Common to all the readings in this section is a belief that humans have become alien. ated by modern technology and culture and that the fundamental role of landscape archi tecture is to distill what it is to be human and to seek a greater sense of belonging in the world. While the conceptual strategies that are proposed differ, all express an ideal of redemption or recovery of a sense of purpose Ihndscape architectural theory of meaning, and experience, as expressed here, is thus both aiticalof current cultural practice and normarie in its belief that there is a better" way. lt tinues the underlying pastoral sentiment that the profession. However, as the last in the section illustrate and the next sections elaborate further, there is a current crisis of representation.
That rs. when changes culture familiar categories upon ulary is based to dissolve(such as nature and culture, ecology, and technology, individual and society), where do we turn for the source of meaningful forms?