International geography festival
The Festival international de geographie (FIG) is an annual event that focuses on a geographical theme that changes with each event . It takes place in autumn, usually in early October, the French Saint-Die-des-Vosges instead. It was there in 1507 that the Waldseemüller map was created, on which the name “America” appears for the first time. The program consists on the one hand of panel discussions and specialist lectures by geographers, on the other hand of films, exhibitions, etc. Ä. So that in addition to the professional world, the general public should also be addressed.
The festival was first held in 1990 at the instigation of Christian Pierret , Mayor of Saint-Dié and later State Secretary. Over the four days of the event, around 45,000 visitors annually.
Lauréat Prix International de Geographie Vautrin Lud
The Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud , also known as Prix Vautrin Lud , was awarded for the first time in 1991. It is considered the highest international award in the field of geography and is colloquially known as the Nobel Prize for Geography. The award is named after the canon Vautrin Lud , who was born in Saint-Dié and named the New World after Amerigo Vespucci "America" together with Matthias Ringmann and Martin Waldseemüller .
Award winners
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- 1991 Peter Haggett (United Kingdom)
- 1992 Torsten Hägerstrand (Sweden), Gilbert F. White (United States)
- 1993 Peter Gould (United States)
- 1994 Milton Santos (Brazil)
- 1995 David Harvey (United Kingdom)
- 1996 Roger Brunet , Paul Claval (France)
- 1997 Jean-Bernard Racine (Switzerland)
- 1998 Doreen Massey (United Kingdom)
- 1999 Ron J. Johnston (United Kingdom)
- 2000 Yves Lacoste (France)
- 2001 Sir Peter Hall (United Kingdom)
- 2002 Bruno Messerli (Switzerland)
- 2003 Allen J. Scott (United States)
- 2004 Philippe Pinchemel (France)
- 2005 Brian JL Berry (United States)
- 2006 Heinz Wanner (Switzerland)
- 2007 Michael F. Goodchild (United Kingdom, United States)
- 2008 Horacio Capel Sáez (Spain)
- 2009 Terry McGee (New Zealand, Canada)
- 2010 Denise Pumain (France)
- 2011 Antoine Bailly (Switzerland, France)
- 2012 Yi-Fu Tuan (China, United States)
- 2013 Michael Batty (United Kingdom)
- 2014 Anne Buttimer (Ireland)
- 2015 Edward Soja (United States)
- 2016 María Dolors García Ramón (Spain)
- 2017 Akin Mabogunje (Nigeria)
- 2018 Jacques Lévy (France)
- 2019 John A. Agnew (United Kingdom, United States)
- 2020 Rudolf Brázdil (Czech Republic)
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- ↑ a b Wolfgang Brücher and Joachim Burdack: The International Festival of Geography in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (France) . In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen . 147, No. 4, 2003, pp. 90-91.
- ^ Agence France Presse: La forêt au coeur du 21e festival international de géographie de Saint-Dié , news of October 6, 2010 (French)
- ^ UT Dallas' Brian Berry to Receive World's Top Honor for Geographers
- ^ Goodchild awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud , News of July 16, 2007
- ↑ Walter Jäggi: How Ringmann and Waldseemüller changed the world. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 13, 2007, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; Retrieved November 17, 2012 .
- ^ Jean-Christophe Gay: Anne Buttimer: Prix Vautrin Lud 2014 . In: 5 Continents à la Une . 2014, p. 12.
