was imagined as aesthetically pleasing, providing a strong spirit of community and representing value/belief systems congruent to their own. Their contemporary Shrangri-La- esque utopian visions were set in contrast to the perceived ‘toxicity’ of their generating societies, establishing these lifestyle travellers as representative of the most alienated of all tourist types (Maoz & Bekerman, 2010). One manifestation in which tourists inhabit such a revised notion of home is Auroville in southern India, where Sharpley and Sundaram (2005) describe the communal lives of a number of ‘permanent tourists’ who have settled in an expatriate community based on utopian ideals. The most determined of this study’s utopia-seekers, however, narrated firm self-concepts and sought an external environment to match their culturally hybridised conceptions of self. Jackie (English, 26) related that a place would need to be extraordinary for her to consider
lubatud. Elulilles peitub jumalik kuldlõige ja kõige skeem, mis sellega kaasneb. Tallinnast 25 km kaugusel asuvas Lilleoru kommuunis on alustatud hiigelsuure paekivist elulille kujundi ehitamist. Kogu kommuuni planeering on sellele kujundile allutatud ning elulille kese on paigutatud loodusliku energiasamba kohale. Indias on elulille kujundi alusel ehitatud hulk pühakodasid ja kommuune, tuntuim neist on ideaallinn Auroville. Silmad Kui me vaatame Kahni Dhakas asuva hospidali fassaadi, märkame me sellel hiigelsuuri müstilisi silmi. Mida need tähendavad? Inimese silmad on hinge peegel. Kas ka ehitise vaim kõneleb meiega läbi silmade? Kord kõrgendatud teadvuse seisundis liikusin Tallinnas üle Toompea mäe ning nägin äkitselt Toompea lossi. Väikesed aknaavad olid järsku rääkima hakanud. Midagi sellist ei olnud ma enne läbi elanud. Olin vapustatud. Ma nägin nendes silmades Toompea vaimu.
700 evening students in late show. Society summarized in The Ubiquitous Chip (1987). VOLUME 5 1970-1980 EXPLORING THE WORLD VOLUME 7 1985-2010? Exploring alternative ways of living and TEACHING IN CANADA 2 W. Lambert Gardiner learning - Esalen Institute, Findhorn, Associate Professor of Communication Auroville and other counter-culture Studies, Concordia University. communities. Author-in-residence at Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, His courses have evolved into three books - A History of Media (2002), Media: W. Lambert Gardiner