An interrogation of architecture's prevailing myths, and a practice for how to live and die well as an architect in the Anthropocene epoch.  It is an effort to combine joyful representation and speculation (because architecture is both too serious and not nearly serious enough), with philosophy, for still possible pasts, presents and futures. For this it leans mainly on the ideas of Donna Haraway, Gilles Delueze and Felix Guattari, to present a methodology called Nomad Storytelling. A methodology that aims to move between a multiplicity of adjacent sites as to care for them in appropriate ways, with the intention of contributing to the idea of relationally unmaking the environmental urgencies of the 21th century. It consists of 8 chapters dealing with juridical care, letting be as care, humour and shaming, fabulous speculation, non-quantifiable architecture as dissent and graphic design as a crucial part of remembering what the cost of architecture is beyond the monetary, in the end suggesting the idea of architect-as-worm and compost architecture. It’s about not telling another killer story, because they always end with apocalypse or dystopia, and instead tell stories of gathering and fabulous futures, as Ursula K. Le Guin called it. Because it matters which architectures architect architecture and which lines line lines.

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[pt] A Aliança escatológica na Nova Jerusalém de Ap 21,2-4 pouco tem sido considerada em sua relação com o célebre texto de Jr 31,31-34 sobre a Nova Aliança. São muitos os aspectos que os aproximam, bem como aproximam os próprios livros de Apocalipse e Jeremias, relações ainda não suficientemente estudadas. Levando-se em conta a hipótese mais aceita de data de composição do livro do Apocalipse por volta do ano 95 d.C., há, já de início, uma situação histórica comum a ambos: a destruição de Jerusalém e do Templo, o sofrimento do Povo de Deus sob um poder opressor, a desolação iminente e inevitável. A respeito do conteúdo do livro, a esperança de uma restauração futura em termos de uma aliança definitiva e inabalável, é promessa principal em um e outro. Esta pesquisa detevese sobre as relações existentes entre a subseção de Ap 21,2-4, sobre a aliança escatológica na nova Jerusalém, e a seção bem delimitada de Jr 31,31-34, que trata da nova aliança prometida para dias futuros. Ambos os textos apresentam o adjetivo nova (καινή), a fórmula da aliança bilateral – inclusive como elemento central às suas estruturas – e uma sequência de orações que marcam o fim de um tempo (não mais: em Ap 21,4 e em Jr 31,33-34 no TM ou na LXX) e confirmam a novidade do que está sendo inaugurado. Com isso, ainda que se reconheça a influência de outros textos bíblicos sobre o texto de Ap 21,2-4, sendo comum ao autor do Apocalipse várias referências veterotestamentárias na composição de uma única imagem ou cena, acredita-se que Ap 21,2-4 esteja, também, fazendo alusão a Jr 31,31-34 no que lhe é próprio de contribuição, sobretudo sobre o aspecto da aliança. O ideal da Nova Aliança de Jr 31,31-34 só se cumpre plenamente no capítulo final da história humana, na aliança escatológica de Ap 21,2-4. Contudo, a aliança escatológica estabelecida na nova Jerusalém, ainda ultrapassa o que fora prometido em Jr 31,31-34: o relacionamento de Deus com Seu Povo é aprofundado ainda mais, como também o é a ausência de mediações. Esta pesquisa apresenta análises exegéticas das passagens bíblicas de Ap 21,2-4 e Jr 31,31-34 a partir do método histórico-crítico, e aplica, conforme Markl, os critérios de Manfred Pfister para averiguação de possíveis relações intertextuais existentes entre eles. Alcança-se com isto um aprofundamento maior das perícopes, mais vasto e detalhado resultado de conexões entre os textos e evidências da relação entre ambos. Se é certo que, no livro de Jeremias, Babilônia e Jerusalém ocupam interesse central do profeta, se estão ali apresentadas em contraposição, se já se identificou a influência das profecias de Jeremias nos capítulos do livro do Apocalipse destinados ao Juízo da Babilônia, não se pode ignorar que, nos capítulos destinados à salvação escatológica na nova Jerusalém haja igualmente influência do profeta. / [en] The Eschatological Covenant in the New Jerusalem of Rev 21,2-4 has little been considered in its relationship with the famous text of Jer 31,31-34 about the New Covenant. There are many aspects that bring them together, as well as the books of Revelation and Jeremiah themselves, relationships that have not yet been sufficiently studied. Taking into account the most accepted hypothesis of the dateof composition of the Book of Revelation around the year 95 AD, there is, initially, a historical situation common to both: the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, the suffering of the People of God under oppressive power, desolation imminentand inevitable. Regarding the content of the book, the hope of a future restorationin terms of a definitive and unshakable covenant is the main promise in both. This research focused on the relationships between the subsection of Rev 21,2-4, about the eschatological covenant in the new Jerusalem, and the text of Jer 31,31-34,which deals with the new promised covenant for future days. Both texts present theadjective new, the formula of the covenant – even as a central element to their structures – and a sequence of sentences that mark the end of a time (nomore: in Ap 21,4; and in Jer 31,33-34 in the TM or in theLXX) and confirm the newness of what is being inaugurated. Therefore, even if the influence of other biblical texts on the text of Rev 21,2-4 is recognized, as several Old Testament references are common to the composition of the Apocalypse s author, it is believed that Rev 21,2-4 is also making allusion to Jer 31,31-34 in terms of its contribution, especially on the aspect of the covenant. The ideal of the New Covenant of Jer 31,31-34 is only fully fulfilled in the final chapter of human history, in the eschatological covenant of Rev 21,2-4. However, the eschatological covenant established in the new Jerusalem still goes beyond what was promised in Jer 31,31-34: God s relationship with His People is deepened, as is the absence of mediations.This research presents exegetical analyzes of Ap 21,2-4 and Jr 31,31-34 based onthe historical-critical method, and applies according to Markl, Manfred Pfister scriteria for investigating possible intertextual relationships between them. This achieved a deeper understanding of the pericopes, a broader and more detail e dresult of the connections and evidences of the relationship between them. If it is true that, in the book of Jeremiah, Babylon and Jerusalem occupy the prophet scentral interest, if they are presented there in opposition, if the influence of Jeremiah s prophecies has already been identified in the chapters of the book of Revelation destined for the judgment of Babylon, it cannot be ignored that, in thechapters dedicated to eschatological salvation in the new Jerusalem, there is alsothe influence of the prophet.

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal. / Ce mémoire est consacré à l'étude d'un manuscrit médiéval qui illustre l'Apocalypse de saint Jean, le manuscrit Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 439. Cette œuvre réalisée dans le nord de la France au milieu du XVe siècle est unique à la fois dans la tradition exégétique et iconographique du Moyen Age, comme le démontre sa confrontation avec un large corpus de témoins de ces traditions. En effet, aucun autre cycle connu ne contient ni son poème latin ni l'iconographie de ses 48 enluminures. l. Notre étude apporte des indices qui confirment une hypothèse émise récemment par François Avril. Cette œuvre aurait été réalisée par le même artiste qui a enluminé un manuscrit du Champion des Dames de Martin Le Franc (Paris, BnF, fi-. 12476), daté de 1451. D s'agirait d'un artiste artésien-picard ayant probablement œuvré à Cambrai. Nous voulons également démontrer que le copiste de ce manuscrit du Champion des Dames, qui signe Boignare, est le même que celui de l’Apocalypse de Lyon. 2. Le poème latin, connu par ce témoin unique, est destiné à la mémorisation, comme l'atteste son utilisation des procédés mnémotechniques du Moyen Age. Il démarque les Postilles sur l’Apocalypse rédigées vers 1329 par Nicolas de Lyre. Mais ce poème est aussi, à notre connaissance, la seule version rimée d'un commentaire de l'Apocalypse. D paraît avoir été conçu spécialement pour accompagner le cycle d'images du manuscrit, contrairement à ce qui se faisait normalement au Moyen Age, où l'on concevait un cycle d'images pour accompagner un commentaire déjà existant. 3. L'iconographie du manuscrit, dans son ensemble, est originale. Cependant, elle subit l'influence des Apocalypses anglo-françaises, un cycle très populaire à la fin du Moyen Age dans la région où l’Apocalypse de Lyon a été réalisée. Mais cette influence demeure limitée, l'artiste ayant rapidement trouvé sa propre inspiration, et s'émancipant des modèles qu'il avait sous les yeux. Le cycle ainsi créé est unique. Il est strictement fidèle au texte de l'Apocalypse, et tend à donner une importance égale à tous les épisodes du livre saint, contrairement à ce qu'on observe dans les Apocalypse anglo-françaises. Le résultat global est sans équivalent connu; l’Apocalypse de Lyon se situe au carrefour de plusieurs chemins: encore imprégnée des traditions du Moyen Age finissant mais tournée vers la recherche de formes nouvelles. C'est ce qui en fait une œuvre d'un si grand intérêt.

This thesis explores the multi-faceted role of plants, specifically Wituk and Manduru, in Amazonian protests and environmental advocacy. By examining the communicative and relational ontologies inherent in Runa culture, the study elucidates how plants influence social movements and contribute to environmental protection. Wituk and Manduru create paint. Paint facilitates good communication which creates good relationality. Good relationality allows for increased capacities and inhibits greedy consumption allowing for a balanced world order. Through the use and agency of Wituk and Manduru, movements become multi-species phenomena in which ecological entities combine with Runa bodies. The relationships shared between Runa, Wituk, and Manduru are powerful and result in desired environmental outcomes that oppose the consumptive practices that have the potential to end the world.

Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the idea of apocalypse through the lens of science fiction (sf) written during the current fin de siècle period. I have dated this epoch, known as the information era, as starting in 1980 with the advent of personal computing and ending in approximately 2020 when the functional limits of silicon-based digital manufacturing and production are expected to be reached. By surveying the field of contemporary sf, I identify certain trends and subgenres that relate to particular aspects of apocalyptic thought, namely, conceptions of the ‘terror of history,’ the sublimity of accelerated techno-scientific advance, the ‘affective turn’ in media-culture and posthuman philosophy. My principal method of inquiry into how the apocalypse is imagined or ‘figured’ in sf is the concept of hyperstition – a neologism (combining the words ‘hyper’ and ‘superstition’) coined by the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU). Hyperstition describes an aesthetic response whereby cultural fictions – principally, ideas relating to apocalypse – are imagined as transmuting into material realities. I begin by scrutinizing two posthumanist works of theory-fiction (theory written in the mode of sf) by the CCRU and 0rphan Drift which anticipate immanent human extinction and imagine the inception of a new evolutionary cycle of machine-augmented evolution This sensibility is premised on the sociallydestabilising cycles of exponential growth that characterise information-era technological developments, particularly in the digital industries, as well as the accelerated human impact on the natural environment. Central to my argument is the romantic materialist philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and their concepts of accelerationism, schizoanalysis and Bodies without Organs (BwO’s). Their ontology is constructed around the idea that exponential rates of development necessitate a new aesthetic paradigm that ventures beyond philosophies of human access. The narrative of apocalypse, approached from this perspective, can be interpreted in catastrophic or anastrophic terms; either as a permanent ending or as the beginning of something radically new. Using hyperstition, I also investigate the sf of Russell Hoban, Michael Swanwick, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Dan Simmons, M. John Harrison and Paul McAuley to see not only how these authors interpret the concept of cultural acceleration, but also to identify common threads. Countering the catastrophic ‘death of affect’ postulated by theorists such as Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio with the anastrophic rejoinder of cyberdelic information-era countercultures, I conclude by investigating the new ‘affective turn’ in contemporary media theory. The works of theoretical fiction and sf that I investigate are informed, as I demonstrate, by the Situationist techniques of psychogeography, dérive and detournement, as well as by the literary tropes of 18th and 19th century fin de siècle Gothic and dark Romantic fiction. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif ondersoek die idee van apokalips deur die oogpunt van wetenskap fiksie (wf) soos geskryf gedurende die huidige ‘fin de siècle’ tydperk. Ek dateer hierdie epog, bekend as die inligtings-era, as die tydperk wat in 1980 begin met die koms van persoonlike rekenaars en nagenoeg eindig in 2020, wanneer die funksionele limiete van silikon gebaseerde digitale vervaardiging en produksie na verwagting bereik sal word. Deur die veld van kontemporêre wf in oënskou te neem, identifiseer ek sekere neigings en sub-genres wat vergelyk met sekere kenmerke van apokaliptiese denke, naamlik: begrippe soos die ‘verskrikking van geskiedenis’, die verhewendheid van versnelde tegno-wetenskaplike vooruitgang, die ‘emosionele omkeer’ in media-kultuur en post-humanistiese filosofie. My primêre metode van ondersoek van hoe die apokalips voorgestel of ‘beskryf’ kan word in wf, is die begrip van hiper-bygelowigheid - ‘n neologisme (samevoeging van die woorde ‘hiper’ en ‘bygeloof’) soos geskep deur die Kubernetiese Kultuur Navorsings-Eenheid (KKNE) en Nick Land, medestigter van die KKNE. Hiper-bygelowigheid beskryf die proses waarvolgens kulturele versinsels - hoofsaaklik opvattings met betrekking tot apokalips – in materiële realiteite omgeskakel kan word. Ek ondersoek ek twee post-humanistiese werke van teorie-fiksie (teorie geskryf volgens die wf metode) deur KKNE en 0rphan Drift, wat inherente menslike uitwissing verwag en die ontstaan van ‘n nuwe evolusionêre siklus van masjien-toename voorstel. Hierdie proses is gebaseer op die sosiaal-destabiliserende siklus van eksponensiële groei wat kenmerkend is van die inligtings-era se tegnologiese ontwikkelinge, veral in die digitale industrie, sowel as versnelde menslike impak op die natuurlike omgewing. Die kern van my beredenering is die goties-materialisties-teoriese standpunt soos deur Land ingeneem, sowel as die romanties-materialistiese filosofie van Deleuze en Guattari. Hierdie gevalle van neo-materialistiese (of objek-georiënteerde) filosofië word toegelig deur ‘n apokalipties-teoretiese basis bekend as akseleerasionisme. Hierdie uitgangspunt is ontwikkel rondom die idee dat die eksponensiële tempo van ontwikkeling ‘n klimaks sal bereik in ‘n evolusionêre ‘wipplank punt’ en dat ‘n nuwe estetiese paradigma nodig is wat dit bokant die filosofie van menslike vermoë kan waag sodat daar oor hierdie waarskynlikheid geteoretiseer kan word. Die beskrywing van apokalips, soos vanuit hierdie oogpunt beskou, kan vertolk word in beide katastrofiese of anastrofiese terme of as ‘n permanente einde of as die begin van iets wat radikaal nuut sal wees. Deur gebruik te maak van die hiperbygelowigheidsteorie, wat ‘n onderafdeling is van akseleerasionisme, ondersoek ek WF van Russell Hoban, Michael Swanwick, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Dan Simmons, M. John Harrison and Paul McAuley ten einde vas te stel hoe hierdie skrywers die konsep van kulturele akseleerasie interpreteer, maar ook om gemeenskaplike leidrade te identifiseer. Met teenargumentering ten opsigte van die katastrofiese ‘dood van affek’ gepostuleer deur teoretici soos Jean Baudrillard en Paul Virillio met die anastrofiese samevoeging van kuberdeliese inligtings-era-kontra-kulture, ondersoek ek die nuwe ‘gemoedsomkeer’ in kontemporêre mediateorie. Die werke van teoretiese fiksie, sowel as baie van die ander gevalle van wf wat ek ondersoek en soos deur my gedemonstreer, word toegelig deur Situasienistiese tegnieke van psigo-geografie, dérive en detournement, sowel as deur die literêre menigtes van die 19de eeu ‘fin de siècle’ donker Romantiese en Gotiese fiksie.

Thesis (DPhil (Ancient Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / Since time immemorial and throughout the centuries up to the present, the struggle between Good and Evil has played a cardinal role in the “cultural web” of mankind. In the various religions, this dimension of life is linked to the theological issue of human suffering and need in the light of Divine Omnipotence and Grace. Some of the earliest prophets/compilers/authors expressed their own perspectives on this ongoing conflict and burning question. This comparative research stems from a statement by the well-known Iranologist, Mary Boyce. She described the origin of the Christian faith as a new religion that developed out of Judaism, enriched by contact with the old Persian religion, Zoroastrianism. Other researchers also described various aspects of the dualism, eschatology, angelology and demonology, as well as the cosmogony and purity laws, as “obvious” similarities. However, researchers have not yet reached consensus on the possible influence exercised by Zoroastrianism on Judaism and the early Christian writings. The aim of the study is to make a contribution to the ongoing debate from another perspective. Writings from the religions are juxtaposed in full, and analysed and compared according to the war theme and components arising from the writings themselves. A holistic approach offers a more structured starting -point for further research rather to opposing aspects randomly from a large variety of texts. The holistic approach draws attention to similarities as well as differences. Keywords out of each analysis of a component have been placed in a framework to present the summarising comparison more compactly. Historical and literary contexts play an important role in a comparative study. The writings of the three religions originated in four major eras: the Bronze Age/the Sasanian Period, the Hellenistic Era and the Roman Era. The characteristic dualism of Zoroastrianism is limited to the eschatological/apocalyptic war as it is found in the Gathas of Zarathustra. References are also made to the “later” apocalyptic writing, the Bahman Yasht. The most relevant writing in the Judaism (Qumran) is the War Scroll. Richard Bauckham has described Revelations as the “Christian War Scroll”. The analysis of the various aspects shows that core principles in the religions underlie the war themes. Some of the proper names contain defining elements in the determination of dualism and monotheism. Planning and weapons are main components in the strategy of the war - the “revelation” of the modus operandi. The eschatology is caught up in the ultimate end of the war. In the final chapter, the main corresponding elements are placed on a “scale” and “weighed”. Although no further “lexical links” – the weight-bearing criteria of García Martínez – have been found in this study, the amount of corresponding aspects in merely one text per religion is significant. Differences and unique imagery/symbolism put each writing in its own time-slot and framework.

The thesis mainly studies social-historical co(n)texts to understand the polemic in Revelation against the so-called ‘Jews’ and a self-professed prophetess named ‘Jezebel’ (Rev 2-3). The enquiry centres on two areas: (1) the underlying issues to the polemic against the abovenamed contenders, and (2) a reading of a polemical technique in the text against prophetess ‘Jezebel’ through a specific web of associations involving two ‘Jezebels’ and a great harlot. Preliminary studies provide the framework for the main enquiry. ‘Historical anchorage’ is attained in the echoes/allusions of the beast from the sea-abyss to emperor Titus (Ch. 2) and the ‘Satanic trio’ and their cult (Rev 13) to the Flavian dynasty and cult (Ch. 3). A real crisis for Christians is seen late in Domitian’s time involving pressure from the Flavian provincial temple, widespread false accusations of άθεότηζ άσέβεια or maiestas and pressures from Domitian’s rigorous exaction of the Jewish tax. These matters are seen to implicate both Jewish and Gentile Christians (Ch. 4). The figure of the beasts, the social pressure from the imperial cult, and the vulnerability of Christians reflected in these preliminary studies contribute to a fuller understanding of the anti-Judaistic polemic. There are reasons to think that the anti-Judaistic polemic in Rev 2:9-10 and 3:9 is not aimed at the Jewish community per se, but acts to discourage Christians from feigning affiliation with the synagogue to escape social pressure from the imperial cult. There is a growing importance of the imperial cult towards the end of the first century C.E. in Asia Minor, and a judaizing tendency among some Christians there late first century and beyond. Importantly, Rev 14:9- 11 reflects the author’s major concern about (1) participation in the imperial cult and (2) Christian ‘judaizing’ behaviour (the mark of beast as tefillin worn by outsiders to Rabbinic Judaism). Under the author’s creative hand, the beast from the land/false prophet becomes the ‘Satanic’ source of pressure to these two aspects (cf. 13:11-17; Ch. 5). The second major part demonstrates a polemical technique in the text that binds the prophetess ‘Jezebel’ with an OT Queen and the Great Harlot (Rev 17-18). Social meals with drinking parties in guilds/associations and the imperial cult could have been a common context for allurements to sexual immorality and eating idol-food that ‘Jezebel’ advocates. I construct a picture of the prophetess ‘Jezebel’, who perhaps doubles as a patroness of a trade guild incorporating members from the Thyatiran church. Pagan ‘mysteries’ could have been a part of her activities (Ch. 6). I also examine the Great Harlot within the Graeco-Roman context giving attention to her depiction as tyrannical and sexually immoral queens and assimilated goddesses, such as Isis, Cybele, Aphrodite and Roma (Ch. 7). The OT Queen Jezebel is also studied within her social-historical context. She is seen to take on the image of the ‘woman at the window’ (2 Kgs 9:30), reflective of goddess Astarte or her temple servant. Her role as the ‘הבׂבג’ (great lady; 2 Kgs 10:13) and queen mother also fits that of another goddess, Asherah, whose prophets she hosts (Ch. 8). The destruction of Queen Jezebel and that of the Great Harlot contain a polemic against pagan deities they both embody. The prophetess veering into pagan grounds of idolatry is bound tightly with them and is indirectly castigated for her syncretistic practices (Ch. 9). Overall, the author’s polemic in Revelation acts to deter Christians from veering into the grounds of ‘Satan’—the imperial cult and the synagogue (as the author puts it)—and against behaviours, such as sexual license and eating food offered to idols, that would allow Christians to easily enter contexts involving pagan worship.

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of holiness in fine arts in all three parts, namely in theoretical, didactic and fine arts level. The first part of the theoretical level focuses on the concept of holiness and individualization of experience with holiness with respect to manifestation of the category in a broad art context. With the use of specialist literature, the second section of the theoretical research follows on obtained findings about the holiness concept and it also deals with sacral space of The St. Wenceslas' Chapel at The Cathedral of St. Vitus and The Chapel of St. Cross at The Karlštejn Castle with regard to the possibility of a strong psychological effect from these venues. The didactic level is the logical outcome and a free inspiration of the theoretical part. It follows not only on the sacral space of both chapels but it also deals with secular usage of pupils. The main aim of all tasks is to guide pupils to think about category of holiness via their own visual expression in cross-subjects connection, that is with regard to social, cultural and historical context. The authorial fine arts part takes account of many impacts coming from the previous parts. The result is a series of six paintings out of which two can be considered primary experiments. It is mainly personal...

The work offers a comprehensive preview of opinion streams on the theme of eschatology, final things or also the end of time , in various stages of the development of human society, whether Jewish or Christian, with an emphasis on the medieval period in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Iťs based on the biblical texts of the Old and New Testaments, particularly on the New T estament text of the Book of Revelations. It deals with religious situation in the Middle Ages and simultaneously also with political, cultural and social factors. It reveals certain sources of heretical teachings, especially the Vaudois Church, from which eminent theologists' opinions crystallized and mentions the status of heretics in medieval society. It also covers the teachings of John Wycliffe. The work is divided into six parts, in which eschatological moods and vision that reigned i n contemporary societies are substantiated. It analyses them, and literary woeks document the main ideas and opinions of eminent reformátory scholars, such as for example Milíč of Kroměříž, Matěj of Janov, Master Jan Hus and Petr Chelčický. The work presen ts the teachings of these theological and philosophical personalities in the way that they are linked to one another in the issue of eschatology. The individual parts of the work present and...