The landscapes of human habitation are not just perceived; they are also imagined. What part; then; does imagining landscapes play in their perception? The contributors to this volume; drawn from a range of disciplines; argue that landscapes are imagined in a sense more fundamental than their symbolic representation in words; images and other media. Less a means of conjuring up images of what is out there than a way of living creatively in the world; imagination is immanent in perception itself; revealing the generative potential of a world that is not so much ready-made as continually on the brink of formation. Describing the ways landscapes are perpetually shaped by the engagements and practices of their inhabitants; this innovative volume develops a processual approach to both perception and imagination. But it also brings out the ways in which these processes; animated by the hopes and dreams of inhabitants; increasingly come into conflict with the strategies of external actors empowered to impose their own; ready-made designs upon the world. With a focus on the temporal and kinaesthetic dynamics of imagining; Imagining Landscapes foregrounds both time and movement in understanding how past; present and future are brought together in the creative; world-shaping endeavours of both inhabitants and scholars. The book will appeal to anthropologists; sociologists and archaeologists; as well as to geographers; historians and philosophers with interests in landscape and environment; heritage and culture; creativity; perception and imagination.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fun read if you have a black cat or like them!By MDLIONFun read if you have a black cat or like them!My family only had dogs. But when I moved to an apartment building 16 months ago. I took in a stray black cat with lime eyes who started jumping up onto my lap as I sat on the back porch. I thought a neighbor was calling this cat "Jenna". but he wasnt. He was calling his own cat. So I call the cat "Jenna". though its male. Which brings me to a cat mentioned in the book:"Despite the Japanese boy name. Yoshi is a 13-year-old girl." (P.88)Also:"Lucky ... poops in the bathtub. (20) ... When they brought him ("Master") home a few years ago. he fired out of the box. puked. put his tail in the air and decided that this would do. (18) ... Jewel Slippers ... eats jewelry and sleeps on slippers" (102)The morning of the day the University of Kentucky mens basketball team lost to North Carolina in the Elite Eight this past Spring. Jenna pooped on my UK slippers. Maybe I could take him to a casino card table and he could poop near hands I could beat or on mine if it is a loser."Rachel and Bret shave him (AC/DC. aka A. C.) down to a lion look every summer." (80)This is the cat I think Jenna looks the most like in the book. only his eyes are lime. not yellow. and his face is slightly thinner."Bat Cat ... likes Cheetos. (22) ... Blackness/BatWing ... likes donuts ... (and) is responsible for the missing hamburger patty." (26)Aside from only dry cat food. Jenna is only willing to eat bits of cornbread Ive bought from Kroger and Whole Foods."Darkness is a licker." (28)Oh my goodness. Jenna is a licker!"Koa ... hides when he hears the doorbell" (52)Jenna has done this."Church is a goth ... and goes into a rigid trance while listening to doom metal on an old record player in a little seaside suburb of St. Petersburg. Florida" (30)Jenna doesnt seem to like it when my radio is on. As a UK Wildcats football game was starting on the radio last season and I told Jenna "The Cats are on!" He didnt raise his head."Toet ... in the Netherlands ... (likes) to lie around ones shoulders like a stole." (56)Jenna sometimes sleeps on my shoulders when Im in bed."Rashid/Dr. Startlepants ... in Seattle ... (likes) talking smack at his archnemesis. a crow who sits on the roof across the street." (114)In describing Jenna and the cats in this book. the back cover sums it up well: "every one is a character."Ill end with some of my favorite profile in the book:"Fester first came in contact with the Cullen Sheehan Household by accident: He was the outline of a cat. quite flat on the road with the exception of a long black tail. straight up. This was 11:30 on an intensely hot night in Derry. Northern Ireland. after Tracy hit him with her car. When she. weeping. went to lift what appeared to be a poor dead creature to the side of the road. suddenly the head twirled around Exorcist-style. opened its large blue-green eyes and spat and hissed repeatedly. Tracy took him home to Donegal. For the next six weeks of cage care. the cat clearly held a grudge - hence the name Fester. People would stop by to watch him spit and snarl and jump the cage across the room like a wild beast." (102)Jenna has unsuccessfully tried to murder a wild bunny rabbit. a wounded bird. and a baby squirrel. His hunting technique is almost exactly like Caesars. the black Lab our family had for 11 years. Jenna sneaks up on the prey. slowly raising and putting down one paw at a time. before making a wild dash for the intended prey after being discovered.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. All kinds of awesome...By K.A.I bought three extra copies of All Black Cats Are Not Alike. And the operative word here is "extra" mdash; because they make for excellent gifts. Its interesting to note that all the cats in the book are real. Theyre not imaginary or fictional in any way. And they all live perfectly splendid lives with their human housemates. The illustrations by Peter Arkle are certainly arresting mdash; but I could spend all day reading about these cats:Ringo is a Taurus.Kim is not a Kardashian fan.Mimi is incapable of gaining weight.Koa will attack any person wearing black socks.Princess howls and needs to be told shes a good girl.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. BrilliantBy Darrel FrostThis might be the smartest book of the year. What seems at first glance to be merely a charming gift for cat-lovers turns out to be an amazing and insightful bit of art. as meaningful to the heart as it is delicious to the eye. The book is 100+ pages of cat biographies. each only a few sentences yet stuffed with loads of personality and humor. Most made me laugh. some made me cry. And the accompanying illustrations of each cat are both endearing and evocative: dolorous Hampton. duplicitous Cassie. wise Salem... This is a perfect housewarming or wedding present. a perfect treat for yourself. and (obviously) a perfect gift for anyone who loves cats.
