Learning About Vistas

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines a vista as i) “a distant view through or along an avenue or opening : prospect,” and as ii) “an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events).“ Vistas in this knowledge-land-scape performs both functions and may as such assist in your decision making as you make your way through the knowledge-land-scape. Vistas perform a mental view as they provide insights into the frameworks and theories that I was guided by during my fieldwork and broader research. In this way they also perform openings that allow for the prospective insights and principles needed to make meaningful decisions within the knowledge-land-scape, when they are called upon. After all, the trails and tracks, as well as the knowledge-land-scape itself have been shaped by my own considerations and response-abilities. At the same time, they are however also shaped by the permeating agencies of many other more-than-human beings and phenomena - most of which I can not claim to have an understanding of and can merely speak to in terms of how I have encountered them. Vistas therefore don’t provide all-knowing god’s eye insights, they are partial perspectives, that provide prospects to however you choose to wayfare this knowledge-land-scape.

You stop for a second and take in the vista in front of you. Sometimes, it is pausing and paying attention alone that can already provide meaningful insights. In this case your eye catches a specific outline in the land-scape: a Landmark. Click the “Landmark’ button to examine it closer.

Learning About Landmarks