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Every Fountain Tells a Story: Histories of Civic Water in Australia
Australian Historical Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-10 , DOI: 10.1080/1031461x.2020.1871044
Andrea Gaynor 1 , Daniel Jan Martin 2
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Fountains and water features have had a prominent and enduring presence in Australian cities yet have received little critical historical attention. This article develops the novel concept of civic water, treating it as a practice that uses the sensory qualities of water to attract viewer-‘readers’ and convey a range of messages. The active ornamentality inherent in moving water lends it a particular power to inscribe meaning in public spaces. In an intertextual way, referring to a longer, evolving tradition of ornamental water, those practising civic water have used it to tell stories about the achievements of an urban society, with infrastructure, civilisation and nature emerging as important themes across time and space. In imposing these stories upon public spaces, civic water reflects the power of individuals and organisations to shape public discourse and behaviour. Like all storytelling, however, civic water is subject to multiple uses and contested interpretations.



中文翻译:

每个喷泉都讲述一个故事:澳大利亚市政水的历史

喷泉和水景在澳大利亚城市中一直占有重要地位,但历史很少受到关注。本文提出了公民用水的新概念,将其视为一种利用水的感官品质吸引观看者“读者”并传达各种信息的实践。流动水所固有的活跃装饰性使其在公共场所具有特殊的刻写意义。在实践中,公民用水的创作者们以一种互文的方式指的是更长的,不断发展的观赏水传统,他们利用它来讲述有关城市社会成就的故事,其中基础设施,文明和自然成为跨越时空的重要主题。在将这些故事强加于公共场所时,公民用水反映了个人和组织塑造公共话语和行为的力量。像所有讲故事一样,市政用水也有多种用途和有争议的解释。

更新日期:2021-05-11
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