Topomystica : investigation into the concept of mystic place
Cognitive space ; Cultural studies ; Landscape esthetics ; Place ; Space
Paper begins with a discussion of place, mysticism, and genius loci, or the spirit of place, in order to define mystic place within a cultural context. The term topomystica is proposed to differentiate this concept from that of sacred space
I too of the wild hills : experience, meaning, and place
Espace vécu ; Man-environment relations ; New Mexico ; Place ; Sense of belonging ; United States of America
Presidential address to the APCG's 63rd annual meeting. Arcata, California, September 16, 2000. She tries to give listeners a sense of some of the places she has experienced, with particular emphasis on human-environmental interactions. According
to her, people are in relationship with places, and our initial affective response to that environment never leaves us, although it may change with time through experience and involvement. She discusses her relationship with several places, including
The ethics of place and environmental change : some examples from the South Pacific
Environment ; Ethics ; Ideology ; Pacific Region ; Place ; Semiotics of space ; Society ; South Pacific Ocean ; Space
This paper concerns place and placelessness, and suggests links between those two and types of environmental ethic. An historical analysis of place based ethics and environmental degradation draws on examples from the Pacific basin. Finally
Africa ; Colonization ; Historical geography ; Myth ; Place ; Spatial analysis
and practices are repeated in disparate places (place contagion) and how a single site can be thought of as a place of diffusion through which disparate processes occur. To illustrate the first she looks at how various colonizers have mythologized the African
Le développement du commerce en Russie. La place de Moscou
A Moscou s'est mis en place récemment un secteur commercial complet tant dans ses formes que dans les gammes de commerces. L'A. essaie de montrer que Moscou s'impose comme la place centrale du commerce en Russie. Elle met l'accent sur les formes de
Community ; Cultural studies ; Identity ; Modernism ; Place ; Policy ; Religion ; Space
Contrary to views that the field is incoherent, the A. suggests that much of the literature pays attention to several key themes, particularly the politics and poetics of religious place, identity and community. He illustrates the key issues
La place du tourisme dans la politique du littoral en France, du rapport Piquard au rapport Bonnot
Lecture comparative des deux grands audits littoraux que constituent les rapports Piquard (1973) et Bonnot (1995). On y lit comment l'Etat français a envisagé la place du tourisme littoral. Plus consensuel et plus proche des intérêts locaux, le
The role of residence in school segregation : placing the impact of parental choice in perspective
crainte que la privatisation aggrave la stratification quant à la pauvreté, l'origine ethnique ou la nationalité, la mesure a apporté une uniformisation de la distribution spatiale des enfants défavorisés. L'attribution de places scolaires selon la