Soil and Culture

Abstract

Preface: Philippe Descola Introduction: Edward R. Landa, Christian Feller Part 1. Soil and the Visual Arts 1.1 The representation of soil in the Western Art: from Genesis to Pedogenesis: Christian Feller, Lydie Chapuis-Lardy, Fiorenzo Ugolini 1.2 Deforestation and erosion captured in historical art of the Pearl River Delta region, China: Walter E. Parham 1.3 Transcendental aspects of soil in contemporary visual arts: Nico Van Breemen 1.4 Merging horizons - soil science and soil art: Alexandra Toland, Gerd Wessolek 1.5 Soil colors, pigments and clays in paintings: Fiorenzo Ugolini 1.6 In a supporting role: Soil and the cinema: Edward R. Landa Part 2. Under my feet-Soil presence and perspectives in the work of four contemporary visual artists 2.1 Dig deeper: Margaret Boozer 2.2 Creating fiber art with soil and rust: Lisa Kriner 2.3 Soil, subsoil, priming and architectural design: Heinrich F. Jennes 2.4 Art by the ground: Martine Lafon Part 3. Soil and Soul: Literature and Philosophy 3.1 To join the real and the mental place: the written earth: Suzanne Meriaux 3.2 'Pochveniks' - 'the poets of the soil': The geological school of 20th century poetry in Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia): Paul Belasky 3.3 The soil scientist's hidden beloved: Archetypal images and emotions in the scientist's relationship with soil: Nikola Patzel 3.4 Comprehending soil within the context of the land community: Frederick Kirschenmann 3.5 Core samples of the sublime - on the aesthetics of dirt: Alexandra Toland, Gerd Wessolek Part 4. Perspectives on Soil by Indigenous and Ancient Cultures 4.1 European religious cultivation of the soil: Nikola Patzel 4.2 'Rock - stone'and 'soil - earth': indigenous views of soil formation and soil fertility in the West Indies: Christian Feller, Eric Blanchart 4.3 Mobilizing farmers' knowledge of the soil (Tanala region East Madagascar): Domoina J. Rakotoson, Albert Rakotonirina, Georges Serpantie 4.4 Ancient Maya perceptions of soil, land, and earth: E. Christian Wells, Lorena D. Mihok 4.5 The soil memory: Case study of a Protohistoric archaeological site in Senegal: Bruno Chavane, Christian Feller Part 5. Soil and Health 5.1 Soils and geomedicine: Trace elements: Eiliv Steinnes 5.2 Do pedo-epidemiological systems exist?: Pascal Handschumacher, Dominique Schwartz 5.3 'Earth eaters': ancient and modern perspectives on human geophagy: Peter Abrahams Part 6. Soil - the dark side and the light side 6.1 Soil and warfare. C.E. Wood 6.2 Yellow sands and penguins: the soil of 'The Great Escape': Peter Doyle, Larry Babits, Jamie Pringle 6.3 Soils and soil pioneers on stamps: H.-P Blume 6.4 Soil in comic strips and cartoons: Anne Richer de Forges, Frank Verheijen, Dominique Arrouays, Eric Blanchart, Martial Bernoux 6.5 Soils and terroir expression in wines: Cornelis van Leeuwen