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Field | Guide: John Berger and the diagrammatic exploration of place

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Noordhuis-Fairfax, Sarina

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Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University

Abstract

Positioned between writing and drawing, the diagram is proposed by John Berger as an alternative strategy for articulating encounters with landscape. A diagrammatic approach offers a schematic vocabulary that can compress time and offer a spatial reading of information. Situated within the contemporary field of direct data visualisation, my practice-led research interprets Berger’s ‘Field’ essay as a guide to producing four field | studies within a suburban park in Canberra. My seasonal investigations demonstrate how applying the conventions of the pictorial list, dot-distribution map, routing diagram and colour-wheel reveals subtle ecological and biographical narratives.

Keywords

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/154278

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Open Access

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10.25911/5d514144d8027

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