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DARK WRITING
GEOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, DESIGN |
| By: |
Paul Carter |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0824832469 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780824832469 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2008 |
| Series: |
Writing Past Colonialism |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Description: |
We do not see empty figures and outlines; we do not move in straight lines. Everywhere we are surrounded by dapple; the geometry of our embodied lives is curviform. But nowhere in the language of cartography and design do these ordinary experiences appear. This book argues that this is a serious omission because they are designs on the world. |
| Synopsis: |
We do not see empty figures and outlines; we do not move in straight lines. Everywhere we are surrounded by dapple; the geometry of our embodied lives is curviform, meandering, bi-pedal. Our personal worlds are timed, inter-positional, and contingent. But nowhere in the language of cartography and design do these ordinary experiences appear. This, "Dark Writing" argues, is a serious omission because they are designs on the world: architects and colonizers use their lines to construct the places where we will live. How can we explain the omission of bodies from maps and plans? |
| Illustrations: |
71 illustrations, 21 in colour, 4 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Hawai'i Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |