Retrieving landscape
This article focuses on two methods employed in the selection, interpretation, and representation of diverse source materials for developing alternative biographies for my ancestral landscape - Nanhai district in the Pearl River Delta in southern China. These biographies aim to approach Nanhai from...
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This article focuses on two methods employed in the selection, interpretation, and representation of diverse source materials for developing alternative biographies for my ancestral landscape - Nanhai district in the Pearl River Delta in southern China. These biographies aim to approach Nanhai from a long view of continual transformation, as opposed to prevalent readings of the region that focus on the striking spatial contrasts and large-scale developments that have only come about in recent decades.
The chronological reading explores a critical shift in the cosmological understanding of the landscape situated in the 19th century through a selection of historical gazetteer maps, while in the excavational reading the diffuse continuity of the lineage in the present-day landscape of Nanhai is traced. In both methods, the drawing functions as a crucial (research) tool to engage the range of source materials.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c01b4bea853f40af89423db6a56fe3672023-12-25T18:40:11ZengStichting OpenAccessSpool2215-08972215-09002023-12-0110110.47982/spool.2023.1.07Retrieving landscapeHong Wan Chan0Ghent University This article focuses on two methods employed in the selection, interpretation, and representation of diverse source materials for developing alternative biographies for my ancestral landscape - Nanhai district in the Pearl River Delta in southern China. These biographies aim to approach Nanhai from a long view of continual transformation, as opposed to prevalent readings of the region that focus on the striking spatial contrasts and large-scale developments that have only come about in recent decades. The chronological reading explores a critical shift in the cosmological understanding of the landscape situated in the 19th century through a selection of historical gazetteer maps, while in the excavational reading the diffuse continuity of the lineage in the present-day landscape of Nanhai is traced. In both methods, the drawing functions as a crucial (research) tool to engage the range of source materials. https://spool.ac/index.php/spool/article/view/217Pearl River DeltaLandscape BiographyAncestral LandscapeCosmological LandscapeOperative Research |
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| title | Retrieving landscape |
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| title_short | Retrieving landscape |
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| topic | Pearl River Delta Landscape Biography Ancestral Landscape Cosmological Landscape Operative Research |
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