Enseignement de la géographie ; Epistémologie ; Etats-Unis ; Kniffen (F.) ; Louisiana ; Pratique de la géographie ; Pédagogie
Thoughts from a former student and admirer of F. KNIFFEN on the latter's pedagogical method and philosophy used successfully in his many years of teaching at Louisiana State University. - (DWG)
Amérindiens ; Archéologie ; Biographie ; Etats-Unis ; Géomorphologie littorale ; Kniffen (F.) ; Louisiana ; Pratique de la géographie
As one of his research foci, F. KNIFFEN (1900-1993) fused coastal morphology, geography and archaeology in his efforts to understand the prehistory of Louisiana. - (DWG)
Etats-Unis ; Guerre civile ; Guerre de Sécession ; Géographie historique ; Histoire sociale ; Kniffen (F.) ; Pratique de la géographie
Reminiscences of Professor KNIFFEN's interest in the war of secession. Interesting remarks on the effects of this national trauma on peoples and places. - (DWG)
Amérindiens ; Anthropologie ; Culturel ; Etats-Unis ; Kniffen (F.) ; Paysage culturel ; Pratique de la géographie
Though primarily a geographer, F. KNIFFEN (1900-1993) was also trained in anthropology. He published monographs of North American Indians and played a major role in creating a close liaison of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University
Cultural diffusion and landscapes : selections by Fred B. Kniffen.
F. B. Kniffen (b. 1903), whose name has been associated with Louisiana State University since 1929, has been one of America's distinguished cultural geographers. This work includes the following parts : 1) an editorial introduction| 2) a previously
unpublished essay by Kniffen, The lower Mississippi valley : European settlement, utilization and modification | 3) another previously unpublished essay by Kniffen, The study of folk architecture : geographical perspectives | 4) reprint of Kniffen's article
, Folk housing : key to diffusion , that first appeared in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers in 1965| and 5) a bibliography of Kniffen's works. - (DWG)
Biographie ; Culturel ; Etats-Unis ; Kniffen (F.) ; Pratique de la géographie
F. Kniffen (1900-1993), whose career at Louisiana State University started in 1929, was a driving force in American cultural geography. His youthful years in Michigan, Kansas and Wisconsin and work as an itinerant laborer broadened his knowledge
of landscapes and understanding of people. Kniffen's later research focus was on North American Indians, folk housing and Luisiana geography, although his Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the Colorado Delta of Mexico. - (DWG)
Uncommon groundings: Fred B. Kniffen's place in current cultural geography
Culturel ; Ecole géographique ; Etats-Unis ; Folklore ; Kniffen (F.) ; Maison rurale ; Pratique de la géographie ; Processus de diffusion
F. KNIFFEN's (1900-1993) original scholarly inspiration came from C. SAUER at the University of California. For more than 60 years, Kniffen played a prominent role in material culture studies, particularly folk housing, and the patterns
General thoughts on vernacular architecture in the USA, an area pioneered by the geographer F. KNIFFEN (1900-1993) together with specific examples from Missouri of a German-American fachwerk housebarn; a high-style Gothic country house
Fred Kniffen's contributions to understanding French Lousiana
Cajuns ; Culturel ; Etats-Unis ; Ethnie ; Kniffen (F.) ; Louisiana ; Mode de vie ; Pratique de la géographie ; Recherche
F. KNIFFEN (1900-1993) encouragea plusieurs étudiants en géographie à poursuivre des recherches sur la présence française en Louisiane, c'est-à-dire le genre de vie et l'habitat des Cajuns dans le sud de l'Etat. Dans les années 1950, la spécificité
Etudiant de Berkeley, F. B. Kniffen se spécialise peu à peu dans l'étude de l'habitat traditionnel. Il va en faire son domaine d'étude privilégié et s'attacher à décrire l'habitation dans sa forme, sa structure, son nom, son origine et tenter d'en