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Representing Wilderness In The Shaping Of America's National Parks: Aesthetics, Boundaries, And Cultures In The Works Of James Fenimore Cooper, John Muir, And Their Artistic Contemporaries, Alana Jajko
Master’s Theses
This project studies the works of James Fenimore Cooper, John Muir, and their artistic contemporaries in relation to the shaping of America’s national parks and what it means for the parks and their attending wilderness to be symbolic of the nation. It seeks to reveal the national parks as artistic representations of a constructed wilderness, while also emphasizing the physical experience of the natural world as a means of supplementing our subjective views. Through the lenses of aesthetics, boundaries, and cultures, I narrow my study to focus on three distinct perspectives by which we can understand the national parks and …
Place-Making And Sustainability, Bucknell Center For Sustainability And The Environment
Place-Making And Sustainability, Bucknell Center For Sustainability And The Environment
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Promotional flyer advertising the Place-making and Sustainability Speaker Series presented by the Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment under the leadership of Dr. Shaunna Barnhart. The series was held during the academic year 2017-2018 and featured faculty responses to the following prompts:
- How does your work relate to the concept of place-making?
- What are potential benefits and/or shortcomings you see for place-making in sustainability?
- What aspects of your work can we apply to a place-making approach to sustainability at Bucknell and in our local region?
Summaries of the discussions are available in the event Place-making and Sustainability Series.