Patterned Ground: Entanglements Of Nature And Culture

Stephan Harrison and Steve Pile and N. J. Thrift

ISBN 10: 1861891814 / ISBN 13: 9781861891815

Published by Reaktion Books, 2004

About this Item

Patterned Ground unravels the entangled relationships between nature and culture. Around 100 entries by leading names in new geography and related disciplines focus on various 'objects' in the landscape - from beaches to battlefields, bees to horses, police stations to post-offices, trees to tractors. Each piece, written by an expert in the field, explores the way in which we understand that object and its relationship to the world around it. This book is neither encyclopedia nor dictionary, but a knowledgeable and impassioned engagement with the world. In this sense, it chimes with earlier experiments in understanding the earth and its landscapes, whether these endeavors have been conducted within the sciences, the social sciences or the arts. Patterned Ground backtracks from familiar and obvious ways of seeing patterns in the world, and discovers it anew. In this way, it opens up new possibilities for thinking about the relationships between ourselves, objects and the ground on which we walk. Heavy. Cover sunned on spine. 316 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterned Ground: Entanglements Of Nature And Culture
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861891814
• ISBN 13: 9781861891815
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1200 grams
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Synopsis

Patterned Ground unravels the entangled relationships between nature and culture. Around 100 entries by leading names in new geography and related disciplines focus on various ‘objects’ in the landscape – from beaches to battlefields, bees to horses, police stations to post-offices, trees to tractors. Each piece, written by an expert in the field, explores the way in which we understand that object and its relationship to the world around it. This book is neither encyclopedia nor dictionary, but a knowledgeable and impassioned engagement with the world. In this sense, it chimes with earlier experiments in understanding the earth and its landscapes, whether these endeavors have been conducted within the sciences, the social sciences or the arts.

Patterned Ground backtracks from familiar and obvious ways of seeing patterns in the world, and discovers it anew. In this way, it opens up new possibilities for thinking about the relationships between ourselves, objects and the ground on which we walk.

About the Author

Stephan Harrison is Senior Research Associate at the School of Geography, Oxford University.

Steve Pile is Reader at The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Nigel Thrift is Head of the Life & Environmental Sciences Division, Oxford University.