mythogeography

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The myths and/or folklore associated with a place.

   • The mythogeographies of Australian Aborigines, for example, recount the peregrinations of founding ancestors and civilizing heroes, who leave peoples, languages, and cultures in their wake (Berndt and Berndt 1970, 15-29).
2. 2

   The creation of an assemblage of interpretations about a place based on various symbols,…

   The creation of an assemblage of interpretations about a place based on various symbols, ideas, stories, and patterns that it evokes.

   • To get at these different aspects of place and space, mythogeography draws on all kinds of 'low theory'; amateur and poetic assembling into manifestos of things I have learned (mostly from others) while out on the road.
   • The contrast between a single, monolithic meaning or interpretation and multiple perceptions of an event is similar to the distinction between mythogeography and the conventional presentation of 'heritage'.

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