Anne Whiston Spirn
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Anne Whiston Spirn's first book, The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design, won the President's Award of Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1984, has been translated into two other languages, and remains a standard university text. Her new book, The Language of Landscape, sets out a theory of landscape and aesthetics that takes account of both human interpretive frameworks and natural process.

Spirn received her A.B. from Radcliffe College and MLA from the University of Pennsylvania.


Lectures:

invited talk
flag Visualizing density in photography
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Alex MacLean,
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flag How Can We Plan for Safe and Sustainable Regions?
as author at  MIT World Series: Big Questions After Big Hurricanes 2005,
together with: Andrew J. Whittle (moderator), Chiang C. Mei, Michael M. J. Fischer,
3323 views
lecture
flag Social documentary photography
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Leslie Tuttle,
4050 views
  lecture
flag To see is the root of idea
as author at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
3388 views
lecture
flag Urban photography of American cities
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Camilo Jose Vergara,
3279 views
  lecture
flag Photography of African American cultural landscapes
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Lewis Watts,
2981 views
lecture
flag Inquiry and Sensing in photography
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Martin Krieger,
2900 views
  lecture
flag Secret games - collaborations with children
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Wendy Ewald,
2883 views
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flag Photography and its role in rebuilding New Orleans
as introducer at  MIT 11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry - Spring 2006,
together with: Steven T. Moga, Will Steacy, Lawrence J. Vale,
2697 views