Staking a Claim in Paradise : The Appropriation of Central Asia by the Capitals of China (1625-1945)
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2010-11-01
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ForĂȘt, Philippe
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Abstract
Lecture given at the China in Asia colloquia series, 2010-2011
OBJECTIVE
Understand the non-Chinese notions at work in landscape-making and in thegarden architecture of the imperial capitals of China.
METHODOLOGY
Examine imperial villas, gardens and temples.
Hypothesis: These sites represent physically and explicitly theories andtechniques on landscape appropriation.
Case study: The residences of the Qing dynasty (1625-1912) in Shenyang, Beijing (Yuanming yuan and Yihe yuan) and in Chengde (Bishu shanzhuang),and those of Manchoukouo (1932-1945).
EXPECTED RESULTS
Conceptualize the Qing landscape through changes in scale rather thanthrough ruptures in time.
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historical geography, Central Asia and China, imperial landscape, cultural landscape, notion and representation, place and scale, state building, Qing dynasty (1644-1912) and successor states, capital cities, frontier studies, Beijing, Chengde, Shenyang, Changchun, Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theology::History of religion
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ForĂȘt Philippe, 2010, Staking a Claim in Paradise : The Appropriation of Central Asia by the Capitals of China (1625-1945). http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1933