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Weaving a Way Home: A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story
Leslie Van Gelder
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Description for Weaving a Way Home: A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story
Hardcover. Using the author's archaeological research in two Upper Paleolithic caves as well as her personal experiences in sorting through her family's history and working in environmental education as a framework for examining the concepts of time, place, and human story, this book explores the central themes of home, wildness, and ruins. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Using the author's archaeological research in two Upper Paleolithic caves as well as her personal experiences in sorting through her family's history and working in environmental education as a framework for examining the concepts of time, place, and human story, ""Weaving a Way Home"" explores the central themes of home, wildness, and ruins. Central to this framework are concepts of ""person as place,"" tragic narratives and their impact on the natural world, and the role of human evolution and the anthropomorphizing brain as a vehicle for reconnecting humanity with the natural world.In the tradition of writers Lewis Hyde, Barry Lopez, ... Read more
Using the author's archaeological research in two Upper Paleolithic caves as well as her personal experiences in sorting through her family's history and working in environmental education as a framework for examining the concepts of time, place, and human story, ""Weaving a Way Home"" explores the central themes of home, wildness, and ruins. Central to this framework are concepts of ""person as place,"" tragic narratives and their impact on the natural world, and the role of human evolution and the anthropomorphizing brain as a vehicle for reconnecting humanity with the natural world.In the tradition of writers Lewis Hyde, Barry Lopez, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472116423
SKU
V9780472116423
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About Leslie Van Gelder
Leslie Van Gelder is Faculty Chair at the College of Education at Walden University, an online educational institution.
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