Theory and Landscape: Reflections from Interdisciplinary perspectives

The Landscape Observatory publishes Theory and landscape: reflections from multidisciplinary perspectives

The book, co-edited with Pompeu Fabra University, has been published exclusively in digital format

The Landscape Observatory recently published the book Theory and landscape: reflections from multidisciplinary perspectives. Co-edited with Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), it is a compilation of presentations given in the seminar of the same name in February 2010 for the Humanities Department of said university. The different chapters can be consulted on the Landscape Observatory’s website. They apply a multidisciplinary focus to methodological and epistemological questions regarding the landscape concept.

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IFLA Newsletter n° 87 - Asia Pacific Region Special Issue (April 2010)

Diversity of cultures is a strength of the Asia Pacific Region. From the mountains and deserts of Iran in the north-west, to the indented coastlines and island of Japan and New Zealand in the north-east and south-east, there is also a multitude of different landscapes. As those landscape are made and influenced by cultures that have different understandings of nature, and different responses to their surroundings, so exhilarating contrasts have developed. Even though rulers and traders of surrounding ancient countries interacted and mixed different cultures, fauna and flora when they visited Darius in Iran centuries ago, as recorded on stone panels in the sacked city of Persepolis, the differences have been maintained over the centuries. Even though religions and ideas have been transported through the region, gradually modifying cultures, the differences have created unique landscapes. You know where you are when you walk through cities in Japan or fields in Thailand or India.





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Cultural landscapes and cultural routes - Draft report of expert meeting - Australia ICOMOS

Cultural landscapes and cultural routes: Shared issues and challenges for the Australian members of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committees (ISCs)

Draft Report of expert meeting, Saturday, 1 August 2009
Australian National University, Canberra

Prepared by Sandy Blair, Juliet Ramsay, Sarah Titchen and Stuart Read

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IFLA Newsletter n° 81 - Cultural Landscapes

The IFLA Newsletter issue #81 on Cultural Landscapes has just been posted on the IFLA website.

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Bibliography on World Heritage Cultural Landscapes

An updated bibliography on the World Heritage Cultural Landscapes is available on the ICOMOS Documentation Centre website.
The document includes a description (taken from the WHC website) of every property inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List with a bibliography based on documents available at the ICOMOS Documentation Centre.

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