Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community and Boundaries

[lance millward (millwardl]

Im interested in the idea of community as defined and controled space.
The idea of territory and the naming and claiming of space to this end.
I was trying to explain to someone about the lack of evidence of
indigenous culture in the New Zealand landscape, and they responded by
saying that landscape was not about control or ownership but about
connection with the land.

I wonder to, if personal, family and community space is really defined
by the degree of connection we feel with that space rather than
ownership over it.

It may be a fine line between the two issues, I was just thinking about
it while I was developing my design for a conceptual closer community

lance magor millward
landscape architect from New Zealand