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November 17 Rapson Courtyard. Support the Student ASLA.

Shanties fit for swine in God-forsaken places: How picture-brides made homes in the Pacific Northwest landscape
Monday, November 16, 6 p.m.
100 Rapson Hall

Ordinary women rarely have been imagined as significant agents of change in shaping the landscape of the American West, but a new exhibit at the Autry Museum of the American West starts from that premise. Commissioned for one segment of the exhibit, this research draws on the material culture, personal narratives, and poems of Japanese picture brides to reveal their key role in transforming the rough architecture and raw landscape associated with Japanese men, who immigrated before them to work in lumber camps and on farmsteads, into places women considered suitable for human habitation. This lecture will be illustrated from Dubrow's extensive collection of images of the built environment and cultural landscape associated with Japanese American communities.

"Sophisticated thinking about humans and landscape systems. It proves the lie of destructive development, that you can improve by undoing. " — 2009 Student Awards Jury

Lu's project, Rejuvenating the Channel-Scape—Wanquan Stream Channel Multi-Functional Planning and Design was given an honor award in the category of Analysis and Planning. Lu's faculty advisors were Robert Sykes, Joseph Favour, and Lance Neckar.

The project can been viewed here.