Tag: Reading the Landscape
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Traces of Industry in the Trees of Jefferson National Forest
in EssaysChelsea Fisher follows the entangled histories of iron and paper in a second-growth forest.
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Weaponizing the Desert at the U.S.–Mexico Border
in EssaysBorder fencing straddles the Sonoran Desert and other harsh environments. Kevin Cooney shows how infrastructure gaps are key to U.S. immigration policy.
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The Surveyor’s Stone: Unearthing Hidden Markers of the American Landscape
in EssaysBuried in the nineteenth century, stone markers continue to serve as the official, and often elusive, demarcation points of the Public Land Survey System.
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Six Quick Lessons in How to Read a Landscape
in ChecklistsHow do you teach someone to re-see a place they know well? Try these tips on introducing students to the practice of treating landscapes as historical documents.