{"product_id":"coming-in-to-view-explorations-of-radical-shifts-in-beauty-outdoors-9781997596288","title":"Coming In To View: Explorations of radical shifts in beauty outdoors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur personal appreciation of landscapes encompasses all those places we may have touched, visited, or seen. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInevitably, a radical shift in our notions of beauty in the outdoors is underway across all types, from inner city to wilderness. Landscapes confront and influence our physiological, psychological, and aesthetic relationship with the natural world. We question what we see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book's narrative arc of 17 separate essays travels through landscapes from the National Mall in Washington DC to the remote highlands of Mongolia. Uncovering the strains and indications of change in what we now experience outdoors, anywhere, everywhere, whether familiar or unfamiliar, these essays seek to open our eyes to new prospects of landscape appreciation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing In To View\u003c\/em\u003e welcomes the reader to imagine the actions and coalitions necessary to create their own landscapes of liberty for a more than human world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth K. Meyer, FASLA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMerrill D. Peterson Professor of Landscape Architecture, UVA School of Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing In To View\u003c\/em\u003e is a book to linger with rather than rush through, inviting reflection on change-both societal and environmental-through lenses of beauty, climate, and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMoura Quayle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eProfessor Emerita, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, The University of British Columbia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing In To View\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoughtful and extensive exploration of personal perspectives on a diverse set of landscapes ranging from the Washington Mall in DC to the wide steppes of Mongolia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNoel Corkery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFounding Director, Landscape Foundation of Australia Ltd.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Courtenay invites us to redefine our relationship to the world by questioning our internal biases regarding our connections to place, the principle of freedom of movement, and a reappraisal of how we value and define beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCharles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFounding President and CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Courtenay is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. His practice has focused on public works in the urban design and historic preservation spheres, across the USA, Canada, and overseas. A life of international travel, backpacking, hiking, whitewater canoeing, riding, and skiing have afforded access to a range of remote-to-urban landscapes in countries around the world and underwritten a wide appreciation and investigation of landscapes vernacular and designed. For the last eighteen years he has also been busy at rewilding the small family farm in the rural Piedmont of Virginia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Forest Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997596288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Roger Courtenay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491482824885,"sku":"9781997596288","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_890fed47-1af1-4acb-bf80-133afe9b2bd4.jpg?v=1777996588","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/coming-in-to-view-explorations-of-radical-shifts-in-beauty-outdoors-9781997596288","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}