TY - BOOK ID - 4801856 TI - Soil and culture AU - Landa, Edward R. AU - Feller, Christian AU - Descola, Philippe PY - 2009 SN - 9789048129607 9789048129591 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life Sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Earth Sciences, general. KW - Interdisciplinary Studies. KW - History of Science. KW - Geography (general). KW - Life sciences. KW - Science KW - Geography. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Humanities. KW - Sciences de la vie KW - Sciences KW - Géographie KW - Agriculture KW - Sols KW - Sciences humaines KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Conservation KW - Soil KW - Type de sol KW - soil types KW - Trait morphologique du sol KW - soil morphological features KW - Propriété physicochimique du sol KW - soil chemicophysical properties KW - Valeur esthétique KW - Aesthetic value KW - Valeur ornementale KW - Ornamental value KW - History KW - Sociologie KW - Sociology KW - Environnement socioculturel KW - sociocultural environment KW - world UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4801856 AB - SOIL beneath our feet food and fiber ashes to ashes, dust to dust dirt Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit, buffer, and transformer of water, solutes and gases. Yet what is complex, life-giving, and sacred to some, is ordinary, even ugly, to others. This is the enigma that is soil. Soil and Culture explores the perception of soil in ancient, traditional, and modern societies. It looks at the visual arts (painting, textiles, sculpture, architecture, film, comics and stamps), prose & poetry, religion, philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, wine production, health & diet, and disease & warfare. Soil and Culture explores high culture and popular culture from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch to the films of Steve McQueen. It looks at ancient societies and contemporary artists. Contributors from a variety of disciplines delve into the mind of Carl Jung and the bellies of soil eaters, and explore Chinese paintings, African mud cloths, Mayan rituals, Japanese films, French comic strips, and Russian poetry. ER -