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CULTURAL LANDSCAPES PROFESSOR SAYS THEY'RE OUR CONNECTION TO THE PAST AND SOME SHOULD BE SAVED.(FRONT)

Byline: ANITA CLARK aclark@madison.com 608-252-6138

Professor Arnold Alanen sees the world through different eyes.

Where most people see a grassy mall on campus, he sees the history of agriculture and science at UW-Madison.

Where most people see a defunct ore dock on Lake Superior, he sees an enormous symbol of the mining industry that once dominated the region.

Alanen, a professor of landscape architecture, is an evangelist for cultural landscapes, the intersections of land and human influences that depict our history.

From a home's front lawn to an abandoned factory to an elegantly planned park, cultural landscapes show us how and why we have evolved.

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