As in interesting prelude to this conversation, I had lunch last week with a retired geography professor at UC Berkeley. He taught there his entire career.
As a guy with a degree in geology, but little understanding of the profession of geography, I was eager to ask a lot of questions. We got into a discussion of the practical application of "geography". I am pretty sure he would say that geography incorporates all of the disciplines you mention below Ernie... history, politics, and religion. He would broaden religion to include broader anthropological cultural definitions. After the war in Vietnam, he became a SE Asia specialist. He helped Vietnam figure out how to align new provinces and districts based on geomorphology, cultural distinctness, population distribution, economic resources, and other consideration. I was fascinated to learn of the real-life (non-academic) influence of a geographer. Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernie Prabhakar Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 11:57 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] The Value of Geography On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:03, [email protected] wrote: Which is to talk about more than maps, also a point in your article. It is about making generalizations based on the logic pf place, I think you are on to something. I think we need a new discipline that incorporates geography, history, politics and even religion into a unified study of cultural evolution. Right now, we simply have "social studies" which leaves students with a vague grasp of facts and no understanding. E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
