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Professor Tim Cresswell is a Human Geographer at the Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, University Of Wales, Aberystwyth . He is the author of four books on the role of space and mobility in cultural life. He received his B.A. from University College London before undertaking his postgraduate education at the University Of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. , where he was awarded his Ph.D. in 1992 , supervised by the renowned humanistic geoographer Yi-Fu Tuan . He returned to the United Kingdom , teaching at the University Of Wales, Lampeter until 1999 . His research interests are in social and cultural geography, specifically geographies of mobility, such as Walking , Ballroom Dance , and international Airports , and their role in shaping Cultural outlooks. Cresswell's most cited work is 'In Place/Out of Place' (1996). Here, he effectively discusses notions of place and practices of resistance that may shape them, illustrating his arguments with case studies of graffiti in New York City and the protests at Greenham Common in the 1980s, to name but two examples. His book ''The Tramp in America'' (2001) describes the intervention of the Tramp as a social type in the United States between 1869 and 1939 . More recently, 'Place: A Short Introduction' provides a succint introduction to the themes that he has researched. Away from these core themes of place, mobility and resistance, Tim Cresswell has edited an Environment and Planning special publication on the influence in human geography of Pierre Bourdieu (2002) and co-edited, with Deborah Dixon, a book on the geographies of film entitled "Engaging Film" (2002). PUBLICATIONS
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