- Title
- The landscape holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask : perspectives of an environmental scientist
- Creator
- Ellery, William F N
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:584
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018944
- Description
- [From the text] Implicit in the title of my talk is the idea that the landscape has a voice – it "holds answers". Our understanding of landscapes depends on the questions we ask about their appearance and dynamics. What I love about the voice of landscapes is its gentle nature – it whispers. It's a seductive voice, inviting one to hear secrets. I have long been curious about the intimate language of landscapes and this has stemmed from a personal connection with nature from a very early age. My interests led me into the fields of ecology and geomorphology, both of which have allowed me to unravel some of these secrets. So, in tonight’s talk there are a number of narratives that form a part of my story. The first narrative is about science. It’s about how we uncover nature’s secrets and thus create new understanding.
- Format
- 35 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Environmental Science
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ellery, William Nolan (Fred) (2013) The landscape holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask: Perspectives of an environmental scientist. Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 24 April 2013.
- Rights
- Ellery, W N
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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