Sons‚ Norwich CATMOG - Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN MODERN GEOGRAPHY No. 44 GEOGRAPHY AND HUMANISM by John Pickles (West Virginia University) EDITOR ’S NOTE PREFACE NOTE ON THE USE OF THE GLOSSARY I INTRODUCTION (i) (ii) (iii) II (i) (ii) (i) (ii) IV (i) (ii) V (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) VI (1) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Two themes in the development of humanism in geography Philosophical underpinnings The need for critique Liberalism
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Mark Twain once described the Hawaiian Islands as “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean”. Hawaii is the most unique of the states of America. To further understand the geography of Hawaii‚ one must understand how Hawaii was formed‚ how Hawaii was populated‚ and understand what Hawaii came to be today. To begin‚ Hawaii is the longest chain of islands in the world. It was originally formed by a fissure more than 1600 miles long that lies along the floor of the Pacific Ocean
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FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS By: Ravisha Sodha INTRODUCTION: Field experiments occupy an important middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The underlying idea behind most field experiments is to make use of randomization in an environment that captures important characteristics of the real world. Distinct from traditional empirical economics‚ field experiments provide an advantage by permitting the researcher to create exogenous variation in the variables
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Student Name: Seri Thompson Aztec Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places? The Aztec geography was very different than other cultures. The Aztecs settled in a central Mexican valley‚ almost everything that they did was related to their environment. Before the Aztecs settled on the Mexican valley‚ they were nomads. They traveled from place to place never settling until they found their capital‚ Tenochtitlan‚ which is now modern day Mexico city. Tenochtitlan
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DBQ- Why Study Geography? Math‚ science‚ reading‚ and writing are some of the main core subjects that most kids think are most important and valuable than the subject geography. Sometimes we say that geography is not that important to kids like us and that we don’t need to worry about it as much. That’s when some of us ask‚ what is the value of geography to modern kids like us today? There are three reasonable answers to it which is: Americans are bad at geography; without geography‚ a bad future
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Geographies of social difference WESTIES‚ SURFIES AND BOGANS: SPACE AND STIGMA IN THE MEDIA DR DALLAS ROGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY LECTURE OVERVIEW 1. Textbook reading: • • Post-structuralist thought Analysing geographies of difference 2. Stigma‚ the media and place attachment: • • • Territorial stigma Place attachment Place defending 3. Case studies: • • • Housos The Shire The Bra Boys d.rogers@uws.edu.au EXPLANATIONS CONCERNED WITH DIFFERENCE
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Peru Peru is located on the west coast of South America‚ bordered by the South Pacific Ocean‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Brazil‚ Bolivia and Chile. Peru can be divided into three major regions‚ Costa (Coast) - the 3‚079-kilometer (1‚900 mile) Pacific Coastline; Sierra (Andes) - the central Andean Highlands; Selva (Amazon Basin) the remote eastern vastness of the Amazonian jungle. The best know of these is the central high sierra of the Andes‚ with its massive peaks‚ steep canyons‚ and extraordinary
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I would like to present to you the country of India. A country one-third the area of the United States (total land mass is 2‚973‚190 sq. kilometers) borders China on the northeast‚ Pakistan on the west‚ Nepal and Blutan to the north‚ and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. It is divided into three categorical geographic regions: the Gangetic Plain‚ the plateau region in the south‚ the Himalayan region in the north‚ which contains some of the highest mountains in the world and a central part. India
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The Kiss Baking Company is the leading Trinidadian firms that makes and markets packaged bakery goods. The company was founded in 1976. It is located Chaguanas. The company makes cakes for special orders. Products are also exported to other Caribbean islands. Kiss has over a hundred vehicles disturbing breads and cakes around Trinidad and Tobago. Member type: Ordinary City: Chaguanas Country: Trinidad Phone number: 1 868 671 5675 Fax number: 1 868 672 3840 Email Address: sostelloe@kissbaking
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David Gimple 12/14/12 4.03 4.03 Closer Look Work File Name of the show‚ movie‚ product advertised‚ or title of article and where it was published|Description of the group being stereotyped|Explanation of the stereotype being portrayed|Your thoughts or feelings experienced while watching the program‚ hearing the lyrics‚ reading the article‚ etc.| Roots.|African Americans|Slavery|I don’t like the idea of slavery‚ nobody should be judged by their color.| Not Another Teen Movie|Teenagers|Stupidity
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