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Geographical ConceptsSo I'm reading Geography VSI by John A Matthews and David T Herbert and trying to dig the core concepts of the discipline: space, place, and environment.
Space: where, and in relation to where else -- maps; ...and also: Time: change over time; Matthews & Herbert offer a whiff of the meaning surrounding these geographical concepts, but I'm aware of accessible academic texts devoted to exploring them in depth. Not sure of the road ahead beyond these 181 pages, though. So for now, just looking to build some basic lexis and taste the juice. I hoof the idea of geography as a metaphor -- the investigative explorer and investigative exploration as a defining concept of human cultural evolution. We can each be geographers, members of geographical communities, with the world defined and united by humankind's exploration -- of our hearts and neighbourhoods, of peoples and planet, of the wider cosmos and universe. A History of the Universe is my own personal expedition. 27 November 2009 AnthropoceneMatthews, J. & Herbert, D. (2008) Geography: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: OUP) - page 43 |
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December,
1148; 543 AH: a small band of
illustrious travellers gather on Marettimo, a fortress island off
the coast of Norman Sicily,
destination Brycgstow, England. Among
them is geographer and luminary of Roger II’s court,
Muhammad al-Idrisi, travelling in pursuit
of his grand treatise, Nuzhatul Mushtaq.
Finding safe passage on Captain
Hajji's futuristic vessel, al-Jaariya,
Idrisi shares conversation and
adventures with an extraordinary
array of characters, some human, on
a tumultuous voyage where the
darkest encounters are not with sea
monsters or storms, but with the
desires and contradictions burning
at the very heart of their
expedition.
