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entity, but not in absolute value. The focus is on shorter timespans and immediate tasks. It is however for the collective an important unit. Much of the stability of society, a community even a family rests on the unit of the life cycle. Generations and the presence of the past bring with them the security and identity shaped through the collective memory.
Hagerstrand focused on this larger unit in his 'Survival and Arena' (1978) as discussed HERE. His visualisations show how the farm, as such the place, was maintained through the continuos 'life lines' of the individuals 'passing by', but it was less the distinct individual than the overall character of the sequence that defined the place.
However for individuals different aspects or events of the life have a 'place' changing character and one of them is definitely the moment the 'individual' transforms into a 'collective'. Of course this is culture based and depending on the individuals character and circumstances, however a certain trend can maybe be described. The concept of the family plays an important role her, but the 'arrival' of the child marks an uncertain moment. A moment that will be prepared, but how. Modelled on personal experience, from memory and peer information a tiny little world is constructed, a world for an new individual, a new generation - the nest.
Donna Schwatz, a photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has documented this moment in her latest project called 'Nest'. The photographs beautifully capture this moment of uncertainty just before the birth of the baby, where the to be parents have the child's room rea
Find Fabian Neuhaus HERE his latest blog post can be found on URBANTICK
Hagerstrand focused on this larger unit in his 'Survival and Arena' (1978) as discussed HERE. His visualisations show how the farm, as such the place, was maintained through the continuos 'life lines' of the individuals 'passing by', but it was less the distinct individual than the overall character of the sequence that defined the place.
However for individuals different aspects or events of the life have a 'place' changing character and one of them is definitely the moment the 'individual' transforms into a 'collective'. Of course this is culture based and depending on the individuals character and circumstances, however a certain trend can maybe be described. The concept of the family plays an important role her, but the 'arrival' of the child marks an uncertain moment. A moment that will be prepared, but how. Modelled on personal experience, from memory and peer information a tiny little world is constructed, a world for an new individual, a new generation - the nest.
Donna Schwatz, a photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has documented this moment in her latest project called 'Nest'. The photographs beautifully capture this moment of uncertainty just before the birth of the baby, where the to be parents have the child's room rea
Find Fabian Neuhaus HERE his latest blog post can be found on URBANTICK
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we go I do need to test things like copy paste features... Let's see
what happens to
the links if they go into word and
come back.
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we go I do need to test things like copy paste features...
Let's see
what happens to
the links if they go into word and
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The seasons are a fundamental experience of the passage of time. There are other indicators on shorter timespan, but the seasons really give this great sense of stability, continuity and achievement - a year has passed. It is not from nothing that mostly the seasons lend themselves for the illustrations of deep feelings, such as feeling light, fresh and in love like spring or low, calm and heavy as in autumn. It also very often stands for the abstraction of a life cycle. Being born, growing up, getting old and dying, as in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
It is not as if there are better seasons or worse, but strong character associations exist as part of the culture and for cultures worldwide according to the local seasonal conditions.
Image taken from serc.carleton.edu / On a 500 million year scale, we see the Great Ice Ages!
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The UK, just had one of the snowiest winters for over thirty years. There was some covering on this HERE. A lot of people on the street start now explaining these events with the global warming. It has sunken in, that something is happening with our planet.
However cold and warm periods where always part of the overall shift beyond the seasons, on the scale of thousands of years. This time however the increase in temperature is different.
The seasonal build up and melting away of ice in the arctic and mountain regions is part of the seasonal phenomena. This way the ice works as a fresh water storage for the planet. If there is now more ice melting away than is produced during the colder month less fresh water is available during the hotter month.
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GPS Tracks Plymouth 2008/09
While in Plymouth, I was recording my person movement on a daily basis with a simple Garmin Handheld GPS device. It is a collection of tracks over the period of one year and it visualizes my interaction with the built environment. Two characteristics can clearly be explained on the image produced. One is that the movement was almost solely purpose orientated. It draws usually a straight line (as direct as possible respecting the built form and the topography) between point A (initial position) and point B (destination). Further more, I can say that also the numbers of destinations are rather limited. Although recorded over the period of one year the movement is restricted and highly predictable. There seems to be only a handful of important location to be that are worth going to. Obviously there are the three main destinations, home, work, and essentials.
The second characteristic is closely related to the first one. The routes stay the same; the movement between the points is repetitive. At the beginning there might be some optimizing going on, but after two three times it seem to lock in and stay how it is.
Overall it is a very personal record of my time in Plymouth. It could be called a dairy, a spatial dairy. It definitely helps to bring up memories from activities and experiences through recapturing the spatial configuration. I am wondering how long this will last. Will it prove to be as good as a photograph to help me remember certain anecdotes in twenty years time?
Image by urbanTick - Plymouth 365
The second characteristic is closely related to the first one. The routes stay the same; the movement between the points is repetitive. At the beginning there might be some optimizing going on, but after two three times it seem to lock in and stay how it is.
Overall it is a very personal record of my time in Plymouth. It could be called a dairy, a spatial dairy. It definitely helps to bring up memories from activities and experiences through recapturing the spatial configuration. I am wondering how long this will last. Will it prove to be as good as a photograph to help me remember certain anecdotes in twenty years time?
Image by urbanTick - Plymouth 365
gps tracks plymouth 2008/09
This image shows the gps tracks collected over the period of one year. it represents my personal movement on a daily basis. the intention is to explore my interaction with the built environment.
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a blog to share observations on urban areas all over the world.
everyone is welcome to share impressions, observation and research from his/her city. if possible connect your observations to some theoretical background.
the intention is to create a rather personal collection of views on the city and to interlink specific topics across the world of urban areas.
everyone is welcome to share impressions, observation and research from his/her city. if possible connect your observations to some theoretical background.
the intention is to create a rather personal collection of views on the city and to interlink specific topics across the world of urban areas.
