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Ghost Towns, Abandoned Cities, PostIndustrial and Haunted Landscapes.

The One Aspect In Life That We Cannot Control Is The Indefinite Continuation Of Time.

Abstract

This presentation structured as a website will look to summarize and even dive deeper in some of the most interesting topics we have covered in this course. When we as humans first hear the word "Haunted" we immediately tie this idea of being "Haunted" with feelings of vulnerability, fear, guilt, loss, trauma or lonelyness. Why? Because this idea of something  being "Haunted" doesn't mean that the specific object or place is indefinitely filled with ghosts, or demons or the undead, when something is Haunted it just means that its presence reminds us of how vulnerable, fearful and lonely we really are as human beings. So we throw these terms like "Haunted House" at these old and abandoned places in order to give ourselves an excuse not to explore them. But, what happens when we look past these emotions and willingly choose to explore them? What might we find? Do they hold deeper meanings or values in a modern lifestyle? Through scholarly sources and our course works, all of these questions are answered and displayed on this site using examples of local and international "Haunted Landscapes", "Haunting Photographs" and Post Industrial Landscapes.

Ghost Towns and abandoned cities

An abandoned city is defined as “a community which has completely vanished or is merely a shadow of its former self, in other words, it is a community which is no longer recognizable as the flourishing community it once was. 

Deeper Meanings of Haunted photographs

The one aspect in life that we cannot control is the indefinite continuation of time. Hence, the relationship we have with photographs, they allow us to hold a memory that “projects the past into the present”

Post industrial landscapes

Post industrial landscapes can be found scattered all over the world and while they were once just considered abandoned landscapes from the past, we are not only seeing them becoming readapted but also becoming unique key landmarks for countries, cities and even communities.

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