scholarly journals A Philosophical Topography of Place and Non-Place: Lithuanian Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
Odeta Žukauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Place And Space ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Philosophical Questions

Drawing on French anthropologist Marc Augé and his seminal book Non-Places (1995) the author pays attention to the transformation of contemporary urban landscapes. In thinking trough the dialectic of place and non-place, this paper aims to account for the apparent sense of placelesness in our cultural landscapes and in increasingly globalised world. If we want to ask fundamental questions about what has happened to our urban landscape and to the spirit of cities during the last decades then the concepts of place and non-place help us to describe the actual changes. Besides, Augé’s work gives us the methodological tools to address philosophical questions about the nature of supermodernity and the relationship between modernity and postmodernity moving toward new conditions of globality. This article will attempt to apply anthropological and philosophical concepts of place and space to the context of Lithuania, comparing the ways of spreading of non-places (non-lieu) in the Soviet modernity and contemporary global, hyper-visual and liquid cultural landscape.

Understanding the Relationship between Component and Attribute of Cultural Landscapes: Case of Indian Music and Cultural Landscapes

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Balaji Venkatachary ◽  
Vishakha Kawathekar
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Systematic Understanding ◽  
The Relationship

The widely recognized definition of ‘Cultural Landscape’ in current practice is borrowed from UNESCO as Combined works of Nature and of Man.1 They are complex entities consisting of multiple layering of built-unbuilt components including intangible cultural aspects. These components are interrelated and interdependent. The landscape evolves together through combined natural and cultural processes. In current discourse and practice of heritage management, value-based assessment is a widely accepted approach. Evaluation of cultural landscapes for its Significance and Value is a complex process that requires an understanding of interwoven layers of components and attributes.2 Systematic understanding of such relationships between components and attributes is still in its infancy. Amongst various such identified intangible agencies, this study chooses to explore music. A study of secondary sources was undertaken. Cultural landscapes nominated as World Heritage Sites and identified Indian sites were systematically examined to understand various components and attributes. Using the indicators from this study and the theoretical framework of sociomusicology, a research design was prepared. Recognizing the historical association of music with the sites on the Kaveri river basin in peninsular India, a reconnaissance study was undertaken for onsite validation. Musical associations were spatially mapped for analysis and the findings are presented. Systematic understanding of the relationships between components of a cultural landscape and intangible cultural traditions is still in its infancy. The undertaken study is an exploratory work that focuses on understanding the relationship between components of a cultural landscape and ‘intangible attributes’, especially music. A study of secondary sources was undertaken in two parts. In the first part, concept of cultural landscape has been explored. Cultural landscapes nominated as World Heritage Sites were systematically examined to understand various components and attributes. The knowledge helped in formation of indicators for evaluation of cultural landscapes. In the second part of the study, selected case studies of Indian cultural landscapes were studies with the developed indicators. Musical traditions existing in these sites were theoretically reduced to basic components and mapped for analysis.

scholarly journals PENGELOLAAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE PURA BATUKARU SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK EKOWISATA

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Wardi ◽  
I Wayan Srijaya
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Political System ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Relationship

The research aims to uncover the potential and management Cultural Landscape PuraBatukaru (Batukaru Temple)  as the appeal of ecotourism in Tabanan and Bali in general.The study was conducted by the method of data collection and analysis. The data collectionis done by observation, interview (dept-interview), and literature study. The data wereanalyzed descriptively qualitative.The study showed that Pura Batukaru reserve that has been set by UNESCO as part ofthe World Cultural Landscape of Bali can be classified into Associative Cultural Landscape(Associative Cultural Landscapes). More details, namely the associative cultural landscapenuances of local culture (Bali). Cultural landscape nuances of local culture Bali includesthree main components of the environment (human-nature-god) in the relationship andinteraction interdependence known as Tri Hita Karana.Based on the names of palinggih (shrine), namely Pucak Kedaton / Sang HyangTumuwuh, and figures of other gods), stone shrines (natural stone) and communities tomanage these (community Bali Age / Bali Mula and Jero Kubayan), historically likelyHeritage Pura Batukaru already exist on prehistoric times (Neolithic-Megalithik). Then,when the kingdom’s political system (mornachi) introduced by Hindu culture, figures ofkings (royalty) was also honored at the site by building shrines as media for ancestralworship.Cultural Landscape of Pura Batukaru can be classified into Associative CulturalLandscape (Associative Cultural Landscapes), namely the associative cultural landscapenuances of local culture (Bali). Cultural landscape nuances of local culture Bali includesthree main components of the environment (human-nature-god) in the relationship andinteraction interdependence known as Tri Hita Karana.Heritage of Pura Batukaru with its jajar-kumiri network (pecan row) and relationswith Ulun Danu Tamblingan form a sacred area (sacred cultural landscape of Batukaru)and the rituals and myths that exist in it has important value in maintaining and preservingthe natural environment for a variety of purposes and interests of the community andgovernment in development, especially the development of ecotourism in a sustainablemanner in Tabanan and Bali in general.

scholarly journals REINVIGORATING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES FOR PLANNING CULTURAL TOURISM IN BALI

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1462-1469
Author(s):  
I Made ADHIKA ◽  
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I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana PUTRA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
The Relationship

A cultural landscape, a configuration produced by human actions and cultural structures in a physical setting, has a significant role to play as a vital feature of cultural tourism in Bali. However, this configuration has become the most heavily commoditized elements of the development of tourism. Construction of tourist amenities has exploited the notion of a cultural landscape that has been integrated into cultural practices, the environment and agriculture. This development and planning are a paradoxical phenomenon and a challenge for people to retain the identity of their cultural landscape while also seeking economic benefits from tourism. The struggle between the protection of the identity of the cultural landscape translated and manifested in the context of agriculture and its transformation in the context of designing tourist facilities has shaped the fundamental argument for preservation. Since there are different cultural traditions and practices in many Balinese cultural landscapes, the relationship between tourism and the diversity of cultural areas has become a key objective in the development of tourism and planning tourist facilities. This paper explores the current struggles between the concepts of tourism development and planning, and the conservation of Bali's cultural landscape. The paper argues that the focus of Bali's tourism development is to maintain and reinvigorate the integration of natural landscapes and cultural practices that present a persistent link between the agricultural system and religious practices.

scholarly journals Literary Narratives as a Tool for the Conservation of Indian Cultural Landscapes

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S4) ◽  
pp. 1108-1111
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Site Location ◽  
Place And Space ◽  
Primary Documents ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Successive Generations ◽  
Creation Stories

The large majority of conservation and preservation projects tend to examine physical artefacts as ‘primary documents’ to effectively comprehend the multiple layers of a cultural landscape. There is the expectation that this analysis provides better insights into the transformation of these cultural landscapes over chronological time. However, besides built artefacts which undeniably carry history in their form and making, the existence of life events can also contribute towards an understanding of ‘palimpsestic reality’. On these lines, cultures, beliefs, and traditions are encoded within recurrent social practices such as celebrations, festivals and superstitions, thereby creating strands of oral traditions. These oral traditions pervade the histories of place and space, becoming the essence of place and serving as forms of communication of a shared traditional knowledge of art, ideas and cultural materials transferred between successive generations. Song and dialogue – reflecting the content of historical and mythical time – including folklore, poetry, prose, verses, chants and ballads, are central to these transmissions. Deep narratives also allow landscapes to initiate their own creation stories with respect to the transformation and adaptation to the particulars of site location, society, culture and traditional knowledge systems. Through focused ways of examining the historical geographies of traditional Indian landscapes, this paper seeks to understand the diverse ways in which resident populations express their complex relationships with these landscapes, associating with the transformations of these landscapes and reformulating their relationships to society.

scholarly journals Urban space, political identity and the unwanted legacies of state socialism: Bucharest's problematic Centru Civic in the post-socialist era

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Light ◽  
Craig Young
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
National Salvation ◽  
Romanian Revolution ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nicolae Ceausescu

This paper explores the relationship between the urban cultural landscape of Bucharest and the making of post-socialist Romanian national identity. As the capital of socialist Romania, central Bucharest was extensively remodelled by Nicolae Ceauşescu into the Centru Civic in order to materialize Romania's socialist identity. After the Romanian “Revolution” of 1989, the national and local state had to deal with a significant “leftover” socialist urban landscape which was highly discordant with the orientation of post-socialist Romania and its search for a new identity. Ceauşescu's vast socialist showpiece left a difficult legacy which challenges the material and representational reshaping of Bucharest and constructions of post-socialist Romanian national identity more broadly. The paper analyzes four attempts to deal with the Centru Civic: developments in the immediate post-1989 period; the international architectural competition Bucureşti 2000; proposals for building a Cathedral of National Salvation; and the Esplanada project. Despite over 20 years of proposals central Bucharest remains largely unchanged. The paper thus deals with a failed attempt to re-shape the built environment in support of national goals.

Stedelijk werelderfgoed en de Historic Urban Landscape-benadering in Nederland

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-160
Author(s):  
DRÉ VAN MARREWIJK
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World

Urban World Heritage and the Historic Urban Landscape approach in the Netherlands Within the category of cultural landscapes on the UNESCO World Heritage List the ‘continuing urban landscapes’ are a small but interesting group of sites. This group consists of urban and suburban areas (‘urban landscapes’) with outstanding historical and heritage values, while at the same time they are characterized by a high degree of spatial dynamics. Many developments take place that lead to change of the environment. Rio de Janeiro, the mining landscape of Nord-Pas de Calais and the Italian Amalfi coast near Naples are examples of these urban cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. Next to these sites, there are urban World Heritage sites that formally are no cultural landscapes, but have similar characteristics. Historical city centers of Rome or Bruges, the Amsterdam canal ring or Speicherstadt in Hamburg are comparably stretched out and have comparable values. These sites are confronted with similar challenges with respect to conservation and management of change. The obligation to preserve the outstanding universal value of the site could become under pressure. This surely is the case in some urban and suburban World Heritage sites in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Amsterdam Canal Ring, Defence Line of Amsterdam and Willemstad, Curaçao. The World Heritage status requires a strict management of the site. UNESCO’S Historic Urban Landscape approach can be helpful to make preservation and development compatible. In this article the opportunities and dilemmas of the HUL and ICOMOS’S role in it are discussed. A stronger emphasize on HUL when reviewing developments in urban World Heritage sites is advocated.

scholarly journals Cultural landscape management through the application of environmental certifications

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (74) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalia Coelho Sozzi de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Environmental Certification

Environmental certifications are a tool that aims to measure and evaluate the environmental quality of buildings and their surroundings, with potential collaboration in urban planning. Among the various cultural landscapes that constitute the cities, the historical landscapes can report unique images of urban places, acting as testimonies of the past, which establish connections with the present and serve as reference for the construction of the future. Thus, the need to work the heritage field in sustainable urban management policies is demonstrated. Based on analytical research in the fields of environmental certification and cultural landscape, and documentary research on the Urban-Landscape Set on Avenida Köeler, in the Historic Center of Petrópolis/RJ, the possibility of certifying the set through AQUA/HQE - Neighborhoods was assessed. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of the environmental certification instrument with regard to the maintenance of historical and cultural values ​​and to the physical conservation of this complex. In addition to meeting the objectives and indicators, the opportunity to establish an urban management program to achieve with excellence the performance of high environmental quality is evident. This study also shows that when analyzing the certification guidelines, as far as the cultural dimension is concerned, a review is needed to better cover the heritage issue, to establish specific guidelines for the conservation of existing landscapes as an incentive to the preservation and promotion of urban quality for current and future generations.

Applying the Historic Urban Landscape Approach to the Conservation of Historic Cities in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 639-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Xu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Management System ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Landscape Approach ◽  
Historic Cities ◽  
Ways Of Life

This paper explores the comprehensive perspective of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) through the evolution of cultural landscape theories as well as World Heritage cultural landscapes. It analyzes the adaptation of HUL in Chinese cultural, political and social context. In particularly, it proposes a thematic framework for the application of HUL in historic cities in China. The framework consists of three main themes and several sub-themes embracing dimensions such as perception of landscape, land-use, ways of life, spiritual or social-economic associations with landscape, and tools which can be used for identification of value. The research attempts to highlights the contribution that the HUL approach could make to the existing planning and management system for the conservation of historic cities in China.

Nature, Culture and Humans: Patterns and Effects of Urbanization in Lesser Himalayan Mountainous Historic Urban Landscape of Chamba, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komal Potdar ◽  
Nimmy Namrata ◽  
Anam Sami
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
Sustainable Planning

Historic urban landscapes are bio-physical imprints of past generation’s activities as well as a matrix for those of current and future generations. Pressures of economic development, while benefitting modernization, have led to loss of traditional practices in cultural landscapes, which reflected customs, values and belief systems of communities. This article explores alternative ways of seeing historic cities particularly with respect to the historic urban landscape paradigm. Chamba town, Himachal Pradesh, a pilgrim centre, market town and historic capital of the Chamba region, recently celebrated the millennium of its establishment. This historic town has distinctive location and is characterized by exceptional cultural and natural resources, landforms, bio-diversity and intangible cultural heritage. With a current population of 25,000, it is growing as a major town centre and pushing the boundaries of town limits and residential areas. Unregulated new development which is not designed for earthquake resistance, absence of delineation of ecologically sensitive zones, marginalization of traditional knowledge and aspirations of the primary custodians have resulted in fragile state of being, both naturally and culturally, and have altered the traditional regime of this historic town. This article examines the fragile relation between humans, nature and culture of Chamba and need for sustainable planning and management system for heritage resources within mountainous regions, with responsiveness to constraints and challenges. The authors reflect upon economic shifts, cultural transformations and infrastructure development, which adapt traditional knowledge designs to address urban needs for historic urban landscapes.

USE OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS A PART OF OPEN-AIR MUSEUMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
Brych M ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Holistic Perception ◽  
Museum Exhibition

In Ukraine, there is no holistic perception of historical and cultural environments of monumental ensembles and complexes as an object of protection and use today. Their preservation will be effective only when the understanding of the object of protection is extended to the boundaries of the cultural landscape, including all its valuable elements. The best way to implement this concept is to include cultural landscapes in the open-air museum exhibition as its integral, active, and living element.

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