The journey as a metageographical image: selected essays by Dmitry Zamyatin Cover Image

Podróż jako obraz metageograficzny: wybrane eseje Dmitrija Zamiatina
The journey as a metageographical image: selected essays by Dmitry Zamyatin

Author(s): Magdalena Ochniak
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Dmitry Zamyatin; metageography; essay; journey; image;

Summary/Abstract: Dmitry Zamyatin (born 1962) is a contemporary Russian geographer and culturologist and also a specialist in cultural anthropology, geopolitics, marketing, and territorial branding. As a researcher and scientist, he is known in Russia primarily for popularising the concepts of humanistic geography and metageography. He has presented his concept of metageographical research (an interdisciplinary field at the borderline of science, philosophy and art) for years as a researcher and as a populariser and author of essays. The essays written over the years were collected and published in 2011 in the volume In the Heart of the Air. In this article, the concept of travel as a metageographical image and the way in which the traveler models and creates space is explored on the material of selected essays by the Russian metageographer

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 184
  • Page Range: 114-127
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish