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22.8.1: Introduction
Considerations about perception offer a powerful tool for an analysis of the built environment. In a way, the very term “environment” evokes a perceptual dimension: it refers to that which surrounds a participant. Hence the point of view of the participant is determinant.
Perceptual analysis seeks to identify such points of view, in order to look at the contextual space (whether a single house or a large monumental complex) with the (-emic) perspective that was that of the ancients.
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22.8.2: The urban landscape
Several examples of perceptual analysis are offered in the methodology section of the website:
In the ongoing analysis of units of the built environment, it will be useful to develop this sensitivity and to seek demonstrable points of view that unify various portions of the urban landscape.
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22.8.3: Perceptual geography
On a larger scale, the landscape within which the built environment of Urkesh is, still today, inserted, does play an important role for a full appreciation of the ancient architecture. The example of the perceptual geography applied to the revetment wall is the most notable one.
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