The dominion of the dead
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How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In "The dominion of the dead", Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living-the graves, images, literature, architecture, and(...)
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How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In "The dominion of the dead", Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living-the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us. This work devotes particular attention to the practice of burial. Harrison contends that we bury our dead to humanize the lands where we build our present and imagine our future. As long as the dead are interred in graves and tombs, they never truly depart from this world, but remain, if only symbolically, among the living. Spanning a broad range of examples, from the graves of our first human ancestors to the empty tomb of the Gospels to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Harrison also considers the authority of predecessors in both modern and premodern societies. Through inspired readings of major writers and thinkers such as Vico, Virgil, Dante, Pater, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Rilke, he argues that the buried dead form an essential foundation where future generations can retrieve their past, while burial grounds provide an important bedrock where past generations can preserve their legacy for the unborn.
Théorie du paysage
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In "Forest and garden", Melanie L. Simo ranges through a period of landscape history that has been underexamined, between Olmsted and mid-twentieth-century modernism, when the contours of the debate were formed and the landscape professions came of age. Simo's book spans half a century, from the year that Charles Sprague Sargent's influential "Garden and Forest" magazine(...)
Forest and gardens : traces of wildness in a modernizing land, 1897-1949
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In "Forest and garden", Melanie L. Simo ranges through a period of landscape history that has been underexamined, between Olmsted and mid-twentieth-century modernism, when the contours of the debate were formed and the landscape professions came of age. Simo's book spans half a century, from the year that Charles Sprague Sargent's influential "Garden and Forest" magazine ceased publication in 1897 to the appearance in 1949 of two unusual books about land and landscape—Aldo Leopold's "Sand County Almanac" and Jens Jensen's "The Clearing" —that marked the beginning of a new ecological awareness.
Théorie du paysage
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Everyday America surveys the widening conceptions and applications of cultural landscape writing in the United States and, in doing so, offers a clear and compelling view of the state of cultural landscape studies today. These essays--by journalists, historians, cultural geographers, architects, landscape architects, and planners--constitute a critical evaluation of the(...)
Everyday America : cultural landscape after J.B. Jackson
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Everyday America surveys the widening conceptions and applications of cultural landscape writing in the United States and, in doing so, offers a clear and compelling view of the state of cultural landscape studies today. These essays--by journalists, historians, cultural geographers, architects, landscape architects, and planners--constitute a critical evaluation of the field's theoretical assumptions, and of the work of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, the pivotal figure in the emergence of cultural landscape studies. At the same time, they present studies of twentieth-century landscapes, from the turn-of-the-century American downtown to the corporate campus and the mini-mall.
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In recent years, landscape has become increasingly recognised as a topic of central importance to a wide variety of disciplines. To a large degree this recognition has been based upon an expanding appreciation of the political aspects of landscape, its ideological character and effects. "Landscapes and Politics" is an innovative cross-disciplinary volume of new writing(...)
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mars 2003, London / New York
Deterritorialisations . . . revisioning landscapes and politics
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In recent years, landscape has become increasingly recognised as a topic of central importance to a wide variety of disciplines. To a large degree this recognition has been based upon an expanding appreciation of the political aspects of landscape, its ideological character and effects. "Landscapes and Politics" is an innovative cross-disciplinary volume of new writing which brings together, in a strategic and productive encounter, a broad variety of critical work currently being done in this field. With 28 papers and five photo essays "Landscapes and Politics" presents material by scholars and practitioners from anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, cultural studies, English and American literature, film studies, fine art, geography, history, landscape architecture, philosophy, political science, and religious studies. As an important marker of current methodologies, research and practice across these different disciplinary areas Landscapes and Politics is an invaluable resource. It will be of interest to all those concerned with current discourses and debates on landscape and its representation.
Théorie du paysage
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Loin d’être un objet statique, existant en soi, le paysage naît d’une dynamique, d’une construction par-delà la simple présence physique de la nature. C’est donc tout naturellement que le terme la Mouvance désigne ce mouvement évolutif. Dans le même temps, cette dénomination recouvre aussi un mouvement d’idées, celui qui donna naissance, en 1991, à la première formation(...)
La mouvance : cinquante mots pour le paysage
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Loin d’être un objet statique, existant en soi, le paysage naît d’une dynamique, d’une construction par-delà la simple présence physique de la nature. C’est donc tout naturellement que le terme la Mouvance désigne ce mouvement évolutif. Dans le même temps, cette dénomination recouvre aussi un mouvement d’idées, celui qui donna naissance, en 1991, à la première formation doctorale française sur le paysage. Réunis autour de Bernard Lassus, plasticien et paysagiste, on retrouve Augustin Berque, Michel Conan, Pierre Donadieu, Alain Roger, les principaux enseignants de cette aventure, des partenaires venus d’horizons différents (paysagisme, écologie, géographie, sociologie, philosophie). L’ouvrage n’est pas un dictionnaire du paysage, mais un glossaire qui reflète les convictions fondamentales de ces cinq auteurs. Chacun d’eux définit, ici, les dix notions les plus représentatives de sa réflexion. Au total, cinquante mots et références bibliographiques pour penser le paysage au XXIe siècle. Avec dessins de Bernard Lassus.
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Au Québec, entre 1935 et 1975, une mosaïque de personnages autodidactes ou détenteurs de savoirs spécialisés relèvent toutes sortes de défis pour contribuer à l'évolution accélérée des connaissances des végétaux et de leurs usages parfois étonnants. Dans ce cinquième et dernier tome, les auteurs présentent 30 histoires mettant à l'avant-scène des personnes, des(...)
Curieuses histoires de plantes du Canada 1935-1975, tome 5
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Au Québec, entre 1935 et 1975, une mosaïque de personnages autodidactes ou détenteurs de savoirs spécialisés relèvent toutes sortes de défis pour contribuer à l'évolution accélérée des connaissances des végétaux et de leurs usages parfois étonnants. Dans ce cinquième et dernier tome, les auteurs présentent 30 histoires mettant à l'avant-scène des personnes, des organismes et des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche qui s'intéressent aux végétaux pour leur intérêt botanique, biologique, écologique, agricole, alimentaire, ornemental, médicinal, industriel et même commercial.
Théorie du paysage
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''Unearthing the underworld'' is a history of the Earth as told through rocks – the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly ordinary stone can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange, unbreathable atmospheres and(...)
Unearthing the underworld: A natural history of rocks
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''Unearthing the underworld'' is a history of the Earth as told through rocks – the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly ordinary stone can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange, unbreathable atmospheres and prehistoric worlds teeming with life. Remarkably, many types of rock owe their existence to living organisms, from the remains of dead animals to rotting ancient forests, or even the activity of fungi, bacteria and viruses. Anything but dull and uninteresting, rocks are intriguing portals that illuminate the secret underworld upon which we live.
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Intangible heritage: Expeditions, observations and lectures by Roberto Burle Marx and collaborators
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''Intangible heritage'' presents both Marx’s work and teachings, compiling nine of his most seminal lectures written between 1962 and 1983. Illustrated with images of his mosaics and detailed maps, the volume groups Marx’s lectures into three thematic sections: in the first, he explores how botanical expeditions, such as his trip to the Amazonas in 1983, informed his(...)
Intangible heritage: Expeditions, observations and lectures by Roberto Burle Marx and collaborators
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''Intangible heritage'' presents both Marx’s work and teachings, compiling nine of his most seminal lectures written between 1962 and 1983. Illustrated with images of his mosaics and detailed maps, the volume groups Marx’s lectures into three thematic sections: in the first, he explores how botanical expeditions, such as his trip to the Amazonas in 1983, informed his thinking about urban landscapes; in the second, Marx traces facets of landscape architecture to their ancestral origins and discusses the role of subjectivity in the profession; in the third, he delves into society's responsibility to protect the environment. The publication also features texts from Marx’s collaborators and admirers, including an essay by José Tabacow, partner of Marx in his last projects, and conversations with art critic Jacques Leenhardt.
Théorie du paysage
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As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from bioluminescent single-celled algae to giant kelps, they form the basis of most marine food webs, and are found in almost all environments on the planet. Touted as the(...)
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The lives of seaweeds: A natural history of our planet's seawees and other algae
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As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from bioluminescent single-celled algae to giant kelps, they form the basis of most marine food webs, and are found in almost all environments on the planet. Touted as the biofuel of the future, seaweeds and algae also hold promise for biodegradable packaging, offer a nutritious food source, and exhibit antiviral and antitumor properties. Combining accessible text with stunning images and graphics, this book takes a deep dive to explore the unique characteristics of seaweeds and other algae, outlining their extraordinary evolution as well as their morphology, life histories, ecology, and uses. Offering rare insights into the algal world, ''The lives of seaweeds'' is essential reading for naturalists and marine life enthusiasts.
Arctique
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Un parcours de Qassiarsuk à Rovaniemi autour de l'Arctique, dans des espaces incarnant les conséquences du changement climatique, les tensions géopolitiques mondiales, les défis à relever en matière de transitions. Après avoir quitté le Groenland, puis longé les volcans islandais, nous gagnerons le Nord de la Scandinavie pour finir notre parcours entre Union européenne et(...)
Théorie du paysage
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Arctique
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Un parcours de Qassiarsuk à Rovaniemi autour de l'Arctique, dans des espaces incarnant les conséquences du changement climatique, les tensions géopolitiques mondiales, les défis à relever en matière de transitions. Après avoir quitté le Groenland, puis longé les volcans islandais, nous gagnerons le Nord de la Scandinavie pour finir notre parcours entre Union européenne et Russie. Entre appétit des grandes puissances et tentatives de coopération, découvrez des territoires hétérogènes où s'inventent des formes d'adaptation, d’innovation et de résilience, où les sociétés humaines se questionnent sans doute plus qu’ailleurs sur leur avenir et où les rennes sont parfois plus nombreux que les habitants, le tout avec les meilleurs guides qui ont vécu durablement sur place.
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