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In his "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan," the author intimated his intention to make a more thorough exploration of the ruins of the latter country. That intention has since been carried into effect, and the following pages are the result. They describe, as the author has reason to believe, the most extensive journey ever made by a stranger in that peninsula, and contain the account of visits to forty-four ruined cities, or places in which remains or vestiges of ancient population were found. The existence of most of these ruins was entirely unknown to the residents of the capital;—but few had ever been visited by white inhabitants;—they were desolate, and overgrown with trees. For a brief space the stillness that reigned around them was broken, and they were again left to solitude and silence. Time and the elements are hastening them to utter destruction. In a few generations, great edifices, their façades covered with sculptured ornaments, already cracked and yawning, must fall, and become mere shapeless mounds. It has been the fortune of the author to step between them and the entire destruction to which they are destined; and it is his hope to snatch from oblivion these perishing, but still gigantic memorials of a mysterious people. The descriptions are accompanied by full illustrations from Daguerreotype views and drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Catherwood, and the engravings were executed under his personal superintendence.
Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.
This paper seeks to further heritage theory and practice by considering decay as a transformative process contributing to heritage formation and value.
The book The Ruins Lesson: Meaning and Material in Western Culture, Susan Stewart is published by University of Chicago Press.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been no shortage of publications on ruins: their elusive meanings, formal variety and complex temporalities have drawn the interest and fostered the intellectual creativity of art historians, philosophers, cultural historians, anthropologists, cultural geographers and literary scholars alike.1 Much of this literature focuses on contemporary ruins, which are shown to be emblematic of the economic short-termism of our times, but also of the apparently indelible impact of human activity on the environment. It may partly be driven by what Pierre Nora describes as the “imperative of our epoch […] to preserve every indicator of memory,” to isolate material traces from the accelerated flow of history, in order to keep a semblance of continuity with the past (Nora 7-24). But ironically, it mostly presents us with banal vestiges, the product of industry or rampant property development. As Bruce Bégout has recently argued, one may wonder whether the rapidly decaying constructions of contemporary societies may properly be considered as ruins, a notion which entails at least a form of aesthetic value (what Alois Riegl called “age value”).
Susan Stewart’s The Ruins Lesson provides a more classical perspective on the subject, in a broad, masterful panorama of the Western tradition of ruins representations and ruins sentiment.
This is what I was looking for when reflecting on my distaste for using the word ruins to describe things like the site at Chichen Itza.
This paper revisits a much-debated topic in Mesoamerican archaeology: the nature and scope of the political interaction between the highlands of central Mexico and the Maya lowlands during the Classic period (ca. 250-850 A.D.).
vintage 2007 but still great
Beginning with this Spring 2010 edition, Blackbird is featuring a new form of creative nonfiction we’ve chosen to call the video essay.
MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files
Things that matter:
- Story
- Rhythm
- Emotion
- Timing
The goal is to "analyse, structure, manipulate, and craft their raw footage into compelling and dramatic sequences that captivate audiences".
How to build a character in the mind of the audience over time.
How to create anticipation and withhold information so the audience is mesmerised.
How to build rhythm without relying on music.
How to design beautifully stylised shot flow or a powerful intercut.
This publication covers different insect damage characteristics to sunflower seeds.
Learn more about the RHS Plant Trial of Helianthus (sunflower) Fleuroselect, which took place at RHS Hyde Hall, Essex.
Switchly is an open source Android app blocker with profiles, website and in-app blocking, schedules, limits, NFC controls, and APK downloads.
Looks like a DIY approach to Brick — Take Back Control of Your Screen Time – Brick LLC.