Vandalyn Hudson
1.18.2021
Response Paper #1
To summarize the argument of the J.B. Jackson, “The World Itself” article, he defines the word “landscape” between landscape architecture and landscape painting. Jackson also mentions how many other people and countries use those words differently and its meaning is different as well. On the other hand, the article “Defining Places” by Tim Cresswell is somewhat similar to J.B. Jackson. Cresswell’s main argument is based on how the word ‘place’ is used in a variety of content. Although, he says that the term ‘place’ simply means “they are all spaces which people have made meaningful” Cresswell,T (2015) Place: An Introduction, Jackson’s saying is also similar. He says, “a landscape is a space deliberately created to speed up or slow down the process of nature” (Jackson, J.B. The Word Itself). Some keywords in Jackson’s article are landscape architecture, landscape painting, scape, space, and land. The most specific claim in this article would be that Jackson talks about how landscape is just a meaning for space. According to the article, it is said that, “land is both a larger and enclosed space” and it is a man-made system that is around us. For example, a historical space that can be used for both articles would be in Seattle, WA called the Freeway Park is a good example that uses arguments from the text. It is a man-made landscape as well as a place that is meaningful to people. Before the land was nothing, until it was created into a landscape architecture for people to view.
Vandalyn, You have included a lot of important sentences from the text in your response and it is true that the authors address many different meanings of the word place and landscape. But rather than collecting all of the examples, step back after reading, and try to locate and define each author specific final definition of their key terms.
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