Memories of My Town
Memories of My Town

Author: Åström Anna-Maria

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2018-06-15

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9517464339

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The volume Memories of my Town is an exploration into how town dwellers experience their environment in a complicated way .As people in urban milieus relate themselves to the environment, this takes place on many levels, where especially the time level becomes problematic. The urban buildings and settings can be looked upon as a kind of collective history, as carriers or witnesses of times past. But it is only the town dwellers that experience urban time itself, the time they live in, but through their memories also times past. In this past some elements take symbolicaly dense expressions. Through reliving and narrating their experiences the symbolically important factors in the this urban relationship will be outlined for investigations conserning three towns, Helsinki, the capital, Viborg, the ceded and lost Carelian town, and Jyväskylä, a town with dense commercial and civilisatory dimensions in the middle of Finland. The symbolic aspects are the kern in all the articles of the book Memories of my Town. The aim of the book and its articles has been to use different theoretical concepts as guidelines in analysing the different narrative texts. Thus the articles are to be seen as independent contributions to the scientific discussion about places, urbanism, memories and narratives. The ethnological outlook is on the other hand an outcome of the joint project Town Dwellers and their Places., whereby the articles substancially relate to one another. Thus the book can also be seen as a joint result of this urban project, which was sponsored by the Finnish Academy.

Memories of My Town
Memories of My Town

Author: Anna-Maria Åström

Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

Published: 2004-07-07

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9518580197

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Memories of My Town is an exploration into how town dwellers experience their environment in a complicated way. As people in urban milieus relate themselves to the environment, this takes place on many levels, where especially the time level becomes problematic. The urban buildings and settings can be looked upon as a kind of collective history, as carriers or witnesses of times past. But it is only the town dwellers that experience urban time itself, the time they live in, but through their memories also times past. In this past some elements take symbolically dense expressions. Through reliving and narrating their experiences the symbolically important factors in this urban relationship will be outlined for investigations concerning three towns, Helsinki, the capital, Vyborg, the ceded and lost Karelian town, and Jyväskylä, a town with dense commercial and cultural dimensions in the middle of Finland. The aim of the book is to use different theoretical concepts as guidelines in analysing the different narrative texts.

My Town: Motown!
My Town: Motown!

Author: Bob Chancia

Publisher: WestBowPress

Published: 2013-11-08

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1490812830

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This is the story of one mans burden for the city he lived in and loved. Detroit, once Americas leading industrial city, falls with political corruption, racial intolerance, and its auto industrys refusal to change. Bob spearheads the partnering of his New York City church with an inner-city Detroit church, trusting Gods power to take one small step in revitalizing Detroit. This book may challenge you to trust God to raise you from your own struggles. Bob Chancia has accurately and passionately communicated the issues facing Detroit as well as the hope for Detroitthe Gospel of Jesus Christ because Jesus is the only hope for Detroit and all men. Bob, a native New Yorker, loves Detroit as much as we native Detroiters. I couldnt put this book down! A must read! Diane Denaro Frank, founder and executive director, AngelHouse.org Here is the account of a miracle touching two great cities. New Yorks Calvary Baptist Church, by joining with Detroits Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, has displayed the power and presence of Christ in helping bring a once great city back to vibrant life. Bob Chancia has beautifully and forcefully recounted this miracle that touches two cities. Rev. James O. Rose, pastor emeritus, Calvary Baptist Church, New York City; Dallas Theological Seminary board of directors for nineteen years.

Mission My Town
Mission My Town

Author: Mark Hein

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-07-29

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 153268360X

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Have you ever questioned your purpose in the stage and location of life you are in currently? Do you ever wonder if you are making a difference, or if you are even on the path that God intended? Does it seem like others around you are experiencing a faith adventure or a mission experience that you are missing out on? We don't have to travel to far corners of the world to be on mission. This book is an invitation and exploration to open your heart and eyes to experience the mission he has for you right in the community you are in. Understand your Mission My Town.

My Town
My Town

Author: Marty Gervais

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2006-10-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1897231229

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A collection of newspaper columns by Marty Gervais, published in The Windsor Star.

My Town
My Town

Author: David Gentleman

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 014199312X

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David Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing together work from across his whole career, from his earliest sketches to watercolours painted just a few months ago. Here is London as it was, and as it is today: the Thames, Hampstead Heath; the streets, canals, markets and people of his home of Camden Town; and at the heart of it all, his studio and the tools of his work. Accompanied by reflections on the process of drawing and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a celebration of London, and the joy of noticing, looking and capturing the world. 'David has spent a lifetime depicting with wit and affection a London he has made his own' Alan Bennett 'He delivers a poetry of exultant concentration ... The surface fusion of the sensuous and the sharply modern is echoed by Gentleman's imagery' Guardian 'The artist and illustrator has been responsible for some of the most-seen public artworks in this country' The Times 'Perhaps the last of the great polymath designer-painters' Camden New Journal

Folk Art and Aging
Folk Art and Aging

Author: Jon Kay

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2016-08-08

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0253022207

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Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects serve as a lens for focusing on, remaking, and sharing the long-ago. These activities often help elders productively fill the hours after they have raised their children, retired from their jobs, and/or lost a loved one. These individuals forge new identities for themselves that do not erase their earlier lives but build on them and new lives that include sharing scenes and stories from their memories.