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SUMMARY:Missing Greens: the historiography of British environmental consci
 ousness 1900-1980 - Alan Powers\, University of Greenwich
DTSTART:20080430T120000Z
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CONTACT:Karlien Geens
DESCRIPTION:While the historiography of modern architecture has become a w
 ell-tilled academic field in recent years\, the green margins have been re
 latively neglected. As in all aspects of architecture\, the historical stu
 dy needs to be cross-disciplinary and contextual\, but the work so far has
  mainly focused on general theoretical issues and arguments (for and again
 st deep ecology\, for example)\, or on currently fashionable figures\, suc
 h as Heidegger\, who were almost unknown to British architects until redis
 covered by later generations and translated. This talk will list and descr
 ibe some of the social and scientific thinkers whose influence can be trac
 ed in the thinking and discourse of earlier twentieth century architects\,
  landscape practitioners and planners\, including better-known figures suc
 h as Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford\, and less familiar thinkers about t
 he processes of nature\, including scientists such as Lancelot Law White\,
  C. H. Waddington and Gregory Bateson\, tracking some of their intersectio
 ns with the world of design.
LOCATION:Classroom\, Dept of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope Terrace
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