Abstract
We often forget our good fortune at being "Geographers." As Carl Sauer once noted ours is not just another academic discipline. We have chosen it because it has special meaning to us, an important premise that does not always apply to those in other fields. For most of us it represents a compelling, almost mystical way of looking at linkages between ourselves and our supporting earth in particular places, regions, or environments. And we do what we do because we like it. Listen to the late Archie Carr, distinguished naturalist-biologist and world authority on turtles and tortoises: "A geographer is a person to envy. Being by definition a student of the earth he is free to go anywhere he can get a ticket and investigate almost anything he can understand. He can report on anything he wants to. One function of geography is to account man as a feature of the landscape, and what is not grist for such a mill as that? "
Recommended Citation
Parsons, James J.
(1996)
"Projections and Perceptions Editorial Comments: On the Pleasures of Being a Geographer. James J. Parsons,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 38:
Iss.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol38/iss2/1
