Boris Gamaleya (18 December 1930 St. Louis – 30 June 2019) was a Réunion poet, literary critic, linguist, folklorist, and social activist . He primarily wrote in French.
15-713: Gamaleya may refer to: People [ edit ] Boris Gamaleya (1930–2019), Réunion poet, literary critic, linguist, folklorist, and social activist Nikolay Gamaleya (1859–1949), Russian and Soviet microbiologist and vaccine researcher Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya (1766–1817), Russian Empire naval officer and navigator Places [ edit ] Gamaleya Rock , rock formation in Antarctica named after Platon Yakovlevich Gamaleya Organisations [ edit ] Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology , named after Nikolay Gamaleya Topics referred to by
30-661: A license in Russian at the Sorbonne , joined the Union générale des travailleurs réunionnais en France and wrote for its revue. After 1980 he broke from the PCR and with activism. His writing at this time shifted to geopoetics that focused on the nature and culture of the Indian Ocean islands. Some of his is poems were translated into Ukrainian at this time by Victor Koptilov and published in
45-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boris Gamaleya His father was Ukrainian a descendant of Cossack Hetman Petro Doroshenko , who fled Russia after the October Revolution and died when Boris was still young. His mother was a Réunion-born créole of distantly Portuguese decent. He grew up in mountain village of Makes in
60-551: The oratorio entitled Ombline, ou le volcan à l’envers with a libretto based on one of his plays. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Reunion . This biographical article related to Réunion is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Geopoetics Geopoetics is an interdisciplinary approach that combines elements of geography, poetry, and philosophy to explore
75-512: The Scottish Highlands. His observations and reflections on these places led him to develop the concept of geopoetics to merge the scientific and the artistic in exploring landscapes. Geopoetics gained recognition and popularity primarily in academic and literary circles during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It has been embraced by poets, writers, artists, and scholars worldwide as a way to rethink and reimagine their relationship with
90-524: The discipline of geography, poetry can be employed to teach abstract geographic concepts, such as the Four traditions of geography , in the classroom. Geopoetics encourages individuals to engage with the world around them more profoundly and meaningfully, often through creative expressions such as poetry, prose, and art. Geopoetics has gained traction in the 21st century as many geographers seek to incorporate artistic expression into their work and as more artists enter
105-531: The discipline of geography. While geopoetics can present information in unique ways, analyze phenomena, and express meaning, it can also advocate for potential actions, influence policy, stimulate imagination, and seek to shape potential futures. The term "geopoetics" was coined by the Scottish poet and writer Kenneth White in the 1979s. White's work was heavily influenced by his experiences traveling and living in various remote and natural landscapes, particularly
120-441: The environment. Geopoetics emphasizes the interconnectedness of humans and their surroundings and challenges the traditional separation of the natural world from the cultural and creative realms. Geopoetics has been used to communicate the environmental issues surrounding bi-catch in the fishing industry. In one such application, poems were written about non-target species impacted by the shrimp fishing industry to bring attention to
135-689: The home of his grandparents. He was first published in local newspapers in Réunion. In 1950, he began higher education in France but left the Ecole Normale d'Instituteurs in Avignon for the university town of Aix-en-Provence in 1951 where he joined the French Communist Party . Upon his return to the island in 1955 with his wife Clélie, a literature teacher, he taught French, published poems and essays in
150-467: The magazine The Universe (1981) and the anthology The Poetry of Africa (1983). In 1997 he wrote a poetic novel L’île du Tsarévitch (Island of the Tsarevich ) exploring his Slavic origins and Eastern Orthodox faith as well as the fate of his father. In 1998 he was commissioned by French authorities to create a work to mark the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France . He produced
165-521: The press and began collecting Reunionese oral culture. He joined the Communist Party of Reunion (PCR) in 1959. In 1960 the Debré ordinance transferred any public-sector workers, including teachers, suspected of "disrupting public order" out of Réunion to Metropolitan France and Gamaleya was sent to Paris. He would not return to Réunion for twelve years. During his exile in European France, he obtained
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#1732855234967180-425: The relationship between places, landscapes, and human experience. Geopoetics as a term was coined by Scottish Poet Kenneth White in 1979, his original manifesto and definitions of geopoetics have been expanded upon by researchers and poets in the subsequent decades. Despite this, geopoetics as a concept has been difficult to define clearly. Geopoetics has been widely employed by critical geography as part of
195-435: The response to the quantitative revolution in geography, and stresses qualitative approaches. It seeks to bridge the gap between the objective study of physical geography and the subjective, emotional response to landscapes and environments. It is described as harmonizing art and science. In general, poetry can be used as a method for presenting and analyzing data, and geopoetics is in part an outgrowth of this. Within
210-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gamaleya . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gamaleya&oldid=1031314533 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
225-527: The value of these species and illustrate what it is like on a fishing boat. Geopoetics has been employed to communicate information related to anthropogenic climate change. Appendix: Wild Hyacinth "An eye-catcher, she is with a cousin in the Antioch dunes rock walls, rock slopes—wall flower put her on a postage stamp mark her as endangered by day, by dry soil, freeways, pesticides, frailty, her youth Range: Monticello Road Bloom: April–June" Geopoetics
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