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Decolonizing the Language of Landscape Architecture

N. Claire Napawan, Linda Chamorro, Debra Guenther and Yiwei Huang
Landscape Journal, May 2023, 42 (1) 109-129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.42.1.109
N. Claire Napawan
N. Claire Napawan is an associate professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Davis.
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Linda Chamorro
Linda Chamorro is an assistant professor of Landscape Architecture at Florida International University.
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Debra Guenther
Debra Guenther, FASLA, is a design partner at Mithun in Seattle, Washington.
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Yiwei Huang
Yiwei Huang is an assistant professor of Landscape Architecture at Purdue University.
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    Humphrey Repton’s Redbooks illustrate the problematic dichotomy of site/sight.

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    A landscape architecture student presents a project interrogating the differences between the terms “housing” and “home” in an effort to reframe goals in a studio assignment. Source: Photo by C. Napawan.

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    Authorship of the Seminal Texts in Landscape Architecture

    Best-Selling Introductory Texts in Landscape Architecture
    Design with NatureIan McHarg1995
    Fundamentals of Landscape ArchitectureTim Waterman2009
    Landscape Architecture Theory: A ReaderSimon Swaffield (ed.)2002
    Foundations of Landscape ArchitectureNorman Booth2011
    Landscape Architecture, Fifth editionJohn Simonds & Barry Starks2013
    Thinking about Landscape ArchitectureBruce Sharky2016
    The Course of Landscape ArchitectureChristophe Girot2016
    Compendium of Landscape ArchitectureKarl Ludwig2017
    Site PlanningLynch & Hack1971
    Landscape UrbanismCharles Waldheim (ed.)2016
    Collected Writings of James CornerJames Corner2014
    Top 5 Recommended Texts by the ASLA Professional Practice Network
    Design with NatureIan McHarg1995
    A Sand County AlmanacAldo Leopold1949
    Landscape ArchitectureJohn Simonds2013
    Death and Life of American CitiesJane Jacobs1961
    Manual of Woody PlantsMichael Dirr2009
    Best-Selling Multiauthor Texts in Landscape Architecture
    TitleEditorPublication DateNo. of Male authorsNo. of Female authorsNo. of White authorsNo. of BIPOC authorsTotal authors
    Theory in Landscape Architecture: A ReaderSimon
    Swaffield
    200229735136
    The Landscape Urbanism ReaderCharles
    Waldheim
    2006 8614014
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    • Abstract
    • THE POWER OF LANGUAGE
    • OUR CURRENT STORIES
    • DECOLONIZATION AND LANDSCAPE
    • DECOLONIZING LANGUAGE
    • DECOLONIZING WAYS OF THINKING
    • DECOLONIZING WAYS OF BEING
    • THE LANDSCAPE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
    • OTHER WORDS FOR LANDSCAPE
    • LANDSCAPE BINARIES
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