100 Lemmas
These standalone case studies and stories, taken from Johannesburg and elsewhere, help inform our knowledge and understanding of the relevant systems and components which make up our relationship to the ground. Which terminology is the most appropriate? Which specific concepts or ideas seem to pique our interests?Formation: the foundational and fundamental geological events or conditions from which later processes/events respond to.
Kaapvaal Craton
Johannesburg Dome
Vredefort Dome
Topsoil
Müggelsee
Measurement: from representational techniques, to devices and intangible concepts, the study of physical characteristics of a specific topic leads to a broader spectrum of research.
Schwerbelastungskörper
Mining Earthquakes
Low-tech Soil Testing
Soil Texture Triangle
Geologic Time Scale
Stratigraphic Column
Geographic Information System
Ecotone
Cultural Landscape
Prototype: landscape condition that becomes recognizable of the ground that unfolds/highlights sociocultural dynamics and prevalent cultural attitudes, particularly associated with race, ritual, duality of culture, and national image.
Unter den Linden
Zoological Landscape
Counterculture
Cultural Agency
Mine-pit Lakes
Parliament of Things
Land distribution: the racial, social, or economic motivators of land distribution processes and policies.
1913 Natives Land Act
District Six
Eavesdropping
Reconciliation Policy
Land Grabbing
Land Acting
The Red Ants
#PutSouthAfricansFirst
Suburban Enclaves
Parallel State