{"id":6478,"date":"2023-05-10T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:25:16","slug":"envisioning-greatness-through-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/2023\/05\/10\/envisioning-greatness-through-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Envisioning Greatness through Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the middle of the 1700s, private English estates with vast landscapes and curated gardens became a symbol of the elite (Angod & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, 2019). A private estate in rural lands where its residents may walk for miles to sit and write poetry, paint, or frankly do whatever they desire while protected from the commoners was a symbol of privilege, power, and colonization. If you have ever seen Downton Abbey or Pride and Prejudice, you know exactly what I am talking about. However, it is crucial to understand that this landscape of historic buildings with surrounding plains still symbolizes eliteness for schools today. Many historic campuses have the same characteristics when looking at elite schools worldwide. Although the multiple campuses of Everdeen are not precisely within remote areas, the athletic fields spread out across campus create the visual of plains leading into tree lands. Additionally, a wall separates the students from the city streets on the other side of the campus. Besides having a wealthy English aesthetic, this pastoral landscape is critical in producing young elites (Angod & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, 2019).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With this aesthetic, Angod and Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez (2019) argue that as the students look onto this land with an infinite gaze, they can look through the lens of a colonizer in which they are entitled to endless opportunities. This expansive campus makes students feel like they belong everywhere, creating confidence and entitlement. Moreover, Everdeen not only has multiple campuses across Australia, but they also have campuses abroad. This factor adds to the students’ infinite gaze, allowing them to envision themselves conquering whatever they most desire through manifest destiny. While the class diversity at Everdeen is low, and students often travel with their families during holidays, this landscape further reinforces the notion that for the students, the world is their oyster.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Additionally, the wall on the other side of the campus is not only an artificial barrier to protect from outside dangers. This wall prevents peaceful outsiders of the wrong social class from entering the elite space. It symbolizes the segregation between classes that separates the elites from the rest of the city. Angod and Gaztambide-Fernandez (2019) state that the layout of these pastoral campuses is an essential aspect in which elite students learn how to rule. The wall can contribute to this pedagogy by adding to the feelings of exceptionalism by being on the right side of the wall. In contrast, others are not worthy of being leaders of the kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the landscape aesthetic, Everdeen helps its students envision this greatness through the sculptures placed around campus. For example, in the center of a courtyard is a statue in which people climb to the top of a staircase-like structure. Outside the natural landscape, Everdeen further promotes this notion of eliteness through their artwork for students to examine daily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Angod, L., & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, R. (2019). Endless Land, Endless Opportunity<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>More <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the middle of the 1700s, private English estates with vast landscapes and curated gardens became a symbol of the elite (Angod & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, 2019). A private estate in rural lands where its residents may walk for miles to sit and write poetry, paint, or frankly do whatever they desire while protected from the commoners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"builder_content":"

In the middle of the 1700s, private English estates with vast landscapes and curated gardens became a symbol of the elite (Angod & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, 2019). A private estate in rural lands where its residents may walk for miles to sit and write poetry, paint, or frankly do whatever they desire while protected from the commoners was a symbol of privilege, power, and colonization. If you have ever seen Downton Abbey or Pride and Prejudice, you know exactly what I am talking about. However, it is crucial to understand that this landscape of historic buildings with surrounding plains still symbolizes eliteness for schools today. Many historic campuses have the same characteristics when looking at elite schools worldwide. Although the multiple campuses of Everdeen are not precisely within remote areas, the athletic fields spread out across campus create the visual of plains leading into tree lands. Additionally, a wall separates the students from the city streets on the other side of the campus. Besides having a wealthy English aesthetic, this pastoral landscape is critical in producing young elites (Angod & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, 2019).\u00a0<\/p>

With this aesthetic, Angod and Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez (2019) argue that as the students look onto this land with an infinite gaze, they can look through the lens of a colonizer in which they are entitled to endless opportunities. This expansive campus makes students feel like they belong everywhere, creating confidence and entitlement. Moreover, Everdeen not only has multiple campuses across Australia, but they also have campuses abroad. This factor adds to the students' infinite gaze, allowing them to envision themselves conquering whatever they most desire through manifest destiny. While the class diversity at Everdeen is low, and students often travel with their families during holidays, this landscape further reinforces the notion that for the students, the world is their oyster.<\/p>

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Additionally, the wall on the other side of the campus is not only an artificial barrier to protect from outside dangers. This wall prevents peaceful outsiders of the wrong social class from entering the elite space. It symbolizes the segregation between classes that separates the elites from the rest of the city. Angod and Gaztambide-Fernandez (2019) state that the layout of these pastoral campuses is an essential aspect in which elite students learn how to rule. The wall can contribute to this pedagogy by adding to the feelings of exceptionalism by being on the right side of the wall. In contrast, others are not worthy of being leaders of the kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>

Along with the landscape aesthetic, Everdeen helps its students envision this greatness through the sculptures placed around campus. For example, in the center of a courtyard is a statue in which people climb to the top of a staircase-like structure. Outside the natural landscape, Everdeen further promotes this notion of eliteness through their artwork for students to examine daily.\u00a0<\/p>

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Angod, L., & Gaztambide-Fern\u00e1ndez, R. (2019). Endless Land, Endless Opportunity<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6482,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/6482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}