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Memorial landscapes: analytic questions and metaphors 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Over the past two decades, geographers have probed the intersection of collective memory and urban space. Their sustained
interest in the subject reflects an understanding of the social condition of commemoration and the important role that space
plays in the process and politics of collective memory. Along with other critical social scientists, geographers envision
these public symbols as part of larger cultural landscapes that reflect and legitimate the normative social order. A review
of the extant literature indicates that geographers scrutinize memorial landscapes through three conceptual lenses that may
be understood via the metaphors of ‘text,’ ‘arena,’ and ‘performance.’ These metaphors are in turn mobilized through a series
of analytic questions that serve to identify the interests served and denied by landscape ‘texts,’ the ‘arenas’ in which they
are produced, and the ways in which they are enacted via ‘performance.’ This article’s synopsis of the subfield’s predominant
metaphors and its attendant questions contributes to the ongoing cultural geographic project of articulating and implementing
methods for interpreting landscapes as open-ended symbolic systems.
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Derek H. AldermanEmail: |
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Land tenure rights reflect the deeper structures of society, particularly gender distinctions in relation to land. Considering
the structural differences between patrilineal and matrilineal customary tenure systems in East Timor are understudied, this
paper explores men and women’s experiences in accessing land under such arrangements. The comparative analysis of two patrilineal
with one matrilineal land tenure systems in Ainaro and Manufahi districts suggests a significant degree of flexibility within
both systems with respect to the norms of gendered inheritance. Therefore, the binary constructs of ‘patrilineal’ and ‘matrilineal’
societies are limiting. Both men and women in these communities may acquire land rights under different circumstances, mainly
through negotiations with their parents or hamlet chief. Daughters in the patrilineal communities could inherit family land
upon their parents’ death and sons in the matrilineal community could gain land by cultivating and maintaining unclaimed customary
land. Empirical evidence show that inheritance principally determines usufruct rights to land, but marriage exchange practices
complicates a deeper understanding of traditional East Timorese land rights.
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Pyone Myat ThuEmail: |
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Summary The question of alternative technologies for high-speed Internet access lies at the heart of rural development problems. In
this paper, we focus on one of those technologies, the system combining satellite technologies and Wi-Fi. Based on an empirical
study carried out in three rural areas, we analyze the dynamics of the use and appropriation of that technology by the companies
and organizations participating in the experiment. Considered both from a technical and social standpoint, the technology
‘in use’ appears here in its structuring dimensions.
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Valérie FautreroEmail: |
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Kolson Schlosser 《GeoJournal》2007,69(3):199-210
This paper is a discourse analysis of classic US geopolitical texts which appropriate metaphors of the body to describe the
state and its defense. While critical political geographers have demonstrated the role of naturalist epistemologies in classic
geopolitics, I contribute to critical geopolitics literature by further examining the discursive economy of naturalism within
which US geopolitical discourse is embedded. More specifically, I employ the concept of intertextuality, as theorized by Julia
Kristeva and Roland Barthes in the 1960s, as a key analytical tool. In doing so, I argue that invocations of the ‘body politic’
in 20th century geopolitical texts are a version of bio-politics informed by a proliferating bio-medical discourse over a
similar time period. I furthermore argue that such metaphors serve to naturalize territorialized national identities and create
a spatial abstraction of a nationalized self in opposition to foreign ‘others,’ a discursive strategy used frequently to justify
militaristic state policies. This paper, then, also adds to literature on militarism and the environment by further analyzing
the discursive construction of the state in relation to an essentialized, abstracted nature.
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Kolson SchlosserEmail: |
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Cathelijne de Busser 《GeoJournal》2006,67(4):283-294
Contrary to the absence of a uniform Spanish identity (a phenomenon that is often referred to as Spain being a ‘nation of
nations’), Spain’s confessional map is remarkably homogeneous. From the beginning of its existence as a political conglomeration,
Spain has been a mono-confessional Catholic territory. Even at present, Catholicism is an intrinsic feature of Spanish society
and – though officially a secular state – of state policy. A closer look at Spain’s religious situation and its corresponding
pattern of church–state relations reveals, however, some recent cracks in the century’s old bond between Spain and Catholicism.
Particularly secularization and religious pluralism challenge Spain’s mono-confessional Catholic nature, a development that
fits well into Spain’s post-Francoist focus on Europe and European (secular) values. This paper discusses Spanish church–state
relations from the beginning of its political existence until present times. Special attention will be paid to more recent
societal developments and their impact on religious Spain and church–state relations.
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Cathelijne de BusserEmail: |
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Post-Bam earthquake: recovery and reconstruction 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
This paper gives a brief explanation of the earthquake in Bam. It also reports on the rescue and relief operations, including
the construction of emergency shelters and temporary housing, and on the country’s plan for the reconstruction of the city,
which includes debris removal, the rebuilding of rural and urban residential and commercial units, the reconstruction of state
and public buildings and public facilities such as schools, rural and urban water aqueducts and grids, the construction of
a sewage system, power network and telecommunication system, the provision of water to orchards and farmlands, the renovation
of industries and the revival of the cultural heritage, particularly the historical Bam citadel, among others. We also report
briefly on the effect of the Bam earthquake on the Iran Earthquake Risk Reduction Strategy and actions.
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Mohsen Ghafory-AshtianyEmail: |
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Geographers show keen interest in projected images employed in tourism as these images both reflect the ideas of the image
producers and influence tourists’ perceptions and (spatial) behaviour. This article focuses on intentional and unintentional
projected images of the Netherlands. The former is especially selective: it relies on stereotypes and presents Holland. The
unintentional projected image created in four travel guides is less stereotyped. While the focus is still on Holland, other
areas of the country are presented as well. Both intentional and unintentional projected images rely on ’othering’ and ’alterity’
to make the Netherlands a unique destination and to offer the tourists a trip that is far from everyday life. However travel
guides use ’alterity’ in different ways and at different levels of scale to create a regional geography of the Netherlands
as well.
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Bouke van GorpEmail: |
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Over the past several decades, consumers in the global North have increasingly looked to fair or alternative trading systems
as a means to promote ecologically and socially sustainable agricultural production. While fair trade has historically been
limited to international commodity networks, US-based agro-food activists have recently turned their attentions towards building
a domestic movement, to bring fair trade principles and standards ‘home.’ Through an exploration of this growing movement,
we consider the potential for third party certification and labeling to incorporate social justice into US-based agricultural
production, with a particular focus on the implications for farm workers. We view current efforts to bring the principles
of fair trade to the domestic arena as a reflection of several interrelated developments: a growing need on the part of small
and mid-sized farmers to garner price premiums due to the erosion of the organic price premium; a recognition of the failure
of organic certification to advance a holistic vision of sustainability; and the strategic embrace of voluntary regulatory
mechanisms as an alternative to public regulation and collective bargaining. Initial research suggests that this has led to
particular framings of the domestic fair trade concept, which may undermine the movement’s ability to address the social relations
of agro-food production. Specifically, prioritization of the ‘family-scale’ farm and an undercurrent of food localism may
obscure farm workers’ role in valorizing the US agricultural landscape.
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Christy GetzEmail: |
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The study addresses population dynamics in Ghana on the urban and regional levels between 1984 and 2000. At the urban level,
the development trends are analyzed for urban localities (population above 5,000) on the basis of geo-coded census data. Potential
driving forces for rapid population growth related to size, location, accessibility and facility counts are examined using
bivariate and multivariate analysis. An index of weighted accessibility relative to other urban localities provides significant
explanation at the national level, as does initial locality size. At the regional level, population development is analyzed
to provide insight into the rural–urban relations. The level of urbanization is steadily increasing but varies considerably
between regions. Areas of high population growth are found in some rural areas that have a remote location relative to the
large urban centers. This seems to indicate the existence of ‘frontier’ regions, i.e. areas that experience a high degree
of in-migration by people aiming to undertake specific farming activities. A high proportion of the population growth in these
areas appears to take place in relatively small towns. The paper concludes with a more in-depth discussion of the development
characteristics of Ghana’s Western Region. This region has experienced one of the highest regional population growth rates,
mainly due to its status as a ‘frontier’ for cocoa production.
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Lasse Moller-JensenEmail: |
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Katarzyna Skolasińska 《Hydrogeology Journal》2006,14(6):1005-1017
Long-term water infiltration into porous media, like clastic deposits, causes colmatage (clogging), which is expressed by the decrease of permeability. It is caused by progressive filling of pore spaces with fine particles carried in suspension (mechanical colmatage) and minerals precipitated from water (chemical colmatage or biochemical colmatage, when the process is affected by bacterial activity). Although this material is introduced into the sediment after deposition, it does not destroy the primary framework of it but it only coats grains and fills voids. This process results in some characteristic microstructures that are called ‘clogging microstructures’. The research included: (1) experiments on sands exposed to mechanical colmatage in laboratory conditions, which aimed to describe clogging microstructures and to examine the effects of grain size distribution on the rate and degree of clogging; (2) field and laboratory studies of deposits in which colmatage occurred in natural conditions in the infiltrating water intake ‘Dębina’ in Poznań, Poland. The main goal of the research was to identify post-depositional changes that took place in fluvial deposits affected by forced river water infiltration in the Warta River valley. Examples are presented of clogging microstructures formed in deposits affected by colmatage in the laboratory and in natural conditions.
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Katarzyna SkolasińskaEmail: Fax: +48-618-296001 |
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This paper investigates the impact ash fall would have on dairy farming, based on a study of ‘Tulachard’, a dairy farming
operation at Rerewhakaaitu, North Island, New Zealand. It includes analysis of the potential effects on the dairy shed and
milking machine, electrical supply and distribution, water supply and distribution, tractors and other farm vehicles, farm
buildings (haysheds, pump sheds, implement sheds, etc.), milk-tanker access to the farm and critical needs of dairy cows and
farm to keep milking. One of the most vulnerable areas identified in the study was the cooling of milk at the milking shed,
pending dairy tanker pick-up. The cooling system’s condenser is exposed to the atmosphere and falling ash would make it highly
vulnerable. Laboratory testing with wet and dry ash was conducted to determine its resilience to ash ingestion. It was found
to perform satisfactorily during dry testing, but during wet testing significant clogging/blocking of the condenser’s radiator
occurred, dramatically reducing airflow through the condenser. Specific mitigation recommendations have been developed that
include cleaning with compressed air and adapting farm management techniques to lessen usage of the condenser during an ash-fall
event. Specific recommendations for management of dairy farm operation are given to mitigate the effects of an ash-fall event.
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James W. ColeEmail: |
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Is self-regulation a myth? Case study on Spanish groundwater user associations and the role of higher-level authorities 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Self-regulation of groundwater users offers tremendous potential for effective groundwater management. The attributes of higher-level authorities that are more likely to facilitate the beneficial management of groundwater in economic, social and environmental terms are discussed. For this purpose, eight groundwater user associations in Spain have been compared. Factors that support institutional change were analyzed, namely: salience, common understanding, trust and reciprocity, autonomy, prior organizational experience and local leadership. These factors are complemented by features that strengthen actions by higher-level authorities that oversee self-regulation by water users (clear boundaries, legitimate recognition of appropriators, facilitating roles, trust in cross-scale linkages, clear division of responsibilities, institutional culture and co-management model choices). Self-regulation includes the creation of reflexive organizations that are capable of learning, provided first, the administration itself is modernized to meet the challenges of self-regulation, and second, that ‘regulatory capture’ is avoided by external organizations, ensuring that the regulator and the regulated are not so close in their relationship as to be detrimental to effectiveness.
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E. Lopez-GunnEmail: |
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In a media saturated world of globalization, information flow and knowledge economies, an interesting paradox exists: geographic
literacy appears to be on the decline while geographic information is on the rise. In this introduction to a collection of
essays on geographies of the media, we explore this paradox and use Baudrillard’s (1994) work on Simulacra and Simulation to argue that increased mediated information does not produce more meaning, but rather leads to a catastrophe of meaning
and the medium. Drawing from McLuhan’s axiom, “the medium is the message,” we posit that with more mediated information there
is less meaningful information and as such we need to address geographic media literacy as a primary mode through which to
address geographic literacy.
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Jim CraineEmail: |
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Economic and social development indicators suggest that the small West African state of Sierra Leone is among the poorest
countries in the world. Sierra Leone’s economy and quality of life deteriorated rapidly during a decade of political instability
and civil war in the 1990s, when many people fled their homes and abandoned their livelihoods due to the rebel insurgency.
This paper examines the post-war reconstruction scenario in Sierra Leone and presents recent evidence from two rural communities
in the Eastern Province that were badly affected by the conflict. The paper considers the links between the farming and diamond
mining sectors, which, despite severe dislocation during the conflict period, have proved to be remarkably resilient. It is
argued that seasonal labour mobility associated with this dual economy has not only continued to be a key ingredient in sustaining
livelihood portfolios, but is actually an essential pre-condition for the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable
post-conflict return.
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Tony BinnsEmail: |
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Elżbieta Bilska-Wodecka 《GeoJournal》2006,67(4):341-355
According to Madeley’s (2003) comparative framework of state–church relations in Europe, Poland is part of the historic Northeast-Southeast multi-confessional
culture belt. The aim of this paper is to analyse the historic relationships between the Polish state and church in relation
to this framework with special attention to the post-Second World War period and to the consequences for the Polish religious
landscape. In contrast to the multi-confessionality of the historic Polish polities, after the Second World War Poland became
a mono-confessional, Roman-Catholic country. Territorial changes, the resettlement of people and the annihilation of the Jewish
population by the Nazis were responsible for this religious homogenisation. Consequently, the relationship between state and
church was almost completely confined to the relationship with the Roman-Catholic Church. During the 45 years of communist
dominance, that church became the largest public organisation independent of the state authorities and played the most important
role in the struggle against the ‘atheisation’ of Polish society as a consequence of the strong support for the church by
the majority of people. The post–1989 period is characterised by a liberalisation towards non-Catholic religious communities
and – after an initial reluctance – a positive attitude of the Polish Roman-Catholic Church (strongly supported by the Polish
Pope John Paul II) towards the Polish membership of the European Union.
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Elżbieta Bilska-WodeckaEmail: |
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Kevin E. McHugh 《GeoJournal》2009,74(3):209-218
This paper is an excursion in non-representational thought. The primacy of movement charges this creative geography. Movement
as sensation, thought, matter and memory crystallizes in ongoing assemblages (effects) we term selves and landscapes. This
movement ontology is animated by a stream of thought running through Bergson, Deleuze, and Massumi, and by Ingold’s temporality
of landscape. Memory is vital, as past (virtual) and present (actual) coexist, pushing forward in duration, the dynamic continuation
of movement and sensation. David Lynch’s film, The Straight Story, offers dramatic illustration of the entanglement of movement,
memory, and landscape. Landscape is emergent as relational lines of movement, an ongoing meshwork of practices and movement
signatures. Alvin Straight’s paced journey through Iowa on a John Deere lawn mower during autumn harvest is a road to reminiscence
and reconciliation, an American sublime. Lynch’s movement-images and soundscapes are sensorial undulations that illumine landscape
as movement of incorporation, ‘dwelling’ in the moment to moment, geographies of care. The take-home message is that we are
nothing more and nothing less than agents, next selves, ‘passing’ through. The collective trace of our ‘passings’ constitutes
the making and remaking of place.
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Kevin E. McHughEmail: |
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Identifying China’s leading world city: a network approach 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
This paper reports our research on China’s world cities. Formal network analysis of air passenger linkages for recent years
among China’s most populous cities and among many of the world’s largest cities allows us to identify the country’s leading
world city from among the leading Mainland candidates, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. We theorize our findings about China’s
world cities in relation to both global forces (and China’s increasing entanglement with them) and the policies and actions
of the national state. We examine the national and global urban network through a longitudinal, two-level analysis of airline
passenger travel for four time points between about 1990 and 2005. We show that Beijing was China’s leading world city at
the beginning of the time period, a status it lost nationally in as early as 1995, and then globally 10 years later. On the
other hand Shanghai became China’s leading world city, and it acquired this status first nationally in 2000, and then globally
in 2005. The changing status of the Chinese capital corresponds to the country’s increasing involvement with the capitalist
world economy. Shanghai’s ascendance as the leading world city in China may indicate that global forces have come to play
an increasingly important role relative to that of the developmental state.
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Michael F. TimberlakeEmail: |
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Krieger’s conceptualization and measurement of discrimination and internalized oppression in studies of adverse health outcomes 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Embodiment is a central concept in Krieger’s ecosocial theory, and is said to be of relevance to the understanding of the
relationship between social conditions and a variety of adverse health outcomes. The most detailed empirical investigation
of this in Krieger’s work is to be found in her studies of the relationship between racial discrimination and high blood pressure.
Of especial relevance here is the idea of internalized oppression which is said to explain the observed association between
self-reports of no racial discrimination and increased levels of blood pressure among working-class African Americans. Here
we critically examine the empirical evidence pertaining to internalized oppression. Specifically, we focus on the measurement
of the construct and the quality of the empirical evidence that has been presented in support of the hypothesis that there
is an association between internalized oppression and adverse health outcomes. We argue that the validity of the concept has
yet to be established and that the available data linking it to poor health outcomes are open to alternative explanations,
notably measurement error and misclassification.
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Eugenia CondeEmail: |
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Brent Doberstein 《Natural Hazards》2009,50(2):361-377
This article explores whether past exposure to debris flow disasters with a human dimension (e.g. caused in part by deforestation)
results in adaptive hazard mitigation and improved environmental and resource management practices in affected areas. When
guiding hazard mitigation practice, the ‘adaptive hazard mitigation’ approach views mitigation as a multi-dimensional experiment,
with the associated need for post-experiment monitoring, evaluation, learning and adjustment, and attention paid to multiple
scales (Bogardi 2004). This article explores how the concept of ‘adaptive hazard mitigation’ has emerged, linking this ‘adaptive management’ used
increasingly in resource and environmental management. Two case studies of disasters linked to human-induced environmental
change are examined, and the mitigation responses of local communities, NGOs and Government agencies are documented. Data
sources include secondary data (journal articles, web-based disaster reports and grey literature) on each disaster, key informant
interviews (n = 8) and direct observation over the 2005–2006 period of post-disaster mitigation actions implemented after each disaster.
The research indicates that in both case studies, a limited range of hazard mitigation actions was employed, including both
structural and non-structural approaches. However, the research also found that causal factors involving human-induced environmental
change (e.g. deforestation) were not addressed, and overall, the hazard mitigation strategies adopted lacked monitoring, learning
and adjustment. In both case studies, responses to disaster were judged to be examples of ‘trial and error’ adaptation, rather
than either ‘passive’ or ‘active’ adaptation.
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Brent DobersteinEmail: |