Staying local - experiencing local landscapes and the potential of hidden stories

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ID5701030
AuthorsSteven Timoney (0000-0001-6028-1957, Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands & Islands, UHI Perth, Perth, UK, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume30
Issue5
Pages540-557
Publication date2024-05-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527258.2024.2320338
OpenAlexW4391953692
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited58

This article considers some of the opportunities increased visitation to recreational areas presents in terms of engaging residents and visitors with local heritage in the form of Historic Environment Records (HERs). There are countless potential 'hidden stories' related to cultural heritage sites and artefacts within palimpsest landscapes. These sites and artefacts present opportunities for alternative narratives of place to be negotiated, creating links to the past in the present, and between the exotic and the familiar. The changing approach to landscape practices resulting from COVID-19 restrictions presents new opportunities to engage people with these hidden stories, linking places near with far-off lands across time and space. It also encourages new connections with place that have the potential to (co-)create new narratives; increasing engagement, as well as correlating with pressing issues centred around the climate crisis and the urgent need to reduce travel to achieve Net Zero targets

Aesthetics · Art · Geography · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History

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