Manicured landscapes

A video exploration of the Dolomite mountains as memoryscapes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3977476
AutoresPhillip Vannini (0000-0001-9531-4675, Royal Roads University, autor correspondente), April Vannini (Royal Roads University), Emanuel Valentin (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
Ano2020
Volume21
Fascículo1
Páginas114-134
Data de publicação2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2018.1446218
OpenAlexW2791603485
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas41

In 2009 UNESCO's World Heritage Program inscribed nine mountain parks located in Northeastern Italy under the single Dolomites World Heritage Site (DWHS). Under criterion vii, they were acknowledged by the World Heritage Convention to be 'widely regarded as being among the most attractive mountain landscapes in the world' with their beauty being 'intrinsic' to the nature of the mountains. In our film and paper we argue for a reconsideration of the 'intrinsic nature' of its beauty in a sense that is much different than that intended by UNESCO. Following a relational line of reasoning we argue that the essence of the distinctive landscape of the Dolomites lies in the entanglements occurring among its inhabitants who, in the course of living there, have historically been and are currently immersed in its formation. We suggest that through such entanglements – sometimes consonant and sometimes dissonant with 'authorized' notions of the heritage landscape – the Dolomitic landscapes exist as manicured landscapes. By drawing from the concept of memoryscape and non-representational ideas we articulate the notion of a manicured landscape

Archaeology · Dolomite · Geochemistry · Geography · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Geology