Cultural Landscapes

February 10, 2018 In Cultural Landscapes By admin

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 as a site of paranoia about architects and engineers. Anarchy and parodic anti-heroes are a strong...

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...