Worldwide interest in the cultural landscape concept-covering rural and urban spheres-is now a major theme in considerations of the management of cultural heritage places.The roots of this interconnection lie in the s...Worldwide interest in the cultural landscape concept-covering rural and urban spheres-is now a major theme in considerations of the management of cultural heritage places.The roots of this interconnection lie in the social,political and economic relationships between people and landscape which,in turn,is related to how human attachment to landscape plays a major role in determining our sense of place.Notably the fundamental actuality of place attachment through landscape is cross cultural.Epistemologically it crosses the boundaries of differing values across diverse cultures underscoring the fundamental cross cultural significance of landscape.Coincidentally the phenomenon of the‘rise of cultural landscapes’(Jacques 1995)has been intimately interconnected with the way in which thinking has changed-philosophically and professionally-on what heritage is.There is in effect a clear link between heritage and landscape.It is in this context that this paper addresses challenges of thinking and acting associated with China’s commitment to a rural revitalisation program.展开更多
This paper projects the concept of cultural landscapes into the realm of urban conservation in the context of the Historic Urban Landscape(HUL)paradigm.To do this I take an historical overview of how,during the latter...This paper projects the concept of cultural landscapes into the realm of urban conservation in the context of the Historic Urban Landscape(HUL)paradigm.To do this I take an historical overview of how,during the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s,academic and professional interest in heritage studies started to embrace the cultural landscape construct.This movement continued through the 2000s with increasing links between theory and practice on urban conservation concerns and the concept of cities as cultural landscapes.In this connection the move in 2011 by UNESCO with the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape is particularly notable.Coincidental were two significant movements.First was increasing questioning of heritage as focusing narrowly on the monuments and sites mentality.Second has been the growing appreciation that urban conservation locking onto separate historic towns or specific parts of cities is counter-productive;it ignores towns and cities as holistic entities isolating historic areas virtually as museum pieces separate from the rest of the urban fabric and lacking sustainability.In contrast HUL with its landscape approach is a process1 that embraces-city-wide-cultural,natural,tangible and intangible,social,economic,visual and experiential aspects of the physical morphology of the city and the image of the city;it underpins the fundamental concept of urban areas as a series of layers through time that link past,present and future as in the construct of cultural landscape.展开更多
Collaborative academic scholarly and professional discourse on the links between landscape and heritage has burgeoned over the last two or three decades.What has emerged,in efect,is a manifesto for a move to a refresh...Collaborative academic scholarly and professional discourse on the links between landscape and heritage has burgeoned over the last two or three decades.What has emerged,in efect,is a manifesto for a move to a refreshed way of thinking and acting where we understand heritage and landscape as philosophically interconnected.Tat links exist between landscape and heritage is quite clear and we may,therefore,ask where and how does the concept of cultural landscapes slot into thinking on changing perspectives in heritage.展开更多
文摘Worldwide interest in the cultural landscape concept-covering rural and urban spheres-is now a major theme in considerations of the management of cultural heritage places.The roots of this interconnection lie in the social,political and economic relationships between people and landscape which,in turn,is related to how human attachment to landscape plays a major role in determining our sense of place.Notably the fundamental actuality of place attachment through landscape is cross cultural.Epistemologically it crosses the boundaries of differing values across diverse cultures underscoring the fundamental cross cultural significance of landscape.Coincidentally the phenomenon of the‘rise of cultural landscapes’(Jacques 1995)has been intimately interconnected with the way in which thinking has changed-philosophically and professionally-on what heritage is.There is in effect a clear link between heritage and landscape.It is in this context that this paper addresses challenges of thinking and acting associated with China’s commitment to a rural revitalisation program.
文摘This paper projects the concept of cultural landscapes into the realm of urban conservation in the context of the Historic Urban Landscape(HUL)paradigm.To do this I take an historical overview of how,during the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s,academic and professional interest in heritage studies started to embrace the cultural landscape construct.This movement continued through the 2000s with increasing links between theory and practice on urban conservation concerns and the concept of cities as cultural landscapes.In this connection the move in 2011 by UNESCO with the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape is particularly notable.Coincidental were two significant movements.First was increasing questioning of heritage as focusing narrowly on the monuments and sites mentality.Second has been the growing appreciation that urban conservation locking onto separate historic towns or specific parts of cities is counter-productive;it ignores towns and cities as holistic entities isolating historic areas virtually as museum pieces separate from the rest of the urban fabric and lacking sustainability.In contrast HUL with its landscape approach is a process1 that embraces-city-wide-cultural,natural,tangible and intangible,social,economic,visual and experiential aspects of the physical morphology of the city and the image of the city;it underpins the fundamental concept of urban areas as a series of layers through time that link past,present and future as in the construct of cultural landscape.
文摘Collaborative academic scholarly and professional discourse on the links between landscape and heritage has burgeoned over the last two or three decades.What has emerged,in efect,is a manifesto for a move to a refreshed way of thinking and acting where we understand heritage and landscape as philosophically interconnected.Tat links exist between landscape and heritage is quite clear and we may,therefore,ask where and how does the concept of cultural landscapes slot into thinking on changing perspectives in heritage.
