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Use this room when you already know the kind of cultural terrain you want to inspect. For guided orientation, open the Field Map or begin with a pathway.

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  • Hospice Music · 2000s

    Hospice is the third studio album by American indie rock band The Antlers, and their first concept album. It was initially self-distributed by the band in March 2009, and was eventually remastered and re-released once they signed to Frenchkiss Records in August of the same year.

    IdentityAfter-hoursLonging
  • concept Essays

    semantic unit understood in different ways, e.g. as mental representation, ability or abstract object (philosophy)

    ModernityResistanceIdentity
  • The concept album that changed everything. A Day in the Life and the studio as instrument.

    After-hoursUrban isolationLonging
  • The Downward Spiral Music · 1990s

    Industrial rock's most complete artistic statement. Self-destruction as concept album.

    IdentityPowerAfter-hours
  • What's Going On Music · 1970s

    Vietnam, ecology, and inner-city despair as Motown concept album. Soul music's conscience.

    NaturePowerUrban isolation
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  • Hospice Music
  • What's Going On Music
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Bring interpretation forward so the route reads with more clarity, pressure, and argument.

  • concept Essays
  • The Selfish Gene Essays