October 24th, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. MT
About the Lecture: Cultural Landscape Thinking
Perceiving the world as a dance between natural and cultural interactions over time provides opportunities for each layer of that historical use and physical manipulation to influence how a piece of land is developed, interpreted and designed. Join a conversation and reflection on 40 years of cultural landscape thinking.
Bio:
Cari L. Goetcheus (BLA ‘87) is a historical landscape architect, a specialty field in landscape architecture. Goetcheus has worked for The Architect’s Collaborative (TAC) in Boston, Massachusetts, the National Park Service in Atlanta, GA, Washington, D.C. and Anchorage, AK, and taught landscape architecture and historic preservation at Clemson University (South Carolina) and the University of Georgia.
Goetcheus has 30 years’ experience in cultural heritage, specifically cultural landscape research, documentation and project management. In private practice, Ms. Goetcheus worked in both traditional landscape architecture offices on master plans, site designs and construction documents, as well as in heritage conservation firms known for their cultural landscape work and developing National Heritage Areas. As a Historical Landscape Architect with the National Park Service (NPS), Goetcheus worked with the Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) program, and regional colleagues to assist the then 396 national parks with a variety of cultural landscape issues. As a volunteer for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Goetcheus was instrumental in establishing the Historic American Landscape Survey, a NPS program to document historic landscapes throughout the country. Goetcheus has taught landscape architecture and historic preservation courses, as well as specialty courses in cultural landscape documentation, conservation, garden history, rural preservation and environmental issues and heritage issues. As the United States voting member of the International Committee of Monuments and Sites-International Federation of Landscape Architects (ICOMOS-IFLA) International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes, Goetcheus has worked with colleagues around the world on cultural landscape issues. Goetcheus’ recent interest has been the intersection of cultural heritage and climate change. Published in February 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice, was co-edited by Goetcheus and Dr. Steve Brown of the University of Canberra, Australia.