find it where you listen to podcasts. so, today we re going to be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places we set aside as parks and protected areas. the intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of the protective spaces but to make the process more visual, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time but why they have changed over time. we think of some things staying the thing. this changes things. that s the focus we re going to aim at today. and i m going to there s often a presumption that public ownership is the best way to protect ownership. we see the series on america s parks called america s best idea, that natural spaces that have trails and for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure pristine nature that s had some boundaries put around it and it s been kept the same like a vase in a museum, just kin
changes the places we set aside as parks or other protected areas. the intention here is really, not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then 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 sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. because most of us when we think of preservation we think of something staying the same. and yet, preservation actually changes things, so that is really kind of the focus we are going to aim at today. i m going to see if i can manage this. there i go. so in the context of open space lands here in the u.s., there is this sort of presumption that public ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. we even see the mini series by can burns from ways back on national parks. it was called america s best idea. that s actually taken from a quote. that natural spaces that have trails for hiki
land. she also talks about her research on the point reyes national seashore which used to be a ranch community before designated a national park in 1960s. her class is about an hour and ten minutes. so today, we re going to be talking ant landscapes and preservation and sort of how we change the places your intention is not only understand the history of these protected spaces, but to make the process of preservation more visible. to make it more easier to understand the history of parks and how they have changed over time and sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something saying the same. yet perreservation changes thin. in the context of space here in the u.s., there s this p 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 america s best idea, which is taken from a quote from wa
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 america s 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
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 america s best idea. that natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing and so on,