ABSTRACT

A collection of short interludes, think pieces, and critical essays on landscape, utopia, philosophy, culture, and food, all written in a highly original and engaging style by academic and theorist Tim Waterman.

Exploring power and democracy, and their shaping of public space and public life, taste, etiquette, belief and ritual, and foodways in community and civic life, the book provides a much-needed critical approach to landscape imaginaries. It discusses landscape in its broadest sense, as a descriptor of the relationship between people and place that occurs everywhere on land, from cities to countryside, suburb to wilderness.

With over fifty black and white illustrations interspersing the twenty-six chapters, this is a book for professionals, academics, and students to dive into and spark discussion on new modes of thinking in the wake of unfolding global crises, such as COVID-19, climate change, fascism 2.0, and beyond.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

Taste, democracy, and everyday life in landscape imaginaries

chapter 2|14 pages

Thailand, Highland, and Secret Island

Landscape and power in Bond films

chapter 3|3 pages

A word… ‘Blang’

chapter 4|17 pages

The flavour of the place

Eating and drinking in Pajottenland

chapter 5|7 pages

The global cucumber

On the Milan Expo 2015

chapter 6|2 pages

A word… ‘Theatre’

chapter 7|3 pages

Feasting is a project

chapter 8|6 pages

At liberty

The Place de la République

chapter 9|2 pages

A word… ‘Profession’

chapter 10|10 pages

Situating the digital commons

A conversation with Ruth Catlow

chapter 11|10 pages

Dining at a distance

Performing the commons across space and time

chapter 13|2 pages

A word… ‘Vast’

chapter 14|17 pages

Making meaning

Utopian method for minds, bodies, and media in architectural design

chapter 15|6 pages

Other stranger's paths

chapter 16|9 pages

Democracy and trespass

Political dimensions of landscape access

chapter 17|2 pages

A word… ‘Habitat’

chapter 18|7 pages

It's about time

The genius temporum of Martí Franch's Girona landscapes

chapter 19|3 pages

Despot, martyr, and fool

An obituary for the Garden Bridge

chapter 22|2 pages

A word… ‘Inevitable’

chapter 24|3 pages

A word… ‘Storytelling’

chapter 25|2 pages

National progress

chapter 26|14 pages

The tasty city

Democratic life and the education of desire