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Tony 1963
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 Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:15 am Post subject: What is restorative lens ? |
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Hi there,
"Ecosystem services provide a restorative lens for landscape architecture
practice."
Please tell me what does it mean by providing a restorative lens?
Thanks.
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wanderkind
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: What is restorative lens ? |
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The most common use of lens is:
"An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it."
We look through these (physical object) lenses to view things.
There is a less common definition which is:
"a way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something." (definition 6)
Can you see the connection between Definition 1 and Definition 6?
Definition 6 is the way 'lens' is being used in your sentence. It is similar to 'point of view', or 'perspective', but more academic (it sounds smarter / more sophisticated, people in university love it ^^).
'Lens' as a 'point of view' is something you see in the humanities (definition 2), it is less common in science.
Some examples:
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"I was able to look at things through the international development lens, to try to understand the challenges, and help by sharing my knowledge."
Looking at a situation and focusing on the parts that relate to international development.
"Reading a text through a gender studies lens does not preclude alternate, simultaneous understandings of the same text from other viewpoints."
Reading a text and focusing on, or specially considering how it relates to gender issues. |
| Tony 1963 wrote: |
"Ecosystem services provide a restorative lens for landscape architecture
practice."
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So your sentence means:
Ecosystem services give a point of view that focuses on restoration to people who practice landscape architecture.
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Ecosystem services let people focus on restoration when they do landscape architecture.
(I have no idea what ecosystem services are.) |
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Tony 1963
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:09 am Post subject: Thank you so much wanderkind! You're so helpful! |
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The most common definition of ecosystem services comes from the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): “the benefi ts people obtain from ecosystems” (MA 2005). Ecosystem services are also referred to as environmental goods and services and nature’s benefits.
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