Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human experience in which spaces appear radically different depending on time, season, and weather, social science investigation on the subject is meager. From Light to Dark fills this gap, focusing on our interaction with daylight, illumination, and darkness.
Tim Edensor begins by examining the effects of daylight on our perception of landscape, drawing on artworks, particular landscapes, and architectural practice. He then considers the...
Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human e...
Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human experience in which spaces appear radically different depending on time, season, and weather, social science investigation on the subject is meager. From Light to Dark fills this gap, focusing on our interaction with daylight, illumination, and darkness.
Tim Edensor begins by examining the effects of daylight on our perception of landscape, drawing on artworks, particular landscapes, and architectural practice. He then considers the...
Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human e...
What is a lighthouse? What does it do, and how? What does a lighthouse mean symbolically? And what happens when we examine such questions from different disciplinary perspectives? Can sharing these perspectives through an interdisciplinary conversation 'enlighten' our thinking? This volume demonstrates the capacity of interdisciplinarity to transform the way we think. It provides both a comprehensive vision of what diverse disciplinary approaches bring to the topic itself, as well as some insights into how such exchanges act upon each disciplinary perspective. Bringing together a wide range...
What is a lighthouse? What does it do, and how? What does a lighthouse mean symbolically? And what happens when we examine such questions from differe...
