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| 29 Apr 2008 01:46:14 pm |
 Landmark...a mark on the land? |
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Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.
In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. Landmarks in the British English sense are often used for casual navigation, such as giving directions. This is done in American English as well.
A variant is a seamark or daymark, a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless coasts.
A daymark is a structure such as a tower constructed on land. While similar in concept to a lighthouse, a daymark does not have a light and so can only be used during the day.
The term daymark may also refer to the pattern in which a lighthouse is painted, making it more easily identifiable during the day, and many disused lighthouses remain useful daymarks |
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Category : glossary
| Posted By : Elaine |  Comments[72] |  Trackbacks [0] |
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| 14 Mar 2008 06:40:59 pm |
| The science of my research... |
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I have been exploring a language that describes the events that have sculpted the landscape of Glenade and Glencar glaciated valleys. I have paid especial attention within this subjective vocabulary to the aesthetic, phenomenological, and sculptural qualities inherent in describing the development and present tense of these landscapes. As such I have tried to poetically illuminate such words as 'sublimation', 'Latent' and 'Pathetic Fallacy'.
But at last I have the official scientific terms for what I am looking at:
Geomorphology
Geomorphology (from Greek: γη, ge, "earth"; μορφή, morfé, "form"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the study of landforms and the processes that shape them. Geomorphologists seek to understand why landscapes look the way they do: to understand landform history and dynamics, and predict future changes through a combination of field observation, physical experiment, and numerical modeling. Geomorphology is practiced within geology, geodesy, geography, archaeology, and civil and environmental engineering.
Paleogeomorphology
The study of the geomorphology of all or part of the earth's surface at some time in the earth's past.
Glacier Morphology
The form a glacier takes, influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. Types of glaciers range from massive ice sheets, such as the Greenland ice sheet or those in Antarctica, to small cirque glaciers perched on a mountain.
Now, I will be the first to admit I have taken the easy route in defining these words. In keeping with the Cult of the Amateur I have simply 'cut & pasted' the above definitions of these terms from Wikipedia, but you have to start somewhere...
For more on The Cult of the Amateur see: www.cultoftheamateur.com |
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| Posted By : Gareth | Comments[51] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 14 Feb 2008 04:26:39 pm |
| GK Glossary II |
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Sublimation
1.An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.
2.Refine; purify; idealise (GK)
Sublime
Purify or elevate as if by sublimation (GK).
Latent
1. Existing in possibility, but not yet manifest or realised.
Latent Heat physics The heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapour, or a liquid into a vapour without a change in temperature (GK).
U-shaped valley
1. The indexical trace left after a glacier has eroded the sides and bottom of a valley. The negative space marking the legacy and movement of a glacier.
2. Iconic landscapes found in the north of County Leitrim running into County Sligo. (eg. Glenade & Glencar valleys) (GK). |
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| Posted By : Gareth | Comments[78] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 08 Feb 2008 10:48:09 am |
| SB Glossary entries 07.02.08 |
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Imaginary: 1. connotes illusion, seduction and fascination.
2. the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society; historical constructs. (see also social imaginary - Lacan, 1936). SB
Loss: the experience of negative, defined in relation to a thing which was once present. SB |
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| Posted By : Sarah | Comments[48] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 07 Feb 2008 05:41:39 pm |
| Glossary |
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Division of Labour: Scottish philosopher Adam Smith coined the phrase ‘Division of Labour’ in his book ‘The Wealth of Nations’. The term refers specifically to the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency. With the advent of industrialisation, it came to be that, instead of possessing very general skills in a number of areas, workers focused on one particular facet of a given process.
Alienation: Émile Durkheim attributes the existence of alienation to division of labour. He states that if the worker is not aware of where the operations required of him are leading; if he does not link them to any aim, he can no longer perform them, save out of routine. (Durkheim, 1964, p.306)
Marx describes Alienation in four separate incidences
1. Alienation of the worker from his or her species essence: “the loss of the self” (Marx, 1977, p66)
2. Alienation between workers: Capitalism has reduced labour to a commodity as opposed to a form of social bond.
3. Alienation of the worker from the product: (due to objectification of labour).
4. Alienation from the work process itself: As a result of division of labour, the worker has lost all connection with the finished product and the concept of finite process. (Marshall et al,2005, p.12)
References:
Durkheim, Emile, (1964), The Division of Labor in Society, New York: Free Press; London; Collier Macmillan
Marshall, Gordon and Scott, John (eds), (2005), Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, Oxford,
Oxford University Press,
Marx, Karl, (1977), Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1884,Progress Publishers, Moscow.
p.s. I was wondering if anyone has good pictures from our field trip up king's mountain? I don't have any as my camera was out of action that day but I would love to see some on the blog or anywhere else for that matter. Elaine. |
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Category : glossary
| Posted By : Elaine | Comments[50] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 22 Jan 2008 04:11:08 pm |
| First 3 glossary entries (GK) |
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I have to be honest, it took some effort to craft these. Words can get very particular...please feel free to discuss or contradict these terms.
ho•kum (h k m)
Origin: 1917, US theatre. Probably a blend of hocus-pocus and bunkum (ho + kum).
1. A broad repertoire of stagecraft, gags and routines for embracing farce and eliciting a desired response from an audience (original incarnation).
2. Cultural productions that court sentimentalism, populism, sensationalism or unreal situations, dialogue, etc. in a film or play, mostly self consciously (contemporary).
3. The fine art of hokum: a difficult strategy for crafting critical perspectives on contemporary issues.
Although courting nonsense and farce it hokum has variously been used as a subversive and politically incisive tactic. (GK)
Pathetic Fallacy
A form of personification that is as old as poetry, in which it has always been common to find smiling or dancing flowers, angry or cruel winds, brooding mountains, or happy larks. In effect, it is the attribution of human feelings and responses to in-animate things, particularily with regard to the weather and nature. A device used in art and literature (it makes for ‘bad’ science, but according to John Ruskin, its’ over-use also makes for bad poetry. However, it it is a device for something emotional to be communicated which it would be difficult to state "directly." The term was coined by Ruskin in Modern Painters (1856). (GK)
Ecological Guilt
In an individuated consumption driven society, that niggling feeling that your lifestyle is irreparably damaging the planet. Possibly derived from a loss of connection (and concern) to the source of products, where they come from and how their production impacts on social, ecological and economic relations. Usually associated with those with higher levels of disposable income but not always. (GK) |
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| Posted By : Gareth | Comments[41] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 21 Jan 2008 04:57:57 pm |
| Glossary 21.01.08 |
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Here is the beginnings of my contribution to the glossary...
Amnesia: partial or total loss of memory (wilful or by force); one effect is the inability to imagine the future. Fictional narrative convention (film, anime, soap opera etc). SB
Ersatz: a substitute or imitation, typically of inferior value (from the Greek replacement). SB
Nostalgia:
1.connected to a sense of loss: a longing for a time or place that no longer exists, or never existed. cf false memory.
2.Described by Svetlana Boym as a ‘historical emotion’: the twentieth century is bookended with modernist utopianism at its origins and nostalgia at its closure.
3.The word is made up of two Greek roots (νόστος = nostos = returning home, and άλγος = algos = pain/longing). The word was coined/ the condition diagnosed in the eighteenth century by a Swiss medical doctor: it was originally a disease (severe homesickness) suffered by soldiers.
4.Walter Benjamin refers to ‘revolutionary nostalgia’ and its critical potential for revisiting the past.
5.Nostalgia as a specific (untranslatable) emotion has other names in various languages: Heimweh in German; hiraeth in Welsh, el mal de corazón in Spanish; litost in Czech; the Polish toska; the Portuguese and Brazilians have saudade; and Romanians claim dor.
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| Posted By : Sarah | Comments[50] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 21 Jan 2008 02:52:53 pm |
| Space Shuttle Glossary |
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I have isolated the glossary for the Space Shuttle project, myself and Sarah took part in. Currently i can't upload this document as a PDF or Word Document, but it is a nice entity. Again it plays on this idea of tailoring words to particular and user specific contexts which works well.
http://www.spaceshuttle.org.uk/ - Space Shuttle Home page
http://www.spaceshuttle.org.uk/publications.htm - Space Shuttle Catalogue to download
Anyone had success uploading PDF's etc.?
Excerpt from Space Shuttle Dictionary:
Sustainability - See>Longevity. Compare>sustained enthusiasm in long term projects; >sustained honeymoons.
Temporary - Subversive strategy. Reluctance to make final statements. May lead to weightlessness. Compare> Market stall.
Transformation - Creative energy may change a foremost common idea/ environment into a memorable, radiant quality. In nature: The white low drifting clouds of blossoming cherry trees. Early stages of love. See>poetic.
Translation - The assumption that artists have to learn to speak in layman’s terms, away from specialist terminology in order to be understandable for the so-called ‘common’ people. The refusal to do so can however result in creative misunderstanding.< Translation of the word ‘SPACE SHUTTLE’ into Chinese - a sticker on the shuttle with the translation caused controversy and concerns during ‘Pass Odyssey’ and fears of an alienation of the dominant white community. Once up, no one noticed! See >Communication, >Vocabulary. |
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| Posted By : Gareth | Comments[21] | Trackbacks [0] |
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| 14 Jan 2008 01:07:29 pm |
| Glossary |
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Further to our meeting last Saturday, it was suggested that the development of a collective project glossary would be a good idea. This would tie in nicely with Sean's Keyword document which he gave us all, and also give us the opportunity to particularise, specify and hybridise our use of language. Obviously the best vehicle we have for this is the Blog. The glossary could grow into a really interesting entity, worthy of a place in the final publication/project presentation.
So it would be good to get the ball rolling on this...if everyone threw in a few words and terms mixed with their motivations and interpretations for the use of these words this could get interesting. Of course individuals can have different, complementary or conflicting interpretations of the same words with respect to their research angle.
Warm regards,
G. |
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| Posted By : Gareth | Comments[43] | Trackbacks [0] |
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