Dear All, I have just been through the site for the first time in detail. Thanks to Jorge for asking me to join. I am not a geographer, but a biologist and...
Re., the preceeding Post from H. Washington: I think it would be a jolly good idea if Group Members write a few lines about themselves so that we get to know...
Prof. Allen Carlson, in his book Aesthetics and the Environment, reviews a number of approaches or models which could be, in my opinion, quite useful in...
In the following excerpt Prof. Carlson raises some criticisms of the Engagement Model: " The engagement model calls for the absorption of the appreciator into...
When discussing the reality of wilderness or of landscapes in general we ought to distinguish between what we may term the "physical reality" of a given place...
Eddington in his post argues for cultural relativism in fine postmodernist style. Of course the experience of large natural areas (= wilderness) will vary from...
My thanks to Jorge for suggesting that 'A sense of Wonder' is an interesting approach. However, I have never myself defined it as being any particular model,...
Dear Group Members: A Website has been added to our Yahoo site. From now on we'll be able to publish there Essays written by Group Members as well as extended...
Haydn Washington in his post of June 5, raises amongst others, an issue which I think it's central to landscape appreciation, that is, the apparently opposed...
Yup - I agree - ambivalence (for once) would appear to be useful. AMS ... From: jorgeg34 To: landscape-appreciation@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004...
Alison Smith
alison41@...
Jun 23, 2004 11:41 am
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I think what Jorge raises is interesting, though I am ambivalent about its truth! Jorge says: 'Equally hard to dispute, as the contention that the aesthetic ...
There are a couple of points I want to raise in response to Hayden’s posting that comes to mind around the idea of disinterest and landscape. You’re right...
I don't like the term ambivalence. It has a negative connotation as when we're not sure of what attitude to adopt in front of something. I wish some of the...
The new "Landscape of the Month", in the front page of our Website, is a painting by Sheng Mou (circa 1330) . (The site may be accessed by clicking on the...
A new picture has been hanged on the wall of the front page of this group's website at: http://www.freewebs.com/jorgeg/ It is a watercolor by Dr.Catherine...
Polonius asks Hamlet – What do you read, my lord?. To which Hamlet responds:Words, words, words. Polonius further enquires: -- What is thematter, my lord?; ...
Horatio: I truly sympathise with your complaints.I agree that is not easy to find one's way around the subject, because of it being overcrowed with concepts...
Greeting from Tasmania. I don't know this group well yet, but I feel sure that some of you would be interested in an international nature writing prize which I...
Finding the exchanges apposite to ones embodied, ensouled and enlandscaped personhood. One of the interesting way to unpack some of these ongoing issues is to...
Peter Willis
peter.willis@...
Nov 12, 2004 2:40 pm
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Some remarks about the issue raised by Horatio Willburn in "What is the matter we read",I fully agree with him in that the multiplicity of concepts and...
I have been following the discussions with keen interest, but the "What is the matter we read" thread particularly caught my eye. Perhaps in beginning this...
Dear Case, Just a brief note on the meaning of the world appreciation. As I understand it is it more than understanding which I tend to see as a project of the...
Peter Willis
peter.willis@...
Nov 18, 2004 2:24 pm
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Peter: Your point about appreciation being something that "moves our heart" and "captures our imagination" is well taken. As is the etymology of the word....
I feel I must question Case Allen’s meanings of “Landscape” and “Appreciation”. He writes (in post 36 of this Board)that, had he stated exactly what...
My apologies to contributors to the Message Board for the "sloppy formatting" of their posts as they appear on the Message Board. The erratic indentations of...
In response to posting # 39, good thoughts; they are well stated. I offer the following paragraphs to more adequately explain my position, and expound upon...
Very much from the sideline: could you kindly send me a short definition of Behavioural Geography ? From my limited P>O>V> a definition of landscape would be...
Alison Smith
alison41@...
Nov 28, 2004 2:52 pm
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Succinctly put by Small and Witherick (1995), behavioural geography is "an aspect of, or approach to Human Geography which is particularly concerned with the...
"Landscape" is a multidisciplinary matter – the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and the engineering technologies all have a claim....
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