"Gestures of approach": aspects of liminality and labyrinths
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to explore some matters of liminality
relevant to labyrinths. To this end, the discussion opens
by considering some implications of the way liminality is defined
before moving on to an examination of labyrinths in terms of
their two- or three-dimensionality. The liminal implications of
these labyrinths as designs and structures are then discussed
in some detail, together with their symbolic/metaphorical aspects.
In the course of this discussion, a taxonomy of the labyrinth-
walking process is presented. The article concludes with a
brief consideration of the liminal significance of the Knossos
Labyrinth’s location on the island of Crete. OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie artikel is om etlike kwessies rondom liminaliteit
met betrekking tot labirinte te ondersoek. Ten einde hierdie
oogmerk te bereik, word die implikasies van die definisie van
liminaliteit eers bespreek. Vervolgens word labirinte in terme
van hulle twee- en driedimensionaliteit ondersoek. Daarna word
die liminale implikasies van hierdie labirinte as ontwerpe en
strukture tesame met hulle simboliese/metaforiese aspekte in
meer detail bespreek. ’n Taksonomie van die labirint wandelproses
word in die loop van die bespreking aangebied. Die artikel sluit af met ’n kort oorweging van die liminale beduidenis
van die Knossos Labirint se ligging op Kreta.
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