Landscape and Memory: cultural landscapes, intangible values and some thoughts on Asia

Taylor, Ken (2008) Landscape and Memory: cultural landscapes, intangible values and some thoughts on Asia. In: 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’, 29 sept – 4 oct 2008, Quebec, Canada. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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One of our deepest needs is for a sense of identity and belonging. A common denominator in this is human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. Landscape therefore is not simply what we see, but a way of seeing: we see it with our eye but interpret it with our mind and ascribe values to landscape for intangible – spiritual – reasons. Landscape can therefore be seen as a cultural construct in which our sense of place and memories inhere. Critical to this has been the increasing attention given to the study of cultural landscapes, even to the extent of recognition in 1992 of World Heritage Categories of outstanding cultural landscapes. The paper explores some of the associated ideas of landscape and memory and how landscape permeates much of our thinking of who we are with some focus on Asia as the cultural landscape idea gains ground in this region of the world.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Authors:	Authors Email Taylor, Ken UNSPECIFIED
Languages:	English
Keywords:	landscape; cultural landscape; intangible heritage; World Heritage Convention; Operational Guidelines; World heritage cultural landscapes; authenticity; integrity; Asia
Subjects:	M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 03. World Heritage List M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 06. Operational guidelines H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 11. Historic landscapes O.INTANGIBLE HERITAGE > 01. Generalities M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 01. Generalities H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 06. Cultural landscapes P. GEOGRAPHIC AREAS > 04. Asia and Pacific islands
ICOMOS Special Collection:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume:	2008, 16th
Depositing User:	Jose Garcia
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2010 07:25
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2011 19:12
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