Working over fuzzy concepts Week 1, Friday

Writing in Land Arch Design 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Readers want to know… What happened? Why does it matter? Method How did writer answer question? Analyze? Test? Experiment? Model? Results What did they find out? Introduction What’s the problem? Conflict? Gap? Why should I care? How does it affect the world? Conclusion (Discussion) What does it mean? What should happen next? Intro/Method/Results/Conclusion – functional subheadings – tell the reader the kind of information in that section. Also useful for understanding readers’ needs, even if these headings are not explicitly used.

Writing in Land Arch Design 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Writers want to… Tell about some part of the world as they see it Your perspective Your interests Your point of view (POV) This is where your “novel” contribution comes from! Persuade readers that POV has value This is your “argument” “thesis” “research” Change Knowledge and/or Behavior

Identify Sorvig’s Argument 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Identify Sorvig’s Argument Problems/conflicts/questions drive scholarly writing “Problem Statements” often used to point out conflict The heart of academic persuasion! A but B State A exists AND State B exists BUT both cannot/should not exist together. (note: may be more than just two elements!) Take above elements and create problem statement!

Writing in Land Arch Design 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Method/Result/Conclusion – how does Sorvig investigate his thesis? What does he find? What happens next? What activities? (awesome vocab list) Analyzes … By examining A) B) C) What outcome? (okay, kind of a trick question…) Builds a table of…. What happens next? Landscape designers should…

Nature | Culture | Words | Landscape 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Nature | Culture | Words | Landscape

Fuzzy Concept (wikipedia) 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Fuzzy Concept (wikipedia) A fuzzy concept is a concept of which the meaningful content, value, or boundaries of application can vary considerably according to context or conditions, instead of being fixed once and for all.[1] This generally means the concept is vague, lacking a fixed, precise meaning, without however being meaningless altogether.[2] It has a meaning, or multiple meanings (it has different semantic associations). But these can become clearer only through further elaboration and specification, including a closer definition of the context in which they are used. In a more general sociological or journalistic sense, a "fuzzy concept" has come to mean a concept which is meaningful but inexact, implying that it does not exhaustively or completely define the meaning of the phenomenon to which it refers - often because it is too abstract. To specify the relevant meaning more precisely, additional distinctions, conditions and/or qualifiers would be required.

Working Definitions – it’s your turn! 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Working Definitions – it’s your turn! URBAN What does this mean to you? When is something “urban”? PARK What does this mean to you? When is something a “park”?

Operationalize with Criteria 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Operationalize with Criteria Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria Urban – what qualities, functions and/or characteristics MUST a space have to be considered “urban”? Park – what qualities, functions and/or characteristics MUST a space have to be considered a “park”? Urban – what qualities, functions, and/or characteristics CANNOT be present in a space for it to be “urban”? Park – what qualities, functions, and/or characteristics CANNOT be present in a space for it to be a “park”?

Write your working definition of “urban park”. 11/22/2018 Writing in Land Arch Design Write your working definition of “urban park”. An urban park is…