Tag: Geography

Humans Give Meaning to the World

While discussing N. Scott Momaday’s novel A House Made of Dawn, Professor Bowden introduced a new concept – geosophy. It was an unexpected moment during an undergraduate geography…

Rolling with Difference

The image I chose for my humanities moment is representative of how I have come to understand myself, society and the cities around the world. While many might…

Historical Perspectives

I was born in Boston and raised in New England. I attended an elite, all-girls, private school in New England, which was established in 1854 with the mission…

Representing Southeast Asia

There’s a game I like to play in class called “Look At.” We practice our close reading skills by gazing at a picture for 3 minutes and then…

Forever Maps

5 years ago the AP Human Geography teacher at my former high school announced that she would be moving to Rhode Island. She informed me that I would…

The World from My View

I have traveled many places and have tried to capture what I found unique, beautiful and different. But, this place, along the Bosporus Strait which merges the European…