Fifty Shades of Shadow Places: A Photographic Essay
A visual essay on the physical sites we often don’t see (or don’t want to see).
A visual essay on the physical sites we often don’t see (or don’t want to see).
A visual exploration of the settlement of Australia’s Mallee country by Europeans in the twentieth century.
Using the example of the Stirling Range National Park, Andrea Gaynor shows that the dualistic practice of reservation does not necessarily ensure the preservation or conservation of landscapes and ecosystems.
Katie Holmes explores the making of masculinity and the nation-making activity of agricultural practices in Billy Boyd’s photography of settlers in Australia’s Mallee Country.
Twigg traces the journey of Wimmera ryegrass from Europe to Australia, exploring the profound role it has played in shaping farming practices in southern Australia.
The contributions in this volume explore the way that Australasian environments have been envisioned, worked, and changed in the past, and how ideas about places inform the present and future of the continent.
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This volume explores some of the diverse niches created by humans in different times and places. The essays span the globe, from Texas to China, from Scandinavia to Papua New Guinea, exploring agricultural spaces and indoor biomes, human aesthetics, and Anthropocentric perspectives.
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