Reflections on Landscape

February 6, 2018 In Migration Landscapes By admin

Cultural Pluralism in Australian Designers

Cultural Pluralism in Australian Designers Landscape design in Australia is represented by two main design approaches; international design styles and an Australian landscape design ethic using abstract representations of the Australian landscape. There are also new design approaches emerging from designers who are migrants or children...

February 6, 2018 In Migrant Gardeners, Migration Landscapes By admin

Migrant Gardeners in Brisbane: Celebrating an Ephemeral Heritage

A number of unusualgardens nestle among the hills and dales in and around Brisbane. These are the gardens fulfilling the dreams and longings of migrant gardeners who have arrived in Australia for different reasons and at different times over the last fifty to sixty years,...

February 6, 2018 In Migration & Place By admin

Refugees in Australia

Migrants have added to the richness of Australian cities, so why are we afraid of refugees? Have a look at the essays at Migration Landscapes They are about how migrants have made wonderful places in Australian cities....

February 6, 2018 In Australian Designers By admin

VIBRANT COSMOPOLITANISM

VIBRANT COSMOPOLITANISM OR UNDERSTATED AUSTRALIAN: AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE PRACTICE IN THE ‘SPACE-IN-BETWEEN’ Professor Helen Armstrong, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, October 1998. Landscape architectural practice should be a site for insurgency rather than its more common state of paranoia about engineers and architects. Anarchy and parodic anti-heroes are...

February 6, 2018 In Cultural Landscapes By admin

FOLK DESIGN: Common Ground and Local Distinctiveness

FOLK DESIGN: Common Ground and Local Distinctiveness. www.commonground.org.uk Common Ground is a community conservation movement which promotes the importance of local distinctiveness and the common culture. It does this by forging close links between local landscapes and the arts, using the arts to reveal how we engage...

February 6, 2018 In Cultural Landscapes By admin

Future Gardens: Re-enchantment of the Garden as a Place of Hope

Future Gardens: Re-enchantment of the Garden as a Place of Hope By Helen Armstrong, 2004 One has to wonder who will have gardens in the future. If the major cities in Australia continue to absorb people at the current rate and if politicians and urban planners stick to...

February 5, 2018 In Cultural Landscapes By admin

The Spirit of the Greeks in Australian Cities

Professor Emeritus Helen Armstrong, QUT Abstract Many migrant groups have contributed to Australian places. The Greek story is one of many successful legacies of migration to Australia across a number of generations. It is a valuable contribution to the vision of Australia as a demonstrably successful multicultural...

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