a strong theoretical perspective grounded in social learning theories with stories from a broad range of contributors who occupy different locations in their own landscapes of practice. These narratives locate the book within different contemporary concerns such as social media, multi-agency, multi-disciplinary and multi-national partnerships, and the integration of academic study and workplace practice. Both scholarly, in the sense that it builds on prior research to extend and locate the concept of landscapes of practice, and practical because of the way in which it draws on multiple voices from different landscapes. Learning in Landscapes of Practice will be of particular relevance to people concerned with the design of professional or vocational learning. It will also be a valuable resource for students engaged in higher education courses with work-based elements.
Sex, Tourism and the Postcolonial Encounter
Title | Sex, Tourism and the Postcolonial Encounter PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Jacobs |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780754647881 |
Illustrated by interviews with women and men in the tourist resorts in the Sinai, Egypt, this book opens up the debate surrounding sex tourism by examining the way in which holiday romances between western women and 'native' men are linked to a much wider romanticism of place and people, which is used to sell these destinations. The work provides insights into gender issues to do with globalization, travel and sexuality.