Media Matters in Landscape Architecture
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Author: Karen M’Closkey & Keith VanDerSys
This title makes a unique contribution to landscape architectural praxis for its framing of “environmental media” in terms of its dual meaning: the scientific definition of the materials of the natural world and the media studies definition of the interfaces through which environmental issues are conveyed. Authors from a range of disciplines examine how the creation and use of data, images, and models act as the mediums through which an understanding of “environment” or “landscape” arises.In the sciences, environmental media are the materials of the natural world—soils, air, water, plants, microbes. Within STS and media studies, “environmental media” refers broadly to the relationship between environmental issues – such as pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change – and the creation and application of the tools, interfaces, and images, through which information about these issues is conveyed. This book focuses on how these two distinct understandings of environmental media coalesce within the discipline of landscape architecture and other spatial design fields. Authors from a wide range of disciplines—landscape architecture, media studies, science and technology studies, history of science, engineering, ecology, and architecture—examine how the creation and use of data, images, and models act as the mediums through which a particular understanding of “environment” or “landscape” arises. This framing of environmental media emphasizes the relationships among various design media and the specific material and social environments within which they operate.
ISBN 9781957183671. Applied Research & Design. pb. 224 pages. 16.5 x 24 cm.
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This title makes a unique contribution to landscape architectural praxis for its framing of “environmental media” in terms of its dual meaning: the scientific definition of the materials of the natural world and the media studies definition of the interfaces through which environmental issues are conveyed. Authors from a range of disciplines examine how the creation and use of data, images, and models act as the mediums through which an understanding of “environment” or “landscape” arises.In the sciences, environmental media are the materials of the natural world—soils, air, water, plants, microbes. Within STS and media studies, “environmental media” refers broadly to the relationship between environmental issues – such as pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change – and the creation and application of the tools, interfaces, and images, through which information about these issues is conveyed. This book focuses on how these two distinct understandings of environmental media coalesce within the discipline of landscape architecture and other spatial design fields. Authors from a wide range of disciplines—landscape architecture, media studies, science and technology studies, history of science, engineering, ecology, and architecture—examine how the creation and use of data, images, and models act as the mediums through which a particular understanding of “environment” or “landscape” arises. This framing of environmental media emphasizes the relationships among various design media and the specific material and social environments within which they operate.
ISBN 9781957183671. Applied Research & Design. pb. 224 pages. 16.5 x 24 cm.
available