Identifying Tangible and Intangible Cultural Relationships in a Rapidly Changing Region of Turkey

Yetkin, Aylin Alisan and Clements, Terry (2019) Identifying Tangible and Intangible Cultural Relationships in a Rapidly Changing Region of Turkey. In: 2018 US/ICOMOS Symposium "Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World", November 13-14, 2018, San Francisco, California. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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PART 2. RECOGNIZING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES - Stewardship of Biocultural Landscapes in the 21st Century: The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Practices /// The agricultural landscapes and lifestyles of the Lazi and Hemshin people in Findikli, Turkey are rapidly evolving as agricultural production changes from hazelnuts for regional markets to tea for global distribution. Historically, intangible community social relationships and cultural practices as well as tangible land uses and built structures reflected the activities and functions of each group’s family-based farming. Wide-scale tea production is erasing the region’s cultural and physical heritage, often before local residents are even aware of the physical losses and cultural implications. This study was conducted to discover and document connections between the communities’ social and cultural relationships, land uses and agricultural practices. Multiple community-based research methods were used to collect data from local residents as well as those with family or community connections to the area. Collectively, the methods extracted indications of the values the Lazi and Hemshin hold concerning their tangible and intangible heritage elements. Coincidentally, the research process also coalesced awareness of the threats and incremental changes to their communities’ social and cultural practices.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Authors:	Authors Email Yetkin, Aylin Alisan UNSPECIFIED Clements, Terry UNSPECIFIED
Languages:	English
Keywords:	Cultural landscapes; natural landscapes; agriculture; land use; farming; rural landscapes; social and economic aspects; traditional practices; nature culture integration; local communities; reasearch programmes; research projects; community-based management; Turkey
Subjects:	E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 06. Cultural Landscapes E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 07. Management E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 11. Legal protection and Administration H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 02. Agricultural heritage H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 06. Cultural landscapes H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 18. Mixed sites J.HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 05. Heritage and sustainable development N.ANTHROPOLOGY > 03. Ethnology O.INTANGIBLE HERITAGE > 06. Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe
Name of monument, town, site, museum:	Findikli, Turkey; Hemshin people in Findikli, Turkey
National Committee:	United States of America
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume:	2018 US/ICOMOS Symposium
Depositing User:	ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2020 11:12
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2020 11:12
References:	Aylin Alisan Yetkin, “Community-based Mixed Method Research to Understand Rapidly Changing Cultural Landscapes,” (PhD diss., Virginia Tech, 2018) Alisan Yetkin, Aylin. & Clements, T. “Using Individual and Group Community-Based Methods to Document Cultural Landscapes Elements.” Landscape Research Record, No. 7 (2018): 244-257 Ersoy, E. G. “Social and economic structures of the Hemshin people in Camlihemsin.” In The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey, edited by Hovann Simonian, 191-234. New York, NY: Routledge, 2007. Fagerholm, N., & Kayhko, N. “Participatory mapping and geographical patterns of the social landscape values of rural communities in Zanzibar, Tanzania.” FENNIA, 187, no.1 (2009): 43-60 Han, F. “Cultural Landscape: A Chinese Way of Seeing Nature.” In Managing Cultural Landscapes, edited by Ken Taylor and Jane Lennon, 90-108. New York, NY: Routledge, 2012. Jackson, J. B. “A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time.” Design Quarterly, 164, (1995): 24-27 Phillips, A. “Landscape as a meeting ground: category V protected landscapes/seascapes and world heritage cultural landscapes.” In The Protected Landscape Approach: Linking Nature, Culture and Community, edited by Jessica Brown, Nora Mitchell, and Michael Beresford, 19-35. Gland (IUCN), 2005. Yahner, T. G., & Nadenicek, D. J. (1997). Community by design: contemporary problems—historic resolve. Landscape and Urban Planning, 39(2-3), 137-151. Rossler, M. “Linking nature and culture: World Heritage Cultural Landscapes.” In Cultural Landscapes: the challenges of conservation, edited by Paolo Ceccarelli. and Mechtild Rossler, 10-15. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Center, 2003.
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2299

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