There was no other text devoted to the memory of his homeland. The metaphoric term "genius loci" is applied to describe the specifics of the perception of place.MykolaitytėAurelijaCzeslaw Milosz's Readings
The genius of place begins with the prehistory, and the early history of place, the biography of place, but the key is the current ecosystem, both natural and what humans have wrought, and what it will support. The land organism, all organs – earth, water, air, warmth, and all plants...
The Chinese mind usually glamorizes a poet as wearing a ‘coolie hat,’ putting his hand to the plough and standing against an idyllic hillside,” writes Lin Yutang inThe Gay Genius, “provided that he can also compose good verse and beat time to it by striking the buffalo’s horn, and ...
Later, during a walk in golden evening light, the Rector reminds Stephen that the term pagan denotes belonging to the village and the fields, life on the human scale. Penda, suggests the Rector, may still inhabit this place, fighting his final battle against the ‘machine’. In such a ...
It is unfortunate that some anarchists have become distracted by the fuzzy term "hierarchy," and attempt to explain anarchist ideas on that unsound basis. Early anarchists rarely used the term "hierarchy," and when they did they were talking about government (or sometimes church) hierarchy, not...
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The ruined post-industrial anti-landscapes of Detroit are the setting for Taylor’s chapter. She shows how Detroit, a city now synonymous with the idea and capital-decline of the urban ruin, is now valued for its Gothic decay as much as used to be for it
It’s a tough question, one test would be to ascertain whether you have a bullshit job. The term comes from the anthropologist David Graeber’s 2018 book. He postulates some jobs are meaningless and cause societal harm, he goes on to suggest that over half of societal work is pointless ...
Both terms will be looked at in more detail in the theoretical part of my thesis – mainly focusing on aspects of genius loci in relation to architectural and architectonic elements of the former Lucerne Central Prison and the history of the place; and, aspects of hortus conclusus will be ...
Noun1.genius loci- the special atmosphere of a place ambiance,ambience,atmosphere- a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" 2.genius loci- the guardian spirit of a place guardian angel,guardian spirit- an angel believed to have special affection for...