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- noun The love of
place .
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On deck for the coming week: finish an essay tentatively titled "topophilia" for Nature Chemistry, column for the Catholic Standard & Times and two chapters for The Book.
Secrets of Book Writing Michelle 2009
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On deck for the coming week: finish an essay tentatively titled "topophilia" for Nature Chemistry, column for the Catholic Standard & Times and two chapters for The Book.
Archive 2009-06-01 Michelle 2009
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The 30 fiercely imagined stories in Jon McGregor's collection share an extraordinary topophilia: each bears as its subtitle the name of a fenland town or village, and even in tales that range widely across space and time we never lose touch with the flat Lincolnshire landscape.
This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregor – review 2012
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(See second ad; via topophilia.) 3) On France in China, at Super Colossal, wherein Marcus Trimble wonders whether a residential development in Hangzhou, China is evidence that “France is making a backup copy of itself” and that China is the “USB external hard-drive of the French built environment.”
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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(See second ad; via topophilia.) 3) On France in China, at Super Colossal, wherein Marcus Trimble wonders whether a residential development in Hangzhou, China is evidence that “France is making a backup copy of itself” and that China is the “USB external hard-drive of the French built environment.”
Prunings XXXIV 2007
bilby commented on the word topophilia
I received an invitation today to an art exhibition named Topophilia - Love of the Land.
July 7, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word topophilia
I would go, just because of the name :-)
July 7, 2008
bananniethree commented on the word topophilia
Coined by Yi-fu Tuan, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Tuan defines topophilia as "the affective bond between people and place."
September 1, 2008
rolig commented on the word topophilia
I like it!
September 1, 2008