When reviewing the quotes given in the lecture by J.B. Jackson, the question present is whether the act of historic …show more content…
Demonstrated through the efforts to preserve cultural landscapes, the public historian must understand the importance and attachments that the public memory has to the places that they inhabit (Bluestone, 15). With this idea of the public’s memory and attachments to certain places, the historian can then understand what qualifies as successful landscape construction and preservation. Once the historian understands this, they will then comprehend the relationship between these three ideas and how to preserve the landscapes that remind the public of the