News Archive 2001-2015

Residents of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital city, often give directions by using landmarks rather than addresses, writes Jenny Gustafsson. This can be confusing for newcomers, especially because some of the landmarks used for navigation no longer exist. The following article was posted at theguardian.com on June 2, 2015 with the title “Mapping, Beirut-style: how to navigate a city without using any street names”:...

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey Hoelle joined the Department of Geography as an Affiliate Professor in April 2015. His research interests include human-environment interactions, space and place, conservation and development, Latin America, and cross-cultural cowboys and cattle cultures. Regarding the latter, Jeff has just had a book he wrote on the subject, “Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture...

Effective the end of June 2015, Bernadette Weinberg and Beilei Zhang will retire as staff members of the UCSB Department of Geography. A formal farewell for our dynamic duo was held on the first floor of Ellison Hall on the afternoon of June 3, in the form of an open house retirement celebration and a presentation of plaques and gifts. To quote some wag’s farewell note to them, “Now who is going to do all the work around...