Soil and Culture - Landa, Edward R.; Feller, Christian; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Soil and the Visual Arts -- The Representation of Soil in the Western Art: From Genesis to Pedogenesis -- Deforestation and Erosion Captured in Historical Art of the Pearl River Delta Region, China -- Transcendental Aspects of Soil in Contemporary Visual Arts -- Merging Horizons-Soil Science and Soil Art -- Soil Colors, Pigments and Clays in Paintings -- In a Supporting Role: Soil and the Cinema -- Under my feet-Soil presence and perspectives in the work of four contemporary visual artists -- Dig Deeper -- Creating Fiber Art with Soil and Rust -- Soil, Subsoil, Priming and Architectural Design -- Art by the Ground -- Soil and Soul: Literature and Philosophy -- To Join the Real and the Mental Place: The Written Earth -- "Pochveniks"-"The Poets of The Soil": The Geological School of 20th Century Poetry in Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia) -- The Soil Scientist's Hidden Beloved: Archetypal Images and Emotions in the Scientist's Relationship with Soil -- Comprehending Soil within the Context of the Land Community -- Core Samples of the Sublime-On the Aesthetics of Dirt -- Perspectives on Soil by Indigenous and Ancient Cultures -- European Religious Cultivation of the Soil -- "Rock - Stone" and "Soil - Earth": Indigenous Views of Soil Formation and Soil Fertility in the West Indies -- Mobilizing Farmers' Knowledge of the Soil -- Ancient Maya Perceptions of Soil, Land, and Earth -- The Soil Memory: Case Study of a Protohistoric Archaeological Site in Senegal -- Soil and Health -- Soils and Geomedicine: Trace Elements -- Do Pedo-Epidemiological Systems Exist? -- "Earth Eaters": Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Human Geophagy -- Soil - the dark side and the light side -- Soil and Warfare -- Yellow Sands and Penguins: The Soil of "The Great Escape" -- Soils and Soil Pioneers on Stamps -- Soil in Comic Strips and Cartoons -- Soils and Terroir Expression in Wines.
Keywords: Agriculture; Sedimentology; Soil science; Soil conservation; Earth sciences; Agriculture; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Sedimentology; Soil Science & Conservation; Earth Sciences, general