Practising Cultural Geographies〈1st ed. 2022〉 : Essays in Honour of Rana P. B. Singh

著者名：Singh, Ravi S. (EDT)/Dahiya, Bharat (EDT)/Singh, Arun K. (EDT)/Poudel, Padma C. (EDT)

Springer（2022/05/20発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9789811664137
• eISBN：9789811664151

Description

This festschrift honours Prof. Rana P.B. Singh who has dedicated his life to teaching and conducting research on cultural geography with a ‘dweller Indian perspective’. The book focuses on the cultural geographies of India, and to an extent that of South Asia. It is a rich collection of 23 essays on the themes apprised by him, covering landscapes, religion, heritage, pilgrimage and tourism, and human settlements.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Essays in Honour of Rana P.B. Singh.- Rana Pratap Bahadur Singh, ‘Rana-ji’: Academic Contributions, Professional Career and Recognition.- Making of a Dweller Indian Cultural Geographer: In Conversation with Professor Rana P.B. Singh.- Theoretical Perspectives on Landscape Perception.- Sacredscapes vis-à-vis Faithscapes: Cultural Landscapes of Ayodhya, a Holy-Heritage City of India.- Char Landscapes of the Brahmaputra Riverine Tract, Assam: Elements of Evolution and Cultural Ecology .- Re-connecting Communities with Public Spaces: A Proposal for Rejuvenation of Sacred kunds in the Historic city of Varanasi.- The Priesthood of the Temple of Viṭhobā in Pandharpur, Maharashtra .- Geographical Spread of Hindu Religion and Culture into the West.- Geographical Patterns of Indigenous Religious Belief Systems in North-East India: A Case Study .-Kautilya’s Political Geography – Concepts and Ideas: An Example of Ancient Indian Geographical Thinking.- Genealogy and Its Role in Matrimony: A Study of Panji System of Mithila Region, Bihar (India).- The Two Faces of Bodhgayā.- Local Knowledge Education on School Students and Vernacular Landscape Identity Promoting: a case of Dongshan Town, Suzhou, China.- The Misings of Assam in the Midst of Tradition and Modernity: A Comparative Study of Selected Rural and Urban Areas.- Lumbini, Nepal: The Birthplace of Buddha and the Powerful Place of Pilgrimage in the World.- Pañcakroshi Yatra: Symbolic Manifestation of the Spatial to the Spiritual.- Cultural Tourism based Regional Development in Rajasthan, India.- Baul-Sufi Interface and Cultural Tourism: A Study in Northern Rarh of West Bengal, India.- Cultural Images of Kolkata: A Contemporary Perspective.- Situating Animals in the Aesthetics of a Global City: Stray Cattle and Dairy Farmers in Delhi, India.- Urban Sanitation in Indian Cities: Reflections from Varanasi.- Perspective on Agricultural Land Use Trajectory in the Peri-Urban Interface of a Developing Economy: A Case ofAligarh City.