I was wondering too. There is no D. Evans listed in the Belfast RGS-IBG program
either.
What was all this about?
"R.J.Johnston" wrote:
> University of rotherham? the one in New Zealand?
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, AC Research Update wrote:
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> > RURAL MYTH "ALL TRUE" CLAIMS ACADEMIC
> >
> > Controversial claims were made recently of the nature of the British
> > countryside. Dr David Evans of the Department of Geography, University of
> > Rotherham, speaking at the Royal Geographical Society conference in Belfast
> > earlier this month, argued that recent negative images of the British
> > countryside were a poor reflection of reality. Dr Evans argued that the
> > real English countryside was more akin to the apparently idealised images
> > found, for example, on calenders, chocolate boxes and decorative place mats.
> > While previously dismissed by academics as kitsch inventions or 'rural
> > myths', Dr Evans claimed that such images were, in fact, highly nuanced and
> > accurate representations of rural reality.
> >
> > Dr Evans claims were based on extensive analysis of thousands of discourses
> > of rurality which included episodes of Heartbeat, the novels of Miss Read
> > and Joanna Trollope as well as more convention sources such as little China
> > cottages, available from Cotswold gift shops, and jigsaw puzzles, as well as
> > ethnographic research in such typically rural spaces as tea shops, national
> > trust gardens and cricket pitches located next to picturesque village greens
> > and duck ponds. Dr Evans' research found no evidence to support claims made
> > by its critics that the British countryside is impoverished, smelly and
> > boring. Dr Evans' presentation firmly concluded the British countryside is
> > a "nice place" populated by "well-fed labourers happy in their work" and
> > characterised by "bountiful harvests, deeply routed community structures and
> > an egalitarian social life".
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