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Brunn Stanley D
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Titolo: |
Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks, Volume 1 : Mapping Time Journey Experiences
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Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer, , 2024 |
©2024 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Preface -- Introduction to an Emerging World of Time Journeys: No End to Studying or Mapping Them -- Contents -- Contributors -- Time and Calendars: At the Crossroads of Astronomy and Culture -- Introduction -- Time in the West -- Chinese Time -- Time in Non-Literate Cultures -- Orally Transmitted Moon Calendars -- Time in the World of the Maya -- Maya Astronomy and Religion -- Mapping Time in Central Mexico -- Summary and Reflections -- References -- Archaeology, Visual Moments and the Stopping of Time in Hiroshima -- Introduction -- The Nature of Visual Moments in Time -- Visual Marks of Moments in Time: Atomic Relics of Hiroshima -- Visual Marks of Moments in Time: Pompeii -- Visual Marks of Moments in Time: The Parthenon -- The Impulse to Conserve -- Conclusion -- References -- Frontline Involvement in a Paradigm Change: Archaeology of the First Americans and Monte Verde -- Introduction -- Monte Verde -- Kuhn´s Hypothesis -- Judging Verification -- Resistance, Obstacles, Inventions and Rebuttals -- Epilogue -- References -- Beyond Urban Chronometry: A World of Time-Space Experiences: Deep, Shallow, and Unknown -- Introduction -- Scope and Approach of the Study -- The Urbanization of Time-Keeping -- The Ubiquity of Scarce Time and Space in Human Settlements and Consequent Mad Rush -- Varieties of Time-Keeping Systems Across Cultures and Literatures -- Nature as a Robust Alternative or Parallel Time-Frame -- Whether We Like It or Not: Events that Reset the Collective Clock -- Summary: The Need for a Wider Chronological Understanding -- References -- Career Reflections: Surviving in a System Not Designed for African Americans and Marginalized Others -- Introduction -- Purpose -- Roadmap -- Career Experiences and Challenges -- Race Fatigue -- Confronting Intersectionality -- Playing Hurt -- Survival Mechanisms -- Cohesive Community. |
Family Role Models -- The Strength of Weak Ties -- Concluding Thoughts: The Seven ``What Matters´´ -- Locus of Control Matters -- Networks Matter -- Contrarian Views Matter -- Reputational Power Matters -- Predictability Matters -- Sponsorship Matters -- Intersectionality Matters -- Postscript -- References -- Negotiating Time in a West African Context -- Introduction -- Personal Time Journeys -- Passing Time in Niger (Tahiya Ta Hi Zaman Gida. Moving Is Better than Staying Put) -- Islam and Time Journeys -- Conclusions -- References -- Cannibalizing the ``Others:´´ Metropolitan Time Intellectual Journeys in Debate -- Introduction -- A Short Debate: The Colonial Order -- Of Hospitality per Jacques Derrida -- Technology Under the Lens of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio -- From James Clifford to Marc Augé: The Radical ``Other´´ -- Modern Tourism: Dialogue Among Dean MacCannell and John Urry -- Conclusion -- References -- Time Journey of a Chinese American Female Geographer: From China to the World -- Scholarly and Artistic Perspectives on Travel Experiences -- Becoming a Geographer (Inside China, Until 1988) -- Learning Geography (Junior Scholar and Then Ph.D. Student, 1988-1997) -- Teaching Geography (Early-Mid-Career: Assimilating and Root-Searching, 1997-2011) -- Practicing Geography (Full Professorship and World Exploring 2011-2020) -- World Traveler Amid the Pandemic (Travel 2020-2022) -- Conclusion and Reflections -- References -- A Journey Through Kaqchikel Maya Time: Language Classes as a Time Machine for Teachers and Students -- Background -- Structure of the Discussion -- Livelihood, Family and Life Lessons -- Spirituality -- Reconnecting with the Kaqchikel Past and Propagating into the Future -- Conclusion -- References -- The Travel-Research-Teaching Nexus -- Introduction -- Travel and Teaching -- Travel, Research and Writing. | |
Travel´s Socio-professional Implications -- The Bigger Picture -- References -- From Inner Realms to Outer Worlds: An Artist´s Time Journey -- Introduction -- Dualities -- First Decade, 1968-1977: From New York to Colorado, Music, Mandalas to Motherhood -- Second Decade, 1978-1987: From Washington, D.C. to Colorado, Portraits to Cloudscapes -- Third Decade, 1988-1997: Visionary Journey from Petroglyphs to Celtic Roots -- Fourth Decade, 1998-2007: From Colorado´s Cosmic Nest to Nesting in Kentucky, from Oil to Water -- Fifth Decade, 2008-2017: From Gardens of Healing to Realms of Wonder, Mapping the Times -- Sixth Period, 2018-2022: Love Letters from Sunwise Flora and Fauna to the State of Grace -- On the Horizon -- Conclusion -- References -- Navigating the Worlds of Geography and Higher Education Administration: A Woman´s Retrospective -- Growing Up in a Minneapolis Neighborhood and Expectations for Me and Other Women (1942-1967) -- Graduate Years (1967-1972) -- My Years at Berkeley (1972-1977) -- Move to CU Boulder: (1977-1991) -- Interlude: Geography Among the Sciences -- Activity in the AAG -- University Administration -- Oregon, North Carolina, LSU and SUNY (1991-2009) -- Georgia State University 2009-2019 -- Return to Academic Research and Teaching (2019-Present) -- Conclusion -- References -- Time Journeys Through the Night Sky -- Introduction -- Time Journeys and the Night Sky -- The Loss of Time Journeys and the Inadequacy of Awe -- Worsening Light Pollution and the Loss of Time Journeys in the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusions -- References -- A Passage Through China: Early Years as an Independent Traveler -- Introduction -- Trip Planning -- The China Trip -- Arrival and First Days in China -- Middle of the Trip -- The Final Destination -- Closing -- References -- My Journey into Relational Space: Compression, Networks, and Topologies. | |
Introduction -- The Origins and Rise of Relative and Relational Space -- Time-Space Compression -- Relational Space and Networks -- Topological Spaces -- Closing Thoughts -- References -- Coming to Live in a Science Fiction World: Generativity and the Metaphor of the Web -- Introduction -- The Wonder(ous) Years: Late 1940s to Early 1950s -- Vignette #1 (Becoming One of Captain Video´s Video Rangers) -- From the Mid-1950s to the Early Sixties: The Missile and Space Age Converges with Teenage Fascination with the Best Golden Age... -- Vignette #2 (I Look to the Heavens!) -- Vignette #3 (I Find My Space Age Hobby) -- Mid-Sixties to Mid-1990s: Science Fiction as a Critical Theoretical and Analytic Instrument -- Vignette #4 (``If You Have a Time Warp, You Have a Time Warp!´´) -- Vignette #5 (Round No. 1 in the Debate Over Space Colonization-I Weigh In) -- Late-1990s-Mid-2000s: Teaching Science Fiction as Critical Political Theory -- 2005 to the Mid-2010s: A Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Earth and the Solar System -- 2019-2022: A Professor Emeritus´ Vista on Eco-Spirituality and the Mysteries of God and the Universe -- Conclusion -- References. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks, Volume 1 ![]() |
ISBN: | 3-031-58021-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910864194703321 |
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