Word: vernacularized
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Much of Cloverfield's visceral force comes from its use of handheld cameras. By the time Blair Witch was made, unstabilized amateur footage was already visual shorthand for disaster, the vernacular of the apocalypse?think of the Zapruder film or the footage of Rodney King being beaten. And that was long before Sept. 11 and YouTube. Grainy, unstabilized footage gives us a sense that what we're watching is real?that the hand brake is off, that we won't be protected by the bland, safe conventions of a studio movie. "I felt like there...
...international Modernism of the moment, which Bawa was steeped in from his days as a student at the famed Architectural Association in London during the late 1950s. But Bawa's almost exclusive use of local materials was an incipient sign of the homespun revolution to come. His signature "Contemporary Vernacular" style, fusing Modernist elements with traditional design, would fully develop and forever remodel the architectural face of tropical Asia...
...argues that he "should not be viewed as a lone genius, but rather as someone who operated within a circle of sympathetic friends." In fact, no architect is an island, and several individuals - notably Friend, Danish architect Ulrik Plesner, and artists Barbara Sansoni and Laki Senanayake - influenced Bawa's vernacular experiments. As Robson's title suggests, Bawa's legacy, if not his personal renown, continues to thrive because he was not aloof but a collaborator, and because the ideas behind his aristocratic demeanor were essentially democratic - namely, that local tradition must be valued in a globalized world, and the future...
...Franchised Landscape” and “The Discarded Landscape”—are a clear indicator of the artist’s analytic agenda. They present the different themes the photographs analyze and critique: the disappearance of the vernacular, the spreading of homogeneous suburbs and corporations, and, finally, the decaying inner cities left behind. Empty shop windows, Levittowns, and boarded-up apartment buildings tell the story. According to William L. Fox, the author of the first essay appearing in the afterword, the inner city is ruinous and local businesses are disappearing as a direct consequence...
...than my contemptuous friend was to me. Part of the beauty of Harvard is the diversity of regional dialects, and all the mix of cultures and backgrounds it signifies. Everyone from your Brooklyn-bred roommate to the “SoCal” girl in your section thinks her vernacular is the best. Our education isn’t just about response papers and problem sets; it’s also about exposing us to different ideas and perspectives, with the hope of producing cosmopolitan, tolerant and open-minded individuals. And part of that is learning to listen...