Some Thoughts on Landscape: Is It a Noun, a Metaphor, or a Verb?.

Osborne, Brian S.

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ERIC Number: EJ571079

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Publication Date: 1998

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Some Thoughts on Landscape: Is It a Noun, a Metaphor, or a Verb?

Osborne, Brian S.

Canadian Social Studies, v32 n3 p93-97 Spr 1998

Discusses the importance of cultural geography for understanding the environment and of teaching geography as a form of visual literacy. Notes different concepts of landscape, including landscapes as physical geography, landscapes as texts, and landscapes as a process of identity formation. Examines cultural expressions of geographic visual literacy. (DSK)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Visual Literacy

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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