小地方

瑞士的达沃斯、中国海南的博鳌、法国的戛纳、意大利的威尼斯…… 无论你有没有去过,对这几个地方都肯定不会陌生。因为每年到了固定的时间节点,它们都会以极高的频率出现在媒体的报道中。达沃斯全球经济论坛、博鳌亚洲论坛、戛纳电影节、威尼斯电影节和艺术双年展……这些政要、富豪、名流、明星和艺术家云集的盛会。总是会吸引全世界人们关注的目光。     

A Happening Place

Snowymountains,bluelakes,mountainousvillages,ancientmonasteriexAllofthesemakeNyingchiahappeningplacefortourists,mountaineers,scientistsandexplorers.WORLD-CLASSWONOER.NamjabarwaisaTibetanwordthatmeansaspearthrustintotheskies.Indeed,thePeak,7,782metersabo…     

Place Out of Place: a Pohnpeian Chiefdom in Kansas City

This article describes the formation of the Kansas City area as a section in the Pohnpeian sociopolitical system. Pohnpeian chiefdoms are traditionally marked out as ‘sections’ of land on the island of Pohnpei. Pohnpeians’ connection to their land is powerful and imbued with meaning but the Compact of Free Association propels Pohnpeian out‐migration to the United States. As the immigrant population of Pohnpeians in Kansas City increased, a paramount (tribal district) chief organized the ‘Section Over Heaven of Kansas City’ at the urging of collaborating Pohnpeian Kansas City residents. As the only fully functioning section outside of Pohnpei, the Kansas City section chief assigns chiefly titles, conducts tribute feasts, and incorporates the location into the Pohnpeian sociopolitical system. By integrating people and environment in meaningful ways, the Kansas City section creates a Pohnpeian place, separated from Pohnpeian land, integrated into Pohnpeian chieftainship. Pohnpeians in the United States refer to Kansas City as a Pohnpeian place in part on the basis of the paramount chief's organization of the Kansas City section.     

在那遥远的地方

一开满了黄灿灿柴胡、明艳艳鞭麻花,遍布白茸茸香茅草的美丽草原,远远望去,似展开的金线银线织就的巨幅锦缎,堆金铺绣,名符其实的“金银滩”。我曾于上世纪!"年代初的一个暑期,有幸造访了那里,她的美丽与美丽所蕴涵的丰厚文化内质,至今令我难以忘怀。走进流金溢彩的金银滩草原,首先吸引我的是草原上宝蓝宝蓝的天,在这儿,就连天上的云,也比别的地方的纯净洁白得多似的,云朵蓬松松地舒卷着、飘动着。太阳光并不灼人,散布着柔和的光。照在人身上暖洋洋的。不过,我很快发现,草原的天气多变,即使一小朵云彩遮住了太阳,站在下面的人,立马周身感到…     

在那摇远的地方

几年前,见到刚从墨脱回来的摄影师卢广。 墨脱,那个遥远的、原始的、危险重重的,几乎无路可走的地方。那个神秘的、丰盛的、圣洁浪漫的,美到无与伦比的地方。就在这一夜,杭州正下着入冬以来的第四场雪,从办公楼的窗口望出去,是高架上蠕蠕前行的车河。在这间暖气充足的办公室里,阅读前往墨脱的故事。     

A Place for History

Representing Place: Landscape Painting and Maps. By Edward Casey
Landscape, Nature, and the Body Politic: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World. By Kenneth Robert Olwig     

武夷秘境 止止壶天止止庵

<正>止止壶天,最早知道是因为知名作家何况的笔名,当时私下觉得作家果然有学问,名字取得有意思。到了武夷山,才发现止止壶天就在九曲溪畔、大王峰下水光石后的止止庵内,这才恍然大悟。酷暑天气,汗流浃背,仍然拦不住我的好奇心,徒步走进武夷宫,去探寻止止壶天的传说。     

永远的田野

一、八十年代是“现代化”和“文化讨论”的年代,那个时代的学生看起来总有一点“反叛”的样子,基本心态就是“重新评价一切”。一种急于了解“真相”的冲动,造成了对“田野”的持久的偏爱。     

Geopolitical Force Fields

An entropy-maximizing model of the geographic deployment of power by states is derived from a minimal set of assumptions about the system's operation. The outcome is a production-constrained gravity model. This is manipulated to yield the general expression for the boundary between the spheres of influence of competing powers. Even in this simplest of forms, the model provides a logically consistent theoretical framework with which to view the outcomes of major geopolitical changes. The elaboration and disaggregation of the model to tackle finer adjustments would not be difficult.     

"唐地"考辨

相关的考古发现和研究以及文献记载表明 ,陶唐氏所居之“唐”地不在晋南地区 ,而是位于豫北地区。晋南的唐国始于晚商时期 ,此前本地无“唐”的地名。豫北地区作为后岗二期文化的中心区 ,正是最初的“唐”地所在 ,后岗二期文化为陶唐氏创造的文化。晚商时期晋南之唐也是由豫北迁去。因此 ,“唐”地所在应有一个历史变化过程 ,历来关于“唐”地所在的认识存在误区。     

Putting Geography in its Place

Work on the history of geographical knowledge and practice frequently draws inspiration from theoretical insights developed elsewhere in the academy. After briefly touching on some of these historiographical matters, I argue that geographers might make some telling interventions into this debate by attending to some of their own key concepts – space, site, location – and disclosing their significance for elucidating the history of intellectual traditions. The fact that historians of science have begun to remark on the role of ‘place’ in knowledge production and consumption further confirms the value of this ‘geographical turn’. Subsequently I dwell on the implications of a spatialised historiography for work on the history of geography itself, and urge that ‘the history of geography’ might profitably be reconceptualised as ‘the historical geography of geography’.