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‘Stralia or Europe?

This essay builds on a previous essay that focused on Jan Kolen’s article ‘Landscapes move – and challenge borders’. What makes his article special is how he builds on Denis Cosgrove’s understanding of landscape as a way of seeing the world that is presented in ‘Prospect, Perspective and the Evolution of the Landscape Idea’ and, […]

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Keep moving, much to see here

People tend to think that landscapes are these neatly delineated entities. Plus, it’s not just that people speak of this and/or that landscape, whatever it may be, like in reference to what they see in front of them. That’s fair enough. That’s how a language like English works. We segment what’s otherwise a continuum. It’s […]