Diagnostic forest features read like the words of a narrative language
Evidence
This new language has nouns, verbs, and adjectives just as a written language does, but its words are things such as small stones in a wall, a hollowed-out stump, or a basal scar on a tree trunk. All of these details can be put together like words on a page to tell rich stories about a forest’s past. — Tom Wessels, Forest Forensics, 10
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces basal scar and the nouns-of-the-landscape framing — core field-guide terms for the course.
- XREF: Connects to the Eco-Justice thread: small landscape details are legible evidence of past land use, not merely scenery. — connects to: Landscape reading is a learned language that fosters intimacy with place — Tom Wessels, Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to…, 9; Landscape reading answers some histories while opening further questions — Tom Wessels, Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to…, 28; Proximity and intimacy to a place can blind observers to its disturbance history — Tom Wessels, Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to…, 7 (+1 more)
Related
- Landscape reading is a learned language that fosters intimacy with place (similarity 0.82)
- Tom Wessels — Forest Forensics A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape (similarity 0.80)
- Landscape reading answers some histories while opening further questions (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Linguistic thoughts can be heard as sounds rather than meanings
#complicates(0.72) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 221