Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas is a non-fiction scholarly text by Joshua Long published in 2010 by University of Texas Press. The book uses the "Keep Austin Weird" movement as a central focus to discuss the social, cultural and economic changes occurring in Austin, Texas, at the beginning of the 21st century. Largely written from a human geography perspective, Weird City is intended to show the relationship between sense of place and urban economies, the environment, and the urban cultural landscape. According to Long, Weird City is a scholarly text written for a mainstream audience including citizens of Austin and other "weird" cities, as well as students of geography, sociology, anthropology and urban studies. Joshua Long is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Southwestern University.
| Author | Joshua Long |
| Subject | Geography, Urban Studies, Sociology, Anthropology |
| Publisher | UT Press |
About Weird City
Set in a near future in the city of Weird, the series navigates the life of individuals who are physically divided into two halves and segregated by economic class: Above The Line, populated by Haves, and Below The Line, populated by Have-Nots.
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Human Geography - Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that deals with humans and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across locations.. Keep Austin Weird - Keep Austin Weird is the slogan adopted by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses in Austin, Texas. It is intended to promote local businesses and is inspired by comments made by Red Wassenich in 2000 while giving a pledge to an Austin radio station.. Sense of place - The term sense of place has been used in many different ways. It is a multidimensional, complex construct used to characterize the relationship between people and spatial settings.. Leslie Cochran - Albert Leslie Cochran was an American homeless man, peace activist, cross-dresser, urban outdoorsman and outspoken critic of police treatment of the homeless. Cochran was known in Austin as Leslie. Cochran was considered the man who personified"Keep Austin Weird".. Books about urbanism.. Anthropology books.. Sociology books.
Latest information about Weird City updated on July 28 2021.
