Brian J Murton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian J Murton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian J |
| FAMILY NAME | Murton |
| SIGNATURE | MURTON B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaii System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Agriculture in the Malaysian Region
Malaysia's transition from a country dependent on agriculture and mining to an industrialized society is readily apparent, but the process of change remains poorly understood. When R.D. Hill began studying agriculture in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei in the 1960s, he found swiddening, market-gardening, semi-commercial wet-rice cultivation and large scale plantations. Today, Malaysian agriculture has become highly capital-intensive and increasing…
Counterpoint: Have we broken out of the “hall of mirrors” yet
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian MurtonBrian Murton is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, HI, USA
Being in the place world: Toward a Māori “geographical self
The concept of place is central to geography, and is also seminal to the thinking of Indigenous peoples, including the Māori of Aotearoa/New Zealand. However, few geographical studies of Indigenous peoples have used conceptions of place that depart from Western modes of representation. This article explores how the phenomenological concept of the "geographical self" can illuminate Māori thought about self, body, landscape, and place. It uses an a…
Some Aspects of a Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Environment: A Review
Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Constructions of Nature
Since the earliest days of the European Enlightenment, Western people have sought to remove themselves from nature and the 'savage' non-European masses. This distancing has relied upon various intellectual techniques and theories. The social construction of nature precipitated by Enlightenment thinking separated culture from nature, culture being defined as civilised European society. This separation has served to displace the Native voice within…
Colonial Cottage to State House: One Century of Housing Styles in Gisborne, New Zealand
The small New Zealand city of Gisborne, with its roots in the lute Wth century, contains house styles characteristic of New Zealand's urban residential history. Small cottages, Colonial bungalows, simple Colonial Georgian and Regency styles, Victorian Gothic style houses, “villas,” “Bay Villas,” “California Bungalows” and “State Houses” are all found in Gisborne. Questions of the origin of each style and whether these styles display any distincti…
Indigenous regional systems and Rural Development in Southern India
Key People in the Countryside: Decision- Makers in Interior Tamilnadu in the Late Eighteenth Century
Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Constructions of Nature
Since the earliest days of the European Enlightenment, Western people have sought to remove themselves from nature and the 'savage' non-European masses. This distancing has relied upon various intellectual techniques and theories. The social construction of nature precipitated by Enlightenment thinking separated culture from nature, culture being defined as civilised European society. This separation has served to displace the Native voice within…
Being in the place world: Toward a Māori “geographical self
The concept of place is central to geography, and is also seminal to the thinking of Indigenous peoples, including the Māori of Aotearoa/New Zealand. However, few geographical studies of Indigenous peoples have used conceptions of place that depart from Western modes of representation. This article explores how the phenomenological concept of the "geographical self" can illuminate Māori thought about self, body, landscape, and place. It uses an a…
Key People in the Countryside: Decision- Makers in Interior Tamilnadu in the Late Eighteenth Century
Counterpoint: Have we broken out of the “hall of mirrors” yet
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian MurtonBrian Murton is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, HI, USA
Colonial Cottage to State House: One Century of Housing Styles in Gisborne, New Zealand
The small New Zealand city of Gisborne, with its roots in the lute Wth century, contains house styles characteristic of New Zealand's urban residential history. Small cottages, Colonial bungalows, simple Colonial Georgian and Regency styles, Victorian Gothic style houses, “villas,” “Bay Villas,” “California Bungalows” and “State Houses” are all found in Gisborne. Questions of the origin of each style and whether these styles display any distincti…
Key People in the Countryside: Decision- Makers in Interior Tamilnadu in the Late Eighteenth Century
Indigenous regional systems and Rural Development in Southern India
Colonial Cottage to State House: One Century of Housing Styles in Gisborne, New Zealand
The small New Zealand city of Gisborne, with its roots in the lute Wth century, contains house styles characteristic of New Zealand's urban residential history. Small cottages, Colonial bungalows, simple Colonial Georgian and Regency styles, Victorian Gothic style houses, “villas,” “Bay Villas,” “California Bungalows” and “State Houses” are all found in Gisborne. Questions of the origin of each style and whether these styles display any distincti…
Re/placing Native Science: Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Constructions of Nature
Since the earliest days of the European Enlightenment, Western people have sought to remove themselves from nature and the 'savage' non-European masses. This distancing has relied upon various intellectual techniques and theories. The social construction of nature precipitated by Enlightenment thinking separated culture from nature, culture being defined as civilised European society. This separation has served to displace the Native voice within…
Some Aspects of a Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Environment: A Review
Counterpoint: Have we broken out of the “hall of mirrors” yet
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian MurtonBrian Murton is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, HI, USA
Being in the place world: Toward a Māori “geographical self
The concept of place is central to geography, and is also seminal to the thinking of Indigenous peoples, including the Māori of Aotearoa/New Zealand. However, few geographical studies of Indigenous peoples have used conceptions of place that depart from Western modes of representation. This article explores how the phenomenological concept of the "geographical self" can illuminate Māori thought about self, body, landscape, and place. It uses an a…
Agriculture in the Malaysian Region
Malaysia's transition from a country dependent on agriculture and mining to an industrialized society is readily apparent, but the process of change remains poorly understood. When R.D. Hill began studying agriculture in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei in the 1960s, he found swiddening, market-gardening, semi-commercial wet-rice cultivation and large scale plantations. Today, Malaysian agriculture has become highly capital-intensive and increasing…
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