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Flow and the capacity to exceed form

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Rivers as artifacts by Matt Edgeworth
For the most part rivers tend to be regarded as more or less natural features of a landscape or townscape … Yet a river and its flow of water is actually often as culturally re-shaped, used and re-used, as any artifact or building … Are rivers natural or cultural? Rivers […]

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Re-valuing urban space

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Urban Exploration: a Subculture at a Glance by Veronica Davidov

As subcultures go, “urban exploration” or “urbexing” is a very materially embedded one, where community formation happens around specific physical locations, even though as a global phenomenon, it is almost entirely facilitated by the internet … What all of these subgroups share is a value system […]

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