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The Center for Land Use Interpretation is a research
organization interested in understanding the nature and extent of
human interaction with the earth's surface. The Center embraces
a multidisciplinary approach to fulfilling the stated mission, employing
conventional research and information processing methodology as
well as nontraditional interpretive tools.
The organization was founded in 1994, and since that
time it has produced over 30 exhibits on land use themes and regions,
for public institutions all over the United States, as well as overseas.
Public tours have been conducted in several states, and over ten
books have been published by the CLUI. CLUI Archive photographs
illustrate journals, popular magazines, and books by other publishers,
and have been used in non-CLUI exhibitions, and acquired by art
collectors.
The CLUI exists to stimulate discussion, thought,
and general interest in the contemporary landscape. Neither an environmental
group nor an industry affiliated organization, the work of the Center
integrates the many approaches to land use - the many perspectives
of the landscape - into a single vision that illustrates the common
ground in "land use" debates. At the very least, the Center
attempts to emphasize the multiplicity of points of view regarding
the utilization of terrestrial and geographic resources.
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