Tuesday 1 October 2013
On Topophilia
Wikipedia definition of Topophilia
Note this discussion from the book "City, Society and Planning"
I am currently reading Professor Yi-Fu-Tuan's excellent "Topophilia, A Study of Environmental Perception, Attiudes and Values" (new edition 1990).
Although a geographer, he quotes from many poets, but fails to quote from John Betjeman or W.H.Auden (introduction to "Slick But Not Steamlined", 1947), a curious omission. I would have expected references to Thomas Hardy and William Barnes too.
Two different meanings or understandings of the "Topophilia" concept.
On "emotional geographies"
Alan Watts
Plinius (Some Landscapes blog) - refers to the books by Kitty Hauser and Alexandra Harris
Kitty Hauser:
Shadow Sites, Photography, Archaeology, and the British Landscape 1927-1955
Another approach to Topos and Topography
John Betjeman, topophil(e):
"Rime Intrinsica, Fontmell Magna, Sturminster Newton and Melbury Bubb....
Lord's Day bells from Bingham's Melcombe, Iwerne Minster, Shroton, Plush..."
(from "Dorset")
"Day after day I long
For sun girt, sunkissed, surfing Aussie land
Would even dare the waves on Bondi Beach...
'Oh come back!'
The watttle and the wallabies cry out.
And soon, please God, I will."
(from "To Norman Williams and Patsy Zeppel", February 1963)
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