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Double Dragon Gate - Haruna Shrine (榛名神社), in Gunma, Japan
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Aït-Ben-Haddou (ⴰⵢⵜ ⴱⴻⵏⵃⴰⴷⴷⵓ; آيت بن حدّو) - Historic Kasbah in Morocco
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"It is precisely what is invisible in the land that makes what is merely empty space to one person, a place to another." - Yi Fu Tuan
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A 1798 view of The Great Pagoda at Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, South India - by Thomas Daniell, (1798)
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Diagram of Edward T. Hall's personal reaction bubbles (1966)
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Situated on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo along the banks of Osun River, the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is a dense forest famous for being the home of the goddess of fertility in Yoruba land. The forest houses shrines, sculpture, art works and the sacred river. There is a festival celebrated in the month of August every year. (See this overview video)
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Entrance gate of Haruna shrine, Gunma, Japan (榛名神社). Photo by 小梨怜さん
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Placemaking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemaking
Participatory design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design
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Thoughts on Scared Spaces
Over the past 100y, we have replaced Churches with Shopping Malls, Libraries with Fast Food Restaurants, Gardens with Parking Lots, Town Squares with Highways and Temples with Business Centres. While such changes made economically “sense”, the loss of sacred spaces is deeply inhumane. It is intimately connected with the rise of societal sicknesses and loss of diversity of experience. One of the great challenges for our generation is how to (re)invent secular sacred spaces. Any links/inspirations most welcome! #SacredSpaces
Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom Iran – from https://www.instagram.com/m1rasoulifard/
