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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Park strife

Tourist-oriented leisure spaces as ideological interventions in one of the most bitterly contested landscapes in the world. A reminder that "tak[ing] in the majestic views" is never apolitical.

Posted by MadGrad at 12:30 PM
Labels: architecture, borders, landscape, tourism

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