I must begin by thanking Mitch Rose for his kindness and interest in responding to my recent Tran... more I must begin by thanking Mitch Rose for his kindness and interest in responding to my recent Transactions paper (Wylie 2009). I think too that in his response Rose offers a valuable clarification of the arguments of the paper. Reading through Rose's comments I felt grateful for the clarity, concision and generosity with which my paper's positions regarding landscape, absence and subjectivity were summarised and enlarged upon.
It's mid-June 1994. I am a final-year undergraduate geography student at the University of Manche... more It's mid-June 1994. I am a final-year undergraduate geography student at the University of Manchester. I am walking into one of my final exams, the exams that will determine my degree result. But this one'sa bit different from the others–it's called the 'General Paper'. It isn't an assessment linked to a particular course or module; we haven't had any preparatory lectures.
Abstract. The aim of this paper is to take some steps towards a renewed understanding of landscap... more Abstract. The aim of this paper is to take some steps towards a renewed understanding of landscape and the gazing subject. A first main section,Depth, outlines Merleau-Ponty's final visual philosophy and its attempts to replace a spectatorial conception of vision with an embodied ontology that accords transcendance to the depth of the visual world. A second section,fold', engages with Deleuze's rendition of Leibniz's philosophy as a means of both critiquing and supplementing Merleau-Ponty's account.
Working out from an encounter with a series of memorial benches at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, this p... more Working out from an encounter with a series of memorial benches at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, this paper develops an account of landscape in terms of absence and the non-coincidence of self and world. Arguing that recent work on the topics of landscape, embodiment, perception and material culture has tended to stress presence in various ways, I seek to explore instead here motifs of absence, distance, loss and haunting.
Smoothlands is a sea-dissected valley on the north Devon coast, just south of Hartland Point. It ... more Smoothlands is a sea-dissected valley on the north Devon coast, just south of Hartland Point. It offers topography, atmosphere, distance and exposure. Three days were spent in and around Smoothlands, and phenomenological methods of watching and picturing dovetailed with reading and reflection on the topics of landscape and subjectivity.
I must begin by thanking Mitch Rose for his kindness and interest in responding to my recent Tran... more I must begin by thanking Mitch Rose for his kindness and interest in responding to my recent Transactions paper (Wylie 2009). I think too that in his response Rose offers a valuable clarification of the arguments of the paper. Reading through Rose's comments I felt grateful for the clarity, concision and generosity with which my paper's positions regarding landscape, absence and subjectivity were summarised and enlarged upon.
It's mid-June 1994. I am a final-year undergraduate geography student at the University of Manche... more It's mid-June 1994. I am a final-year undergraduate geography student at the University of Manchester. I am walking into one of my final exams, the exams that will determine my degree result. But this one'sa bit different from the others–it's called the 'General Paper'. It isn't an assessment linked to a particular course or module; we haven't had any preparatory lectures.
Abstract. The aim of this paper is to take some steps towards a renewed understanding of landscap... more Abstract. The aim of this paper is to take some steps towards a renewed understanding of landscape and the gazing subject. A first main section,Depth, outlines Merleau-Ponty's final visual philosophy and its attempts to replace a spectatorial conception of vision with an embodied ontology that accords transcendance to the depth of the visual world. A second section,fold', engages with Deleuze's rendition of Leibniz's philosophy as a means of both critiquing and supplementing Merleau-Ponty's account.
Working out from an encounter with a series of memorial benches at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, this p... more Working out from an encounter with a series of memorial benches at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, this paper develops an account of landscape in terms of absence and the non-coincidence of self and world. Arguing that recent work on the topics of landscape, embodiment, perception and material culture has tended to stress presence in various ways, I seek to explore instead here motifs of absence, distance, loss and haunting.
Smoothlands is a sea-dissected valley on the north Devon coast, just south of Hartland Point. It ... more Smoothlands is a sea-dissected valley on the north Devon coast, just south of Hartland Point. It offers topography, atmosphere, distance and exposure. Three days were spent in and around Smoothlands, and phenomenological methods of watching and picturing dovetailed with reading and reflection on the topics of landscape and subjectivity.
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