Face to Face with Phineas Gage

We present here a reproduction of a daguerreotype of Phineas Gage that came into our possession more than 30 years ago. It is, as far as we know, the only image of this famous patient. We describe how we identified the subject in the image, describe how daguerreotypes are made and set out our comparisons of the image with the Phineas Gage life mask and tamping iron held in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.     

Another Time,Another Place

This paper explores the way in which the languages of space and time condense and how the values of spatiotemporal fluidity and fixity are gendered. It considers several narratives from South Pentecost, Vanuatu, stories of primordial beings and of more proximate ancestors which alike stress women's association with flight and flood. Such narratives are situated in the context of labour migration in colonial history and more recent patterns of migration to towns. Here too, the movement of men and women is differentially constructed. These processes are considered in the context of recent feminist theories of the relation of spatiality and temporality, in modernity and ‘postmodernity’.     

Apartment Rents: Another Challenge to the Monocentric Model

Extension of hedonic modeling strategy to the case of apartment rents in the Dallas region reveals the influence of a complex network of activity centers and highway axes. Nodes other than the CBD exert greater influence on rents than the CBD and amenity variables and externalities have both positive and negative effects. These findings demand reevaluation of the place normally assigned to higher-density rental housing in urban models.     

换一个眼光

人生有时需要换一个眼光,看风景也是。 我相信时间也是一种风景,我们每一个人都身处其中,不知道面对即将流逝的2010年,你有什么感受,有什么话要说？作为一本风景旅游杂志,当我们在回望中梳理这一年的时候．发现风景除了作为风景本身的存在之外,还有那么多更丰富的意味。     

Another New Nietzsche

Book reviewed in this article:
Bernard Williams, Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy     

又一支随想曲

人有偏爱。比如坐公交车,我偏爱坐八十三路、四十三路。西宁诸多公交线中,这是两条近两年新辟的线路,上线的全是新款城运客车,人性化设计:车体宽敞、坐椅舒适、车窗宽大。运营初始就有了自己的特色,有这感触的,非我一人。我是退休赋闲人,坐公交车十有八九为了消闲。居家附近有这两路车的站点,上车无论早晚大多有座位。我对这两路公交车的偏爱,是从搭乘消闲中形成的。比起城区其它老资格的公交线路,这两路车走的不是城内耳目详熟的中心路段。恰恰就是避开了几十年一贯的恒定走势,坐车如我的,坐车上看来看去,看出不少的感想,一吐为快。从报社…     

审视传统文化的另一个视角

中国宗法社会发展到宋代,产生了大量脱离社会秩序的游民,形成游民阶层,在游民中产生了通俗文化、通俗文学。游民不同于宗法人之处,在于他们有反社会性、主动进击精神和帮派意识,义气是他们联系的纽带。产生于游民的通俗文化、通俗文学,包括《三国演义》《水浒传》等,又为游民的组织、活动提供了理论武器。从游民文化看中国历史,是审视传统文化的另一个视角。     

Traditional Culture from Another Perspective

中国宗法社会发展到宋代,产生了大量脱离社会秩序的游民,形成游民阶层,在游民中产生了通俗文化、通俗文学.游民不同于宗法人之处,在于他们有反社会性、主动进击精神和帮派意识,义气是他们联系的纽带.产生于游民的通俗文化、通俗文学,包括《三国演义》《水浒传》等,又为游民的组织、活动提供了理论武器.从游民文化看中国历史,是审视传统文化的另一个视角.