Yi-Fu Tuan (1930–2022)
Autor von Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience
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Yi-Fu Tuan is the J. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Who Am I?: An Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography) (1999) 38 Exemplare
Sign and Metaphor 1 Exemplar
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Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance (1997) — Mitwirkender — 186 Exemplare
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- Yi-Fu Tuan was born in China in 1930 and was educated in Australia, the Philippines, England, and the United States. He holds degrees from the University of Oxford (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1955) and the University of Califor¬nia, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1957). He has held teaching positions at Indiana University, the University of New Mexico, the University of Toronto and the University of Minnesota. In 1984 he became Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and since 1985 has been the J.K. Wright Professor and Vilas Research Professor. [from www.acls.org]
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Dominance & Affection: The Making of Pets von Yi-Fu Tuan
http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2021-06.html
"What do place, art, and self have in common? To what extent do place and art define who we are?" In Place, Art, and Self, the renowned humanistic geographer Yi-Fu Tuan tackles this large question in a small, accessible, beautifully illustrated book. Through memoir and the insights gained from a peripatetic life as an international scholar, Tuan explores the idea of attachment through place and art and the role of attachment in shaping, defining, and expanding the self.
Inasmuch as a place contains sources of "nurture and identity," Tuan writes, so, too, does a painting, photograph, poem, novel, motion picture, dance, or piece of music. "The arts are likewise emblematic and revelatory. The ones I strongly like and dislike expose me, make me feel naked before the public eye, which is why I am guarded in my confessions."
Drawing from a lifetime spent thinking and writing about the connection between geography and our spiritual needs, Tuan presents a compelling and meditative foray into how place, home, and homelessness condition us as humans. Complementing his essay is a gallery of fine-art black-and-white and color plates by four emerging contemporary photographers, whose work accords with Tuan’s message.… (mehr)
Inasmuch as a place contains sources of "nurture and identity," Tuan writes, so, too, does a painting, photograph, poem, novel, motion picture, dance, or piece of music. "The arts are likewise emblematic and revelatory. The ones I strongly like and dislike expose me, make me feel naked before the public eye, which is why I am guarded in my confessions."
Drawing from a lifetime spent thinking and writing about the connection between geography and our spiritual needs, Tuan presents a compelling and meditative foray into how place, home, and homelessness condition us as humans. Complementing his essay is a gallery of fine-art black-and-white and color plates by four emerging contemporary photographers, whose work accords with Tuan’s message.… (mehr)
Brilliant analysis of place that was written in the early stages of postmodernism. A book of ideas that doesn't dictate, just tells. Great stuff.
Initially it was not what I expected, more of an anthropological catalog of different understandings of space than a single theory of space, but at the end he does assert more of his own understanding(s). I would highly recommend to writers who want to develop setting.
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