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Nature and Culture: John Gast's "American Progress"
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013. John Gast's "American Progress". After looking at durand's "progress", I was reminded of John Gast's " American Progress. Where I've interpreted an angelic figure leading technology and enlightenment ideals to the west, an area lacking technological advancement or social refinement. I think themes from our class might also be present due to the portrayal of nature on both the enlightened and "non-enlightened" sides of the picture. Posted by Hunter wise. July 2, 2013 at 4:03 PM.
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Nature and Culture: In the spirit of deer
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Thursday, July 11, 2013. In the spirit of deer. To continue the trend of deer related posts, I offer a video. Of the birth of a deer. Okay, you caught me in a lie - I stumbled upon it while I was working on my paper. Here is the culprit. Hat started it all, and the website. That led me to the deer video. WARNING: Some of the images may lead to serious digression and procrastination. Viewer discretion is advised). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture.
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Nature and Culture: Study like a scholar, scholar
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Study like a scholar, scholar. In honor of our trip to the library today. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture. Explore Thomas Cole virtual art gallery. Albert Bierstadt- The Complete Works. Applied Environmental Philosophy course blog. Hanging like a ragdoll. Beauty and the Beast. Tragedy of the Commons.
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Nature and Culture
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Saturday, June 29, 2013. I considered Thoreau's advice and took a walk on the wild side. I figured it may be a good time to take a break from your reading! This seems like the wilderness that Cronon was talking about when he meant a human constructed wild. Plus according to the same author the second Lucy entered the natural area it stopped being natural. Lucy you made that sign a liar! June 29, 2013 at 3:06 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture.
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Nature and Culture: Bambi Meets Hudson River School Artists
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Monday, July 8, 2013. Bambi Meets Hudson River School Artists. Bambi and I are just enjoying Albert Bietstadt's " Call of the Wild. We even saw his father when we took this pic! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture. Explore Thomas Cole virtual art gallery. Albert Bierstadt- The Complete Works. Applied Environmental Philosophy course blog. Hanging like a ragdoll. Beauty and the Beast. Tragedy of the Commons.
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Nature and Culture: Metropolis of Nature: Railways
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Metropolis of Nature: Railways. Cronon's tended to focus on the railways as a key reason for the outward expansion of the United States.I enjoyed this visual guide of railways and movements.Its difficult to imagine that this was built in a 27 years and this must have created and extremely large vacuum of labor and money to be made leading up to the civil war.Why did the south constantly say that the trans continental would split the country? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Nature and Culture: The Great Chicago Fire
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Monday, July 1, 2013. The Great Chicago Fire. I know the book doesn't mention the great Chicago fire but I thought this was interesting to watch after reading a good amount of the book so far. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture. Explore Thomas Cole virtual art gallery. Albert Bierstadt- The Complete Works. Applied Environmental Philosophy course blog. Hanging like a ragdoll. Beauty and the Beast. Tragedy of the Commons.
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Nature and Culture: The pig of war
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Friday, July 12, 2013. The pig of war. Ancient Romans seemed to think that the best way to fight violence was with even more violence. In response to the War Elephant the Romans responded by trying to find ways to ward off the huge beasts. Their solution was to frighten them with a squealing pig and thus the War Pig came into use. This pig of war was drenched in resin and set ablaze to ensure squealing. Hooray for progress! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture.
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Nature and Culture: Geographic expansion in Nature's Metropolis: A Critique
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Geographic expansion in Nature's Metropolis: A Critique. While looking up Christaller and Von Thunen's theories (upon which Cronon relies heavily in his book Nature's Metropolis). Here is the link:. Http:/ oldweb.geog.berkeley.edu/PeopleHistory/faculty/R Walker/Walker 53.pdf. Elizabeth, thats a great review, and I wasnt aware of that special issue of Antipode. Devoted to Natures Metropolis. Looks like some other interesting reviews there as well. thanks! July 2, 2013 at 4:02 PM.
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Nature and Culture: Redwood trees
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Saturday, July 6, 2013. Professor Tantillo talked about how artists struggled to paint the redwoods because they were so large, and I was reminded of a National Geographic issue from a few years ago that had a four-page spread of a redwood tree: http:/ ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/redwoods/img/redwood-portrait.jpg. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Old Course Web Page for Nature and Culture. Explore Thomas Cole virtual art gallery. Albert Bierstadt- The Complete Works. Hanging like a ragdoll.
