Yi-Fu Tuan is the J.K. Wright and Vilas professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Hydrological Cycle and the Wisdom of God (Toronto), Topophilia (Prentice-Hall), Space and Place (Minnesota), Landscapes of Fear (Pantheon), Segmented Worlds and Self (Minnesota), Dominance and Affection (Yale), The Good Life (Wisconsin), and Morality and Imagination (Wisconsin).
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I’m saddened to learn that Yi-Fu Tuan, emeritus professor at @UWMadisonGeog, has died. I’m grateful to have shared a “space and place” with this inquisitive, kind, and creative scholar. https://t.co/L8Q7Qm6AQ0
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The most influential academic you never knew. Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan’s most popular book “Space and Place” studied how people form emotional connections to their home and nations – and reminded us all what connects us as humans. From @ConversationCA: https://t.co/QFWxqHGCta