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Cultural Landscapes

Cultural landscapes reflects a special type of interaction of mankind with nature. It alters the landscape and consequently becomes over time an inherent characteristic of the area e.g. on Greek islands the terrace like small plots of land used by farmers in the past or else the walls running up the mountain to delineate the land and to keep the animals inside.

Stone walls on Paros: abandoned landscape

 

 

World Archaeological Congress

There took place 11-16 April 2005 a conference about "Cultural Landscapes in the 21st Century".

Organised by the Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage 10th International Seminar, it was connected to the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

This conference looked at landscapes in all of their possible manifestations and wanted to explore above all possible divisions between cultural and natural landscapes and question at the same time the value of this division.

Contact:

T +44 (0)191 222 7419

F +44 (0)191 222 5564

E forum.unesco@ncl.ac.uk

W www.ncl.ac.uk/unescolandscapes

 

The conference had the following seven themes which can be used to enter discussions and reflections as to what is happening to cultural landscapes. There is a need to establish some base line in reference to the term "cultural landscapes" in order to adjust planning, planning laws and systems in accordance with this specific sphere of interaction by man with nature.

1. Cultural Landscapes, Museums and Heritage (Tangible and Intangible)

2. Cultural Landscapes and Visual Culture

3. Cultural Landscapes, Identities, and Communities

4. Cultural Landscapes, Tourism, and Economics

5. Cultural Landscapes and Architecture

6. Cultural Landscapes and Education

7. Cultural Landscapes, Management and Protection

 

Source:

http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/unescolandscapes/english/themes.php

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