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July 8, 2013 Posted by Magdalena Miłosz Graduate Work

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ABSTRACT by Laura Knap

We insist upon “green space,” but the term’s vague cast brings little into focus. In this thesis I search out what it is that we look for in green space. I consider some ways, within our North American context, that we interact with it, represent it, speak about it and write about it. Drawing together evidence from a diverse range of sources in myth and mapping, poetry, classical philosophy, feminist theory, language, and personal experience, I find enigmatic but persistent geometries of desire binding us to the notion of green space. These desires for green space manifest themselves in relationships of practical dependence, imaginative dependence, violence, and love. But most of all green space is at work, wherever it emerges, at the core of our becoming-other.

Supervisor:
Dereck Revington

Committee Members:
Adrian Blackwell, University of Waterloo
Dr. Anne Bordeleau, University of Waterloo

External Reader:
Dr. Karen Houle, University of Guelph

The Defence Examination will take place:  Monday, July 15, 2013, 2:00 PM ARC 2026

Magdalena Miłosz
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I am a graduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, currently completing my MArch thesis on the design and collective memory of Indian residential schools in Canada.

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About Magdalena Miłosz

I am a graduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, currently completing my MArch thesis on the design and collective memory of Indian residential schools in Canada.

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