Robert J Kruse
Biographic Data
| ID | 2524400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Kruse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kruse |
| SIGNATURE | KRUSE R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Liberty University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7961-8609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Socio-spatial experiences of living with cancer
Bach on the harbourfront
Located on the redeveloping waterfront of Canada's largest city, the Toronto Music Garden is a unique public garden inspired by the first of J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Designed through a collaboration with cellist Yo‐Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy, the garden attempts not to represent Bach or his music but to inscribe its essence on the landscape. Several lines of inquiry are pursued in this paper. First, i…
John Cage and nonrepresentational spaces of music
John Cage's influence as a composer is exemplified by the ways he challenged the spatial norms of music composition and performance. His most famous work, 4ʹ33" (1952), brought the musicality of everyday soundscapes into the concert hall and altered the geographies of serious music in the 20th century. This paper argues that in addition to being a composer, John Cage was a geographer – one whose work reconceptualized the boundaries between "music…
Cultural Representations of Dwarfism
The Beatles as Place Makers
Forty years after their rise to international fame, the Beatles continue to be a presence on the cultural landscape. More than any other place, Liverpool remains intrinsically linked with the Beatles' legacy. This paper explores the ways in which the Beatles continue to affect the meaning of places in Liverpool. Framed by both commercial and governmental agencies as a tourist landscape, the places associated with the Beatles are represented to vi…
The Geopolitics of Malcolm X
Geographers and other social scientists have largely neglected Malcolm X as a critical theorist. Unlike the attention accorded to Franz Fanon, the writings and speeches of Malcolm X have remained unexplored for their potential contribution to political geographic thought. As a corrective, in this paper we situate Malcolm X within the rubric of critical geopolitics and postcolonial theory. We contend that Malcolm X, during the last year of his lif…
Narrating intersections of gender and dwarfism in everyday spaces
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are among the terms that have been used to label little people. Feminist theorists have argued that discursive identities of women prevent any meaningful essentialised analysis of their experiences. Similarly, disability researchers have argued against generalising the experiences of disabled individuals. This paper explores the intersection of gender and dwarfism through the narratives of four women who are little p…
Imagining Strawberry Fields as a place of pilgrimage
This paper examines the significance of Strawberry Fields, the memorial to John Lennon in Central Park, New York City, as a place of secular pilgrimage. Situated within postmodern conceptualizations of secular pilgrimage, Strawberry Fields is shown to be the spatial focus of a variety of discourses related to John Lennon's life and music. Furthermore, this paper illustrates how autobiography as a qualitative research method can reveal the sentime…
Social spaces of little people
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are the terms that have been used to label little people. Little people are individuals who for genetic or hormonal reasons grow to a height of less than 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m). While little people face similar issues of access to those of other physically disabled groups, they live in spaces that are designed, both physically and socially, for people of 'average height'. In addition, little people face unique stig…
The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Collection. A Catalogue of Books in Native American Languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
The Beatles as Place Makers
Forty years after their rise to international fame, the Beatles continue to be a presence on the cultural landscape. More than any other place, Liverpool remains intrinsically linked with the Beatles' legacy. This paper explores the ways in which the Beatles continue to affect the meaning of places in Liverpool. Framed by both commercial and governmental agencies as a tourist landscape, the places associated with the Beatles are represented to vi…
Social spaces of little people
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are the terms that have been used to label little people. Little people are individuals who for genetic or hormonal reasons grow to a height of less than 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m). While little people face similar issues of access to those of other physically disabled groups, they live in spaces that are designed, both physically and socially, for people of 'average height'. In addition, little people face unique stig…
John Cage and nonrepresentational spaces of music
John Cage's influence as a composer is exemplified by the ways he challenged the spatial norms of music composition and performance. His most famous work, 4ʹ33" (1952), brought the musicality of everyday soundscapes into the concert hall and altered the geographies of serious music in the 20th century. This paper argues that in addition to being a composer, John Cage was a geographer – one whose work reconceptualized the boundaries between "music…
Imagining Strawberry Fields as a place of pilgrimage
This paper examines the significance of Strawberry Fields, the memorial to John Lennon in Central Park, New York City, as a place of secular pilgrimage. Situated within postmodern conceptualizations of secular pilgrimage, Strawberry Fields is shown to be the spatial focus of a variety of discourses related to John Lennon's life and music. Furthermore, this paper illustrates how autobiography as a qualitative research method can reveal the sentime…
Narrating intersections of gender and dwarfism in everyday spaces
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are among the terms that have been used to label little people. Feminist theorists have argued that discursive identities of women prevent any meaningful essentialised analysis of their experiences. Similarly, disability researchers have argued against generalising the experiences of disabled individuals. This paper explores the intersection of gender and dwarfism through the narratives of four women who are little p…
The Geopolitics of Malcolm X
Geographers and other social scientists have largely neglected Malcolm X as a critical theorist. Unlike the attention accorded to Franz Fanon, the writings and speeches of Malcolm X have remained unexplored for their potential contribution to political geographic thought. As a corrective, in this paper we situate Malcolm X within the rubric of critical geopolitics and postcolonial theory. We contend that Malcolm X, during the last year of his lif…
Socio-spatial experiences of living with cancer
The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Collection. A Catalogue of Books in Native American Languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Social spaces of little people
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are the terms that have been used to label little people. Little people are individuals who for genetic or hormonal reasons grow to a height of less than 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 m). While little people face similar issues of access to those of other physically disabled groups, they live in spaces that are designed, both physically and socially, for people of 'average height'. In addition, little people face unique stig…
Narrating intersections of gender and dwarfism in everyday spaces
Dwarfs, midgets, even freaks, are among the terms that have been used to label little people. Feminist theorists have argued that discursive identities of women prevent any meaningful essentialised analysis of their experiences. Similarly, disability researchers have argued against generalising the experiences of disabled individuals. This paper explores the intersection of gender and dwarfism through the narratives of four women who are little p…
Imagining Strawberry Fields as a place of pilgrimage
This paper examines the significance of Strawberry Fields, the memorial to John Lennon in Central Park, New York City, as a place of secular pilgrimage. Situated within postmodern conceptualizations of secular pilgrimage, Strawberry Fields is shown to be the spatial focus of a variety of discourses related to John Lennon's life and music. Furthermore, this paper illustrates how autobiography as a qualitative research method can reveal the sentime…
The Geopolitics of Malcolm X
Geographers and other social scientists have largely neglected Malcolm X as a critical theorist. Unlike the attention accorded to Franz Fanon, the writings and speeches of Malcolm X have remained unexplored for their potential contribution to political geographic thought. As a corrective, in this paper we situate Malcolm X within the rubric of critical geopolitics and postcolonial theory. We contend that Malcolm X, during the last year of his lif…
The Beatles as Place Makers
Forty years after their rise to international fame, the Beatles continue to be a presence on the cultural landscape. More than any other place, Liverpool remains intrinsically linked with the Beatles' legacy. This paper explores the ways in which the Beatles continue to affect the meaning of places in Liverpool. Framed by both commercial and governmental agencies as a tourist landscape, the places associated with the Beatles are represented to vi…
Cultural Representations of Dwarfism
John Cage and nonrepresentational spaces of music
John Cage's influence as a composer is exemplified by the ways he challenged the spatial norms of music composition and performance. His most famous work, 4ʹ33" (1952), brought the musicality of everyday soundscapes into the concert hall and altered the geographies of serious music in the 20th century. This paper argues that in addition to being a composer, John Cage was a geographer – one whose work reconceptualized the boundaries between "music…
Bach on the harbourfront
Located on the redeveloping waterfront of Canada's largest city, the Toronto Music Garden is a unique public garden inspired by the first of J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Designed through a collaboration with cellist Yo‐Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy, the garden attempts not to represent Bach or his music but to inscribe its essence on the landscape. Several lines of inquiry are pursued in this paper. First, i…
Socio-spatial experiences of living with cancer
Sociology (8 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Art (6 works) · History (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)