Imagining landscapes : past, present and future / edited by Monica Janowski, Tim Ingold.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janowski, Monica.

Ingold, Tim, 1948-

Series:

Anthropological studies of creativity and perception.

Anthropological studies of creativity and perception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape assessment.

Landscape changes.

Geographical perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describing the ways landscapes are perpetually shaped by the engagements and practices of their inhabitants, this innovative volume develops a processual approach to both perception and imagination. But it also brings out the ways in which these processes, animated by the hopes and dreams of inhabitants, increasingly come into conflict with the strategies of external actors empowered to impose their own, ready-made designs upon the world. With a focus on the temporal and kinaesthetic dynamics of imagining, Imagining Landscapes foregrounds both time and movement in understanding how past, prese

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Seeing Ruins: Imagined and Visible Landscapes in North-East Scotland; 3 Scottish Blackhouses: Archaeological Imaginings; 6 Meaningful Resources and Resource-full Meanings: Spatial and Political Imaginaries in Southern Belize; 7 Imagining and Consuming the Coast: Anthropology, Archaeology, 'Heritage' and 'Conservation' on the Gower in South Wales; 8 Imagining the Forces of Life and the Cosmos in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58789-0

1-317-11866-9

1-317-11865-0

1-280-87690-5

9786613718211

1-4094-2972-5

9781315587899

OCLC:

798536262