Cultural Geography

This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to discuss frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. It critically analyses the various conceptions of value in terms of heritage and shows the complexities in attempting to provide a respon..

Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'. This collection argues that these hitherto distinct fields should be understood as in continual dialogue and co-constitution and focuses on reconceptualising the visual a..

Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'. This collection argues that these hitherto distinct fields should be understood as in continual dialogue and co-constitution and focuses on reconceptualising the visual a..

One of the key points made in this volume is that despite the relative similarities between Nordic countries, specific academic developments have taken place that touch on the histories of Nordic human geography in a manner that influences contemporary geographical discourses...

Critical human activities take place at sea, including trade, tourism, migration, scientific exploration and resource exploitation. This book offers a novel and important contribution to an ever-emerging cross-disciplinary subject matter and challenges human geography's preoccupation with the terres..

The last twenty years have witnessed an important movement in the aspirations of public policy beyond meeting merely material goals towards a range of outcomes captured through the use of the term 'wellbeing'. Nonetheless, the concept of wellbeing is itself ill-defined. Bringing together a range of ..

The last twenty years have witnessed an important movement in the aspirations of public policy beyond meeting merely material goals towards a range of outcomes captured through the use of the term 'wellbeing'. Nonetheless, the concept of wellbeing is itself ill-defined. Bringing together a range of ..

Combining philosophical thinking with an empirical project which encouraged 62 participants to explore their own spatial relations with the Irish coast through a process of drawing and photography, Anna Ryan develops an innovative argument which offers unique insights into the relationship between s..

Combining philosophical thinking with an empirical project which encouraged 62 participants to explore their own spatial relations with the Irish coast through a process of drawing and photography, Anna Ryan develops an innovative argument which offers unique insights into the relationship between s..

Capturing the untold and numerous ways in which women and maps interacted during the Progressive Era (1890-1930), this book uses three historical examples from North America to argue that maps were essential for women not only to find their way in the world but also to construct and communicate thei..

Women in the European Countryside..

This edited volume presents for the first time a broad, multi-disciplinary examination of Pasargadae by experts from both outside and within Iran. It specifically focuses on those disciplines that are absent from existing studies, such as ethnography, tourism and museum studies providing valuable in..