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From sites as materials to landscape as process
No full textThis chapter considers the role of cultural landscapes in the context of changing perspectives of heritage and the implications of these changes for the cultural landscapes. Cultural landscape as process gives attention to tangible physical locale, intangible attributes and associations, and landscape as living and dynamic. Landscape as process also aligns within the now widely held view that heritage is a ‘cultural or social process’. Cultural landscape as process gives attention to tangible physical locale, intangible attributes and associations, and landscape as living and dynamic. Landscape as process also aligns within the now widely held view that heritage is a ‘cultural or social process’. The application of cultural landscape ideas in both case examples in the 21st century has supported work in recognising and enabling local communities to collaborate with and participate in the stewardship of these locally valued places.</p
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Conceptualizing the Impacts of Short-Term Vacation Rentals (STVRs) Across the Urban Landscape
No full textEmily Yeager, Ph.D.
Emily Yeager is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on sustainable tourism and community development. Her most recent projects have examined the impacts of short-term vacation rentals on urban landscapes.
Bynum Boley, Ph.D.
Bynum Boley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on sustainable tourism with special attention to how the natural and cultural resources of communities can be protected, packaged and marketed to jointly increase sustainability, resident quality of life and a community's competitiveness as a destination."
Cari Goetcheus
Cari Goetcheus is Director of the Cultural Landscape Lab and Associate Professor of Historic Preservation at the University of Georgia (UGA). Goetcheus has nearly 30 years of experience in historical research, heritage planning, cultural landscape conservation, and project management.General SubmissionConceptualizing the Impacts of Short-Term Vacation Rentals (STVRs) Across the Urban Landscape Despite the growing importance of urban centers and their ability to provide the scale, proximity, amenities, and specializations to incubate disruptive innovations such as short-term vacation rentals (STVRs), little tourism research has conceptualized the potential positive and negative impacts STVRs have across the urban landscape. With this gap in mind, this paper conceptualizes and unpacks the potential impacts of STVRs using an interdisciplinary framework that pulls from geographical perspectives on place-making within the tourism-residential landscape and a systems perspective which views destination development as a cycle with an apogee at which STVRs might most affect the trajectory of urban development. These perspectives are joined with a discussion of community resiliency to discuss the positive and negative implications for urban landscapes which are increasingly in the crosshairs of this type of entrepreneurial disruption
From culture and nature as separate to interconnected naturecultures
No full textIn this chapter, the author explores the challenges in preparing a truly integrative management plan. He begins by considering the history and heritage of the Western nature-culture dualism and the ways in which the idea of cultural landscapes has both exacerbated the separation and gone some way towards bettering natural and cultural heritage integration. The author also considers collaborative work by the international organisations International Union for the Conservation of Nature and International Council on Monuments and Sites. Additionally, nature cultures have always evolved one with the other in ways that are so intertwined as to be impossible to meaningfully disassociate. ICOMOS works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places, and is dedicated to promoting the application of theory, methods, and scientific techniques to the conservation of heritage places and landscapes. Nevertheless, the category of cultural landscape has furthered work on nature cultures integration and, in particular, in the field of protected area management.</p
Cultural landscapes:Toward an integrated management framework
No full textIn this chapter, the author presents overarching principles, illustrates a management framework, provides summaries of the stages advocated in the framework, and considers the idea of ‘heritage futures’. While the approach advocated aligns with systems established for individual ‘sites’, the framework for cultural landscapes is, in general, concerned with sizeable spatial areas. Implement strategies and actions that ensure the ongoing care of the cultural landscape in accordance with an approved management plan. Disseminate and share information on the significance, values, attributes, and stories of the cultural landscape, and in particular with those communities living within or nearby to the place, as well as to visitors including tourists. The shadow of climate and ecological crisis – evidenced in rising sea level, ocean acidification, reforestation, wildfire and other severe weather events, and species loss – are now central to heritage concepts of care, safeguarding, custodian-ship, and inheritance of heritage places and landscapes.</p
From preservation to change management and transformation
No full textIn this chapter, the author examines the ‘slow revolution’ in the field of heritage conservation practice from managing for fixity of physical structures (‘preservation’) to managing places for dynamism, continuous change, and transformation. He looks back on preservation approaches to management before examining current thinking on ideas of change management and transformation. The author contrasts current ideas of ‘landscape change’, which can be small and incremental, large and complex, gradual or sudden, with the concept of transformation. Culture is a key concept in situating Kalman’s heritage planning process and a change management approach. Culture is also a useful frame to think about change management because cultures are dynamic and that dynamism is reflected in the changing meanings and valuing of heritage objects, practices, and places. The aim of referencing climate change, disaster risk, and sustainability is to underline the complexities associated with change and transformation of cultural landscapes and, more broadly, in heritage management decision-making.</p
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Expanding the Profile of Short Term Vacation Rental (STVR) Hosts in Savannah, GA
No full textEmily Yeager, Ph.D. Candidate
Emily Yeager is currently at the University of Georgia pursuing a Ph.D. in Sustainable Tourism and Integrative Conservation. Her current research focuses on assessing the social, environmental, and economic impacts of short term vacation rentals from the perspective of residents and STVR hosts.
Bynum Boley, Ph.D.
Bynum Boley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on sustainable tourism with special attention to how the natural and cultural resources of communities can be protected, packaged and marketed to jointly increase sustainability, resident quality of life and a community's competitiveness as a destination."
Cari Goetcheus
Cari Goetcheus is Director of the Cultural Landscape Lab and Associate Professor of Historic Preservation at the University of Georgia (UGA). Goetcheus has nearly 30 years of experience in historic research, heritage planning, cultural landscape conservation and project management.
Meredith Welch-Devine
Meredith Welch-Devine is Director of Interdisciplinary and Innovative Initiatives for the University of Georgia Graduate School. She is a cultural anthropologist, and her current work focuses on observations and perceptions of climate change as well as how residents of coastal communities think about adaptation to sea level rise and to extreme weather events.Qualitative Research Methods Workshop - Research PapersExpanding the Profile of Short Term Vacation Rental (STVR) Hosts in Savannah, GA Abstract This research explores the complex identities of STVR hosts through their roles as entrepreneurs and residents in the communities that they host and live. Additionally, this research studies how hosts’ fluid identity uniquely positions them as potential sustainable entrepreneurs in their community. A total of 26 in-depth interviews were conducted with hosts or STVR managers that were once hosts. As entrepreneurs, extrinsic motivations are often initial drivers for hosting but intrinsic benefits become integral to the enjoyment of hosting and an important motivator for continued participation. As residents, hosts were mixed in their sense of community but many voiced concerns over STVR impacts on their community. Lastly, many hosts already exhibit elements of sustainable entrepreneurship through listing specific efforts to reduce waste i.e. advertising compost bins to guests or promoting minority-owned businesses to guests
Case studies:Learning by doing
No full textCase study is a research method that involves an investigation of a subject area and its related contextual position. Case studies concerning cultural landscapes are vital to learning since they enable the sharing of knowledge and experience with regard to understanding, caring for, and safeguarding heritage landscapes. There are a huge number of published case studies on cultural landscapes. Scale is a key issue illustrated in the case studies. All case studies illustrate the complex intra-actions between cultural-natural systems. In all case studies, the communities associated with each cultural landscape are not typically geographically contained but extend across extensive settings and networks: for example, tourists visiting West Lake, dispersed Maori peoples with ancestral connections to Ihumaatao, Micronesians with widely distributed connections to Yap, the many Taiwanese with gastronomic linkages to the longan orchards of Taiwan, the viticulture systems of the Azores, and Chinese Taoists for whom the Wudang Mountains are spiritually significant.</p
Aquaculture:Budj Bim cultural landscape, Australia
No full textBudj Bim Cultural Landscape, located in the southeastern part of mainland Australia, is one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems. Since the 1970s, the Gunditjmara have worked with archaeologists to record and map numerous kooyang trapping and associated aquaculture facilities across the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape contains attributes and encompasses values of Gunditjmara aquaculture that are the product of a series of interrelated and interdependent cultural and environmental systems. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is centred on a lava flow that was the result of dramatic volcanic eruptions that last occurred more than 30,000 years ago. Over the past 40 years, the lands containing the largest aquaculture complexes within the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape have been acquired by or returned to the Gunditjmara. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is central to the story of the Gunditjmara.</p
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Influence of the evolution of cultural landscapes as heritage on 20th century international heritage preservation doctrine
No full textCari Goetcheus is a Professor of Historic Preservation in the College of Environment + Design at the University of Georgia. With training in both Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation, Cari’s expertise lies in cultural landscape research, documentation and management. Goetcheus’ work in cultural landscapes has spanned the private sector, the public sector as an employee of the U.S National Park Service and in academia at Clemson University and the University of Georgia. Cari’s research interests focus on cultural landscape documentation, applications of technology, and policy/guidance. Goetcheus has been a member of ICOMOS ISCCL since 2014 and is currently the ISCCL US voting member.
Dr. Nora Mitchell is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Vermont in Historic Preservation and her current research interests focus on the relationship of culture and nature and the implications for landscape conservation of World Heritage Sites and other heritage places. She is an Honorary Member of the ICOMOS/IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes and a member of its Working Groups on Naturecultures Integration and World Rural Landscapes, and also a member of the IUCN-WCPA Specialist Group on Protected Landscapes/Seascapes. In her 30-year career with the U.S. National Park Service, she worked with parks on community-based conservation strategies for complex landscapes with multiple values. She was the founding director of the Stewardship Institute that supports innovation in the field of collaborative conservation and of the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, a technical center that conducts research and provides management advice on cultural landscapes.The Athens and Venice charters are generally considered the philosophical foundation of modern heritage preservation. Throughout the 20th century, preservation practitioners have continually debated these early doctrines, especially as they’ve been applied to increasingly diverse places in ever-changing social contexts. As important shifts in heritage preservation theory have evolved, a broad range of values have extended the definition of cultural heritage from monument-specific sites to larger landscapes, from local to regional and national scales, from expert to traditional knowledge, and from static cultural fabric to dynamic ecological processes. This paper argues that the recognition and development of cultural landscapes as valued heritage has been an important influence on the evolution of both broad values of heritage and conservation approaches included in international doctrine. Examination of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, 1979 Burra Charter, 1982 Florence Charter, and the 1994 Nara Document on Authenticity demonstrates that the emergence of cultural landscape assessment and conservation practices have influenced contemporary heritage doctrine to move beyond early preservation philosophy. Inclusion of cultural landscapes in international, national and local instruments and policies has shaped a concept of heritage that has become increasingly dynamic, inclusive, and reliant on local and Indigenous leadership, governance, and traditional knowledge systems and institutions. Successful preservation of cultural landscapes recognizes the interplay of tangible and intangible heritage and the dynamic interlinked relationship between nature and culture. Sustaining the values and authenticity of cultural landscapes over time requires changes in conservation practice that negotiates a delicate balance between continuity and change, and addresses the sustainability of social, cultural, and economic processes. These shifts in international heritage doctrine, in response to recognition of cultural landscapes, have begun to create a more inclusive and expansive view of heritage values and conservation. Français : Les chartes d'Athènes et de Venise sont généralement considérées comme le fondement philosophique de la préservation du patrimoine moderne. Tout au long du 20e siècle, les praticiens de la préservation ont continuellement débattu de ces premières doctrines, d'autant plus qu'elles ont été appliquées à des endroits de plus en plus divers dans des contextes sociaux en constante évolution. Au fur et à mesure que d'importants changements dans la théorie de la préservation du patrimoine ont évolué, un large éventail de valeurs a étendu la définition du patrimoine culturel des sites spécifiques aux monuments à des paysages plus vastes, des échelles locales aux échelles régionales et nationales, des connaissances expertes aux connaissances traditionnelles, et du tissu culturel statique aux processus écologiques dynamiques. Cet article soutient que la reconnaissance et le développement des paysages culturels en tant que patrimoine valorisé ont eu une influence importante sur l'évolution à la fois des valeurs générales du patrimoine et des approches de conservation incluses dans la doctrine internationale. L'examen de la Convention du patrimoine mondial de 1972, de la Charte de Burra de 1979, de la Charte de Florence de 1982 et du Document de Nara sur l'authenticité de 1994 démontre que l'émergence des pratiques d'évaluation et de conservation des paysages culturels a influencé la doctrine contemporaine du patrimoine pour aller au-delà de la philosophie de préservation initiale. L'inclusion des paysages culturels dans les instruments et politiques internationaux, nationaux et locaux a façonné un concept de patrimoine qui est devenu de plus en plus dynamique, inclusif et dépendant du leadership local et autochtone, de la gouvernance et des systèmes et institutions de connaissances traditionnelles. La préservation réussie des paysages culturels reconnaît l'interaction du patrimoine matériel et immatériel et la relation dynamique et imbriquée entre la nature et la culture. Le maintien des valeurs et de l'authenticité des paysages culturels au fil du temps nécessite des changements dans les pratiques de conservation qui négocient un équilibre délicat entre continuité et changement, et aborde la durabilité des processus sociaux, culturels et économiques. Ces changements dans la doctrine du patrimoine international, en réponse à la reconnaissance des paysages culturels, ont commencé à créer une vision plus inclusive et plus large des valeurs et de la conservation du patrimoine. Español: Las cartas de Atenas y Venecia generalmente se consideran la base filosófica de la preservación del patrimonio moderno. A lo largo del siglo XX, los profesionales de la preservación han debatido continuamente estas primeras doctrinas, especialmente porque se han aplicado a lugares cada vez más diversos en contextos sociales en constante cambio. A medida que han evolucionado importantes cambios en la teoría de la preservación del patrimonio, una amplia gama de valores ha ampliado la definición de patrimonio cultural de sitios específicos de monumentos a paisajes más amplios, de escalas local a regional y nacional, de conocimiento experto a conocimiento tradicional y de tejido cultural estático. a los procesos ecológicos dinámicos. Este artículo sostiene que el reconocimiento y desarrollo de los paisajes culturales como patrimonio valioso ha sido una influencia importante en la evolución de los valores generales del patrimonio y los enfoques de conservación incluidos en la doctrina internacional. El examen de la Convención del Patrimonio Mundial de 1972, la Carta de Burra de 1979, la Carta de Florencia de 1982 y el Documento de Nara sobre autenticidad de 1994 demuestra que el surgimiento de la evaluación del paisaje cultural y las prácticas de conservación han influido en la doctrina del patrimonio contemporáneo para ir más allá de la filosofía de la preservación temprana. La inclusión de paisajes culturales en los instrumentos y políticas internacionales, nacionales y locales ha dado forma a un concepto de patrimonio que se ha vuelto cada vez más dinámico, inclusivo y dependiente del liderazgo local e indígena, la gobernanza y los sistemas e instituciones de conocimiento tradicional. La preservación exitosa de los paisajes culturales reconoce la interacción del patrimonio tangible e inmaterial y la relación dinámica e interconectada entre la naturaleza y la cultura. Mantener los valores y la autenticidad de los paisajes culturales a lo largo del tiempo requiere cambios en la práctica de conservación que negocia un delicado equilibrio entre la continuidad y el cambio, y aborda la sostenibilidad de los procesos sociales, culturales y económicos. Estos cambios en la doctrina del patrimonio internacional, en respuesta al reconocimiento de los paisajes culturales, han comenzado a crear una visión más inclusiva y expansiva de los valores y la conservación del patrimonio
Culture, contingency, and queerness in a reclaimed landscape
No full textIn the current era of anthropogenic global warming, with the sea creeping up the defensive walls of our reclamations, one might think we would be too busy defending what we already have to contemplate extending further into the sea, yet globally the rate of coastal reclamation shows no sign of abating. The new land of the reclamation may come to be taken for granted as terra firma by its present day users, but we must bear in mind that the ‘firmness’ of this terrain is contingent on sea level not rising. Reclamations push the shoreline out into the sea, setting up a tension between terrestrial expansion and the sea’s impetus. In that period, sand that washed down a river system from far inland was deposited to form a floodplain in the present-day Sydney region. Gay cruising was more common in the park in the 1970s and’80s than it is today
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