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New Aesthetics for House and Workspace. From the War Against Smells to the Search of Perfumes [PDF]
PadThe sense of smell has long been expunged from aesthetic reflection. Although we could refer to Condillac and the famous example of the statue that comes to life starting from the sense of smell, the French philosopher himself believed that smell was the
Pierluigi Panza
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„Miasto nigdy się nie kończy…”. Mroczne oblicze miasta w prozie Herty Müller
Studia Rossica PosnaniensiaOne of the recurring motifs in Herta Müllerʼs work is the experience of the city, which often becomes a space of threat, violence, uncertainty, and finally repression and death.
Estera Głuszko-Boczoń
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an abiotic natural phenomenon that contributes to human well‐being. There is currently a significant research gap in primary qualitative valuation of the aurora's links to people. This exploratory qualitative study applies the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ...
James David Broome +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urban nature provides essential ecosystem services, but their use and perception vary based on socio‐demographic factors, including settlement type, which reflects differences in socio‐economic and environmental conditions. This study compares how residents of new town developments (master‐planned areas) and unplanned settlements (organically ...
Shaikh Fairul Edros Ahmad Shaikh +4 more
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape ManagementTourists’ visual preferences are of paramount importance for the local garden environment assessment. However, the diversity of garden elements presents challenges in achieving uniform assessments.
Wenjie Liu, Rouran Zhang, Huan Li
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On Microclimatic Islands. The Garden as a Place of Intensified Thermal Experience
Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère, 2019 Gardens have always been appreciated as places of particular microclimatic qualities. Seen within the broader context of Enlightenment, gardens can be conceived as places of intensified thermal experience and as man-made concentrations of climate. In the
Sascha Roesler
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urban community gardens are often assumed to enhance fine‐scale biodiversity, yet repeated disturbance and shared horticultural norms may also contribute to urban biotic homogenization—the convergence of species composition across spatial scales and sites within the urban matrix.
Kristen Jovanelly, Theresa W. Ong
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Aesthetic Engagement in the City
Contemporary Aesthetics, 2013 This article aims at showing how environmental aesthetics relates to the common environment, the ordinary environment that we discuss, share, and live in. Aesthetics has primarily been understood in relation to art and art history, but it has now been emancipated from this framework of interpretation.
Blanc, Nathalie, Rosen, Miriam
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English Studies in Africa, 2022 This article looks at the relatively recent tendency to aestheticize life in Nairobi’s working-class and informal neighbourhoods in different forms of art and media. It focuses on two case studies – Steve Bloom’s photobook, Trading Places: The Merchants of Nairobi (2009) and the first issue of the Kenyan literary magazine Kwani? (2003).
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Curating landscapes to encourage care for biodiversity through arts and citizen science
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how combining Citizen Science and Art workshops within curated wildflower meadows can generate repeated, positive experiences with nature, and foster a sense of care for it. The project aimed to increase awareness, encourage responsibility, and develop competencies related to urban nature.
Elisa Olivares Esquivel +2 more
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