Geografiske opslagsværker

Through examining more than 120 organizations on a global scale, this work shows how almost every human expression involves performing culture.Atlas of Performing Culture is an illustrated voyage across five continents—Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas—involving the study of venues and events related to performance, the dynamic and unrepeatable mode of artistic activity capable of uniting the audience—who becomes the protagonist—with artists and works of art, architecture, and nature.The volume is organized around five thematic sections related to the physical spaces, venues, and typologies of events. The unique experience of performing art can involve an island museum in Japan, the Rio Carnival, a Brussels theatrical debut, a rave party in the British countryside, and a cultural center housed in a former funeral home in the outskirts of Paris. Alongside theaters, concert halls, and festivals, we also find museums, sculpture parks, and hybrid cultural centers that elude any attempt of cataloging.By breaking down the traditional frontiers between performance art, visual art, and performing arts, this volume takes the reader—whether specialist, practitioner, academic, or simply art aficionado—on a journey to some of the main cultural sites and performative experiences around the world. Each section offers a specific overview into leading cultural organizations, as well as a selection of similar international institutions.

A father-and-son designed activity book full of games and puzzles that teaches you about cities, countries and more. Great for children and adults alike.

Læsøs Stednavne indgår som nr. 27 i serien Danmarks Stednavne. Bindet udgør en afsluttet helhed, hvor hovedvægten er lagt på ældre bebyggelsesnavne samt naturnavne langs øens kyster.I bindet behandles mere end 350 stednavne på og ved Læsø. For hvert navn er oplistet de ældste staveformer og et udvalg af yngre former, fulgt af en identifikation af de enkelte navneled og en tolkning af deres betydning.Udvælgelsen af navne som behandles, er foretaget efter principperne i de foregående bind af Danmarks Stednavne som primært har til formål at beskrive landets bebyggelsesnavne fra det gamle bondeland, dvs. fra tiden før udskiftningen. På Læsø fandt udskiftningen sted omkring 1850.Bebyggelsesnavnene omfatter navnet på det enkelte sogn og den bebyggelse som har navn efter sognet, samt navne på gårde, huse, møller og kroer som kendes fra skriftlige kilder før år 1850.Stednavnebrugen på Læsø er kompleks og navnene er – i forhold til i resten af Danmark – sent overleveret. Derfor er der benyttet yderligere kriterier for udvælgelsen af de bebyggelsesnavne som består af en præpositionsforbindelse eller et personnavn. Her er udvælgelsen for præpositions-navnenes vedkommende foretaget ud fra et forsigtighedsprincip da denne type navne oftest indgår i en personbetegnende sammenhæng hvor det ikke fremgår eksplicit at der er tale om et bebyggelsesnavn. Af disse navne er kun medtaget dem der er entydigt overleveret som bebyggelsesnavne. Når bebyggelsesnavne er identiske med personnavne, er disse kun medtaget hvis det fremgår eksplicit af overleveringen at der er tale om et bebyggelsesnavn, og at ingen ejer eller andre personer i den enkelte kilde benævnes med det pågældende navn.Afvigende kriterier foreligger ved de navne som er behandlet i kapitlet Andre navne på Læsø som hovedsageligt udgøres af naturnavne. Her findes alle naturnavne som er belagt før 1513, samt naturnavne som findes på Videnskabernes Selskabs konceptkort fra 1786, Stednavneudvalgets retskrivningslister fra 1966 og 2020 samt Trap Danmark Topografisk Atlas fra 2017.Hvor der foreligger en moderne form af navnene, er denne i almindelighed opslagsform.

An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada.

Illustrated stories of far-flung lighthouses which transport the reader to the some of the most remote places on earth.

Uses GPS (Global Positioning System) grids.

Every year, works of mapmakers from around the world are selected for the Esri Map Book to demonstrate how geographic information system (GIS) technology helps our governments, businesses, and citizens. Esri Map Book, Volume 38, continues this tradition, showcasing maps and applications that use Esri's ArcGIS technology to evaluate the sustainability of resources, determine efficient transportation routes, mitigate the effects of natural disasters, and much more. Each map or application includes a description of its purpose and how it was produced. Esri Map Book, Volume 38, is an important collection of maps for GIS users, cartographers, collectors, and map libraries.

In Picturing the Islamicate World, Nadja Danilenko explores the message of the first preserved maps from the Islamicate world in al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms(10th century C.E.) and unravels how the treatise was transmitted for almost a millennium.

With debates about the decriminalization of drugs on the rise, an exploration of drug maps is long overdue. Narcotic Cities traces the complex entanglements of drugs, institutions, activities, and the way they are represented with spaces and places, shedding new light on our cities. Through the medium of graphic essays, this book explores urban stories, as well as the histories, policies, communities, digital spaces, and pleasures associated with drugs, gathering together more than forty contributors working with Geographic Information Systems, hand drawings, satellite images, and memories. By experimenting with different graphic languages, this volume assembles a rich mosaic of multi-scalar urban perspectives on drugs, sharing little-known knowledge as well as reflections on the pitfalls, omissions, and failures of drug cartographies.

Uses GPS (Global Positioning System) grids.

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our ancestors lived, worked, travelled and worshipped, and how their influence has shaped our landscape.From the most ancient sacred sites to towns that take their names from stories of giants and knights, learn how Roman garrisons became our great cities, and discover how a meeting of the roads could become a thriving market town. Region by region, Caroline Taggart uncovers hidden meanings to reveal a patchwork of tall tales and ancient legends that collectively tells the story of how we made England.

A keepsake collection of maps depicting legendary and real places for lovers of literature, history, and cartography!

A most unusual and fascinating atlas of extraterrestrial encounters--a map to the places where portals open up between our world and theirs!

"Detailed topographic maps, new updates, recreation sites, fishing"--Cover.