Preservation, we think about something staying the same. Yet preservation changes things. So thats the focus were going to aim at today. In the context of open space lands here in the u. S. Where often theres this presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the miniseries by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best requested which was taken from a quote from wallace stigner. That natural spaces that have trails for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure, pristine nature thats had some boundary put around it and its been kept a same like a vase in museum. Just kind of static and never changing. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the National Park service which was written and passed by congress in 1916. The Park Service Just had their centennial last year, lots of hoopla. And so you can see that their fundamental purpose is to conserve scenery and provide for the enjoyment
Understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption that a Public Ownership is the landscape. We see the miniseries by ken parks, it wasnal called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing a representative of pristine nature that had some boundaries put around it and has been kept the same, like a vase in a use them, static and never changing. Set aside unchanging for generations. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the service, which was passed by congres
Prof. Watt today we are going to be talking about landscapes and reservation and how preservation unexpectedly changes places we set aside as parks or protected areas. The intention is not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption often that Public Ownership is the best way to protect the landscape. We even see it in the miniseries by ken burns on way back, on National Parks, and it was called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing and so on, are represe
Understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption that a Public Ownership is the landscape. We see the miniseries by ken burns on National Parks, it was called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing a representative of pristine nature that had some boundaries put around it and has been kept the same, like a vase in a use them, static and never changing. Set aside unchanging for generations. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the National Parks servic
Presentation. We are building tonight building tonight so if you do ask a question you will be filmed and please wait until microphone comes to you. And to maintain the book collections and we have kicked off our eighth annual appeal so if you already sent i take you from the bottom of my heart. Dr. White comes to us from austria where he is a professor of history at the university of sydney. He lives on either side of the world but steadies the history of new york city the your city and africanAmerican History. He is author of five books. The most recent book is there irreparable story of Jeremiah Hilton it was wrote his story is gripping why he draws out the excellent backs to supplement with details from wall street and others in that era. We are proud to share that Jeremiah Hilton was a shareholder of the library. Please join me to welcome shane white to the podium. [applause] thank you very much. As far as i unconcerned i talked perfect in you talk strange but that is day zero opi