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ABSTRACTS Release 130718 ABSTRACTS release 130718 15th-20th July 2018, Warsaw, Poland Mika Abe INDEX 2-1-1, Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan 214-8580 Senshu University Are the original inhabitants completely different from “us” in nature?—a research of the case in Japan through the publications and the guidebooks in early-modern times One of the original inhabitants in Japan is Ainu who have lived in Ezo (the name after modern times is not Ezo but Hokkaido, located in the northern part of Japan). Ezo and Ainu have been recognized as “different” from the “mainland” in Japan and the people who have lived there. It is true that the people in “mainland” considered Ezo a “foreign land” and did unjust trade with Ainu in early-modern times. In modern times a cruel law deprived Ainu of their own cultures, rights and dignity. Actually Ainu have many unique cultures and social customs such as original patterns and belief in bears etc. However, do Ezo and Ainu have only heterogeneity? Don’t they have similarity with “mainland” at all? In this paper the author does not regard heterogeneity as entirely natural, but presents the similarity between Ezo (Ainu) and the “mainland” in Japan. The methodology of this paper is as follows: 1. Comparing the several old publications (books of early modern times) which the cultures and customs, etc. appeared in about Ainu with the ones about the people in “mainland”. 2. Comparing the old guidebook of Ezo with the one of Edo (the capital of Japan at that time). The result is that some simi- larities between Ezo (Ainu) and the “mainland” (the people) are found such as the way of using crops, education, and a point of view to beautiful and noticeable landscapes. Recognition to similarities leads to understanding and respect different cultures. Keywords: Ezo, Ainu, Similarity, publications, early-modern times ICHG 2018 Naomi Adiv INDEX Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning Portland State University P.O. Box 751-USP Portland, OR 97207-0751 Portland, Oregon’s floating baths for boys and girls In the summer of 1901, a group of elite men in Portland, Oregon decided that the city was in need of a free covered river bathhouse for boys (and eventually girls) to swim, ostensibly in order to prevent drowning in the Willamette River. In just a year, enough funds were raised – through a combination of large philanthropic gifts, small ‘subscrip- tions,’ and fund-raising parties – to open the bath the following summer, on June 18, 1902. In this paper, I examine how the discourse of ‘civic duty’ was used to encourage people of many socioeconomic classes to contribute to the bath fund, even at a moment when the city was increasing public expenditures for recreation in general. Keywords: public space, recreation, swimming, river ICHG 2018 Andrzej Affek INDEX Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences Past Carpathian landscape – LiDAR-based reconstruction of abandoned villages The objective of this study was to map traces of the past Carpathian landscape recorded in the microtopography in the chosen study area (25 km2) within the Wiar river basin. The area comprised two deserted villages (Borysławka and Posada Rybotycka) that were abandoned and afforested after forced displacement of Ruthenian Highlanders in 1940s. Three groups of complementary research methods were used: remote sensing (airborne laser scanning – ALS as the main data source), analysis of archival sources and field survey. Sky-view factor (SVF) was applied as the main visualisation technique of the LiDAR-derived DTM for mapping purposes. The results demonstrated that there are numerous, well preserved earthworks created before World War II lying under the tree canopy, such as hollow ways, agricultural terraces, remnants of settlements, border mounds etc. They form a unique cultural heritage of former inhabitants that deserves to be protected. Keywords: microtopography, earthworks, archival cadastral maps, Ruthenian Highlanders, Poland Affek, Andrzej ICHG 2018 Sarfaraz Alam INDEX Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - 221005 Beyond Cadastral Maps: Re-mapping indigenous land categories of an Indian village In India, cadastral maps contain comprehensive map-based land record systems that show the landed property of villages in detail. Prepared on scales of 16’/32’/64’ to a mile, these maps depict the size, boundaries and characteristics of land parcels. These were originally prepared during the British colonial period in order to confirm legal rights and associated privileges to land owners. Also known as ‘geo-tax maps’, cadastral maps in India followed land classification devised by the government so as to promote the assessment and taxation of land and landed property. As map-based land regis- tration, cadastral maps are widely used even now for settling land boundary disputes and providing land grants, and for initiating agricultural innovations. In this context, it would be pertinent to note that Indian villages have historically developed their own indigenous systems of land classification. What is more, these land categorizations and their nomenclatures vary not only across regions and villages but also with land parcel owners within a village. These land categories are deeply engrained in everyday life of villagers and influence their choices of land use and crops. By using a mix of field-based mapping and GIS software, this paper aims to prepare some alternative maps of land parcels and settlements of an Indian village based on indigenous categories. The village under study is located in the Saran Plain of Bihar state (India). The paper also highlights as to how villagers have traditionally categorized and named land parcels and how their every-day life is influenced by these categories. Keywords: Maps, Indigenous, Land category, India, Village Alam, Sarfaraz ICHG 2018 Armando Alberola-Romá Salvador Gilguirado INDEX Universidad de Alicante Carretera de san Vicente del Raspeig, s/n 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) The threat of drought in the Eastern Spanish Region during the 18th century: state of art, sources and methodologies The Eastern Spanish Region, between the cities of Valencia and Murcia, offers a climatic singularity characterized by the coexistence of long and severe drought period disrupt- ed by torrential rain episodes which cause catastrophes. In this paper we analyze the droughts that affected this region during the eighteenth century. We use for that several sources and methodologies. Among the sources used to generate proxy information, we highlight pro-pluvia rogation, harvesting dates, municipal reports, help requests to the Council of Castile, information from diaries and correspondence, sermons, etc. Through these sources, we have used specific methodologies aimed to characterize the spatiotemporal extension and intensity of drought periods (local/regional character, short/long cycle, low/high intensity) during the 18th century. For that, the correspond- ing drought indexes have been elaborated, and the impact on the agrarian economies of the study area has been analysed. In addition, the administrative measures taken by the land managers have been evaluated. The obtained data series have been contrasted with dendrochronological studies carried out in the area. Among the main results, we highlight the fact that local drought episodes have a medium duration, with high in- tensity peaks. However, regional episodes have a longer duration and varying intensity. The impact of droughts is more related to duration than to intensity and management measures are variable between local and regional scale. Keywords: 18th century, drought, pro-pluvia rogation, climate variability, historical sources Alberola-Romá, Armando ICHG 2018 Keith Alcorn INDEX Department of History Royal Holloway University of London Egham TW20 0EX The circulation of plant specimens outwards from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, c.1800-1850 This paper considers the circulation of living plants and seeds from the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to other collections and commercial nurseries between 1800 and 1850. The paper draws on research for a larger PhD research project `The Em- pire in the Garden` which investigates how exotic plants circulated within Britain and their incorporation into British gardens and landscapes during the first half of the 19th century. 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Keywords: botany; horticulture; plants; circulation ICHG 2018 Derek Alderman Joshua Inwood INDEX Department of Geography, 304 Burchfiel Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37902 USA The American Civil Rights Movement as a Neglected Research Agenda: SNCC, Sub- altern Geospatial Intelligence, and the Counter-Mapping of White Supremacy Despite the growing interest of geographers in social justice, human rights, and the experi- ences of traditionally marginalized groups, the historical geography of the American Civil Rights Movement(s) remains largely unwritten
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