Interpretive Perspectives
A Collection of Essays on Interpreting Nature and Culture
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2010
66 pages
978-1-879931-36-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays represents some of the best work of two significant, contemporary voices in the field of interpretation, including original pieces written for this publication and reprints of articles that have appeared in National Association for Interpretation publications spanning three decades. Whether you are new to the field or an experienced interpreter, you will be inspired by Larry Beck and Ted Cable's unique ability to find interpretive lessons in tangential fields, beauty in the everyday, and hope in the future
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
File size
1,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-879931-36-7 (9781879931367)
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Larry Beck | Ted Cable
Interpretive Perspectives
A Collection of Essays on Interpreting Nature and Culture
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01/2010
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Persons
Larry Beck, PhD, is emeritus professor at San Diego State University where he received the Monty (Distinguished Faculty) Award for his scholarship and teaching, the university's highest honor. He received the National Association for Interpretation's Meritorious Service Award and Fellow Award (NAI's highest honor). Beck has written extensively in the interpretive field as lead author of The Gifts of Interpretation: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture, Interpretive Perspectives, and Interpreting Cultural and Natural Heritage: For a Better World. Prior to more than four decades at San Diego State University he worked as a field interpreter at several units of the National Park Service including Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Most recently he received NAI's President's Award for his 2018-2024 "Justice for All" series in Legacy magazine that focused on justice, equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion issues.
Content
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Biographical Stories: The Authors
- A Passion for Wilderness
- A Passion for Birds
- 2 Voices from Literature and the Arts
- To Enjoy Understandingly
- Musings on Interpretation
- Lee Stetson on Interpretation
- 3 Professionalism
- Resolving the Interpreter's Identity Problem
- Becoming Better Interpreters
- 4 Application
- A Pocketchange History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Interpreting Our State's Heritage
- 5 Universal Concepts
- What is the Essence of Our Professional Responsibility?
- Wicked Interpretation: Lessons from Broadway
- 6 Global Interpretation
- The Role of Interpretation in International Tourism
- VolunTourism: Seeing the World and Saving the World
- 7 Inspiration
- Interpretive Lighthouses
- The Need for Interpretation: Now More than Ever
- The Meaning of Interpretation: The Gift of Hope
- Conclusion: A Profession of Hope
- Listing of Original Articles
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
