{"id":5034,"date":"2024-01-25T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2024-01-25T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:12:25","slug":"tree-talks-tree-tourism-and-the-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=5034","title":{"rendered":"Tree Talks: Tree, Tourism, and the Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

19 March 2024, 8pm-9.30pm GMT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In his Guide to the Lakes<\/em>, William Wordsworth famously denounces the larch tree (Larix decidua) as a \u2018spiky tree\u2019 that causes \u2018injury\u2019 and \u2018deformity\u2019 to his Lakeland landscape. The poet took issue with the \u2018vegetable manufactory\u2019 of this tree species and questioned both its visual appeal and monetary value for contemporary landowners. Using Wordsworth\u2019s views of this tree\u2014and representations of other tree species across his writings\u2014as a starting point, this Tree Talk will address the relationship(s) between trees, tourism, and biodiversity in the Lake District in the early nineteenth-century. Moreover, it will consider the relevance and inheritance of these interconnected discourses to how we understand trees, their cultural significance, and ecological place within and beyond the Lakes, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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