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Vocabulary
Where X does something, Y does something
1. Does "where" in this context mean "while" and "although" showing the contrast between the function of flˆaneur and situationist practices?
2. Does the highlighted "they" mean "situationist practices"? (i. e. situationist practices are political acts which ....)
3. Does "a detachment from" mean "to be separated from" or "to be a part of"?
Context:
Here a key distinction emerges between the latter and the apparently related practice of flˆ anerie. Where the flˆaneur favours a form of ironic detachment from the ‘society of the spectacle’, situationist practices are ‘characterised by an active hostility to the representation of urban experience’. Instead, they are ‘political acts which aim to reinstate lived experience as the true map of the city’
2. Does the highlighted "they" mean "situationist practices"? (i. e. situationist practices are political acts which ....)
3. Does "a detachment from" mean "to be separated from" or "to be a part of"?
Context:
Here a key distinction emerges between the latter and the apparently related practice of flˆ anerie. Where the flˆaneur favours a form of ironic detachment from the ‘society of the spectacle’, situationist practices are ‘characterised by an active hostility to the representation of urban experience’. Instead, they are ‘political acts which aim to reinstate lived experience as the true map of the city’
Top answer
1) It mens while . It doesn't mean although . There is contrast, not causality.
- 1) It mens while .
- It doesn't mean although .
- There is contrast, not causality.
- 2) Yes.
- 3) Detachment is akin to separation .
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1) It mens while. It doesn't mean although. There is contrast, not causality.
2) Yes.
3) Detachment is akin to separation. It suggests indifference or even aloofness.
H.
2) Yes.
3) Detachment is akin to separation. It suggests indifference or even aloofness.
H.
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