Where the wild things are: the evolving iconography of rural fauna

Article Abstract:

The changing relationship between 'nature' and rurality through an examination of the shifting iconography of animals, particularly 'wild' animals, in a rural setting is explored. The faunistic icons of rural areas that are evolving as alternative conceptions of the countryside, of nature and of the classic dichotomy between 'wild' and 'domesticated' animals are reconstructed by drawing a set of examples.

Human-animal relationships, Religious symbolism

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Children at work in rural northern Nigeria: patterns of age, space and gender

Article Abstract:

The documents of the variety of children's work activities in order to examine the aspects of the socio-spatial construction of childhood in a rural Northern Nigerian community by the research made is reported. The divisions of children labor and analyses of how gender, space, age and other factors shape young people's experiences of rural life are examined.

Children

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Rural roots, rural routes: discourses of rural self and traveling other in debates about the future of Appleby New Fair, 1945-1969

Article Abstract:

The Gypsy-travelers that were portrayed by rural residents in the post-War period and what these representations of a travelling other reveal about the nature of rural self is examined. The route in is through Appleby New Fair is one of the largest Gypsy-Travelers gathering in Europe and a major tourist attraction.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Geography, Travelers

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