Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space

AvTheano S. Terkenli,Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

The purpose of the book is to tie together various perspectives, insights and constructions pertaining to contemporary landscapes and landscape representations from different theoretical and methodological positions as well as from diverse geographical and historical contexts in order to elucidate and illustrate processes of cultural transformation inscribed in space. The unifying theme, as well as the main goal and prospective contribution then, lies in the exploration of these developing forces and characteristics of the new cultural economy of space in the contemporary landscape(s). The primary objective of bringing together geographical perspectives from various subdisciplinary fields is to examine and discuss ways in which the complexities of this newly-emerging cultural economy of space are applied on various sorts of landscapes, i.e. urban and rural landscapes, landscapes of everyday life, landscapes of tourism and recreation, postcolonial and hybrid landscapes, landscapes of economic production, landscapes of the street and of public life, "national landscapes" and so on.The overarching question, thus, is: how do these processes work in different geographical contexts and contribute to place and landscape creation?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-13
Mått:160 x 240 x 15 mm
Vikt:394 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Landscape Series
Antal sidor:243
Upplaga:2006
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048170401

Utforska kategorier

Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

From the reviews: "The strength of this book is the indepth and multiple perspectives investigation of landscape transformation ... . The book is reader-friendly and its chapters are well-structured around the four processes of landscape transformations. ... Overall, this is a well-written and easy-to-read book ... . The book links disparate research being done in the field and provides a comprehensive guide and useful source of references to graduate students, university faculty, tourism professionals, and policymakers." (Marianna Sigala, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 34 (3), 2007) "Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space helps to link recent discussions of the cultural economy of space and globalization with the well-established literature on landscape in cultural geography. ... The stated goal of this edited volume is to explore how culture and economy intersect in the creation of contemporary places and landscapes. ... a good starting point for researchers seeking to explore the contours of landscapes shaped by the new cultural economy." (Michael W. Longan, The Professional Geographer, Vol. 60 (1), February, 2008)

Innehållsförteckning

1 - Introduction.- Landscapes of A New Cultural Economy of Space: An Introduction.- 2 - Processes of enworldment.- Embodiment and performance in the making of contemporary cultural economies.- Landscapes of scenes: socio-spatial strategies of culturepreneurs in Berlin.- 3 - Processes of unworldment.- Los Angeles and the italian 'Citta diffusa': landscapes of the cultural space economy.- Traveling/writing the unworld with Alexander von Humboldt..- 4 - Processes of deworldment.- From places to non-places? Landscape and sense of place in the Finnish and Estonian countrysides.- Landscapes of the Tropics: tourism and the new cultural economy in the third world.- 5- Processes of transworldment.- Global Ground Zero: place, landscape and nothingness.- In post-modern technologised landscapes.- Symbolic landscapes of Vieux-Québec.- 6 - Conclusions.- Towards reworldment: conclusions.