Fiddling with pasts : from tradition to heritage

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Thinking culturally about place

This paper explains the bases for an alternative approach to place branding and marketing, based on the disciplines of Cultural Mapping and Cultural Planning. After an introduction of key cultural mapping and planning concepts and issues, the paper discusses some innovative practical examples of culturally sensitive place branding and marketing from Sweden and the UK, and concludes by outlining some components of a possible future agenda for action

Beyond East-West : marginality and national dignity in Finnish identity construction

Since the end of the Cold War it has become common for Finnish academics and politicians alike to frame debates about Finnish national identity in terms of locating Finland somewhere along a continuum between East and West (e.g., Harle and Moisio 2000). Indeed, for politicians properly locating oneself (and therefore Finland) along this continuum has often been seen as central to the winning and losing of elections. For example, the 1994 referendum on EU membership was largely interpreted precisely as an opportunity to relocate Finland further to the West (Jakobson 1998, 111; Arter 1995). Indeed, the tendency to depict Finnish history in terms of a series of ‘westernising’ moves has been notable, but has also betrayed some of the politicised elements of this view (Browning 2002). However, this framing of Finnish national identity discourse is not only sometimes politicised, but arguably is also too simplified and results in blindness towards other identity narratives that have also been important through Finnish history, and that are also evident (but rarely recognised) today as well. In this article we aim to highlight one of these that we argue has played a key role in locating Finland in the world and in formulating notions of what Finland is about, what historical role and mission it has been understood as destined to play, and what futures for the nation have been conceptualised as possible and as providing a source of subjectivity and national dignity. The focus of this article is therefore on the relationship between Finnish nationalism and ideas of ‘marginality’ through Finnish history

Eleven Antitheses on Cities and States: Challenging the Mindscape of Chronology and Chorography in Anthropogenic Climate Change

Our basic argument is that we should be thinking in trans-modern ways when considering how to react to anthropogenic climate change. Showing that mainstream approaches to climate change theory and policymaking are overtly modern, we identify this as a mindscape inherently constrained by its particular chronology and chorography. Our contribution to necessary trans-modern thinking is a presentation of eleven basic and widely accepted theses on modern chronology and chorography that we contest through antitheses, which we argue are more suited to engaging with anthropogenic climate change. These support a consumption argument for urban demand being the crucial generator of climate for 8,000 years in direct contradiction to the production argument that greenhouse gases are the crucial generator of climate change for 200 years. The modern policymaking focus on curbing carbon emissions is thus fundamentally flawed - merely feeding energy for continuing an accelerating global consumption in a different way that is only marginally more climate-friendly. Reflecting on the antitheses, we conclude by discussing the difficulties of translating trans-modern ideas into political action

The construction and deconstruction of the EU’s neighbourhood

The chapter argues that the ENP has functioned as a mechanism of geopolitical ordering for how the EU approaches the areas immediately beyond its borders. It is, however, one premised on a particular mindscape or geospatial vision that infuses the ENP with an imperial impulse. Despite this, the chapter argues that the EU’s ability to order the neighbourhood is limited by the actions and preferences of partner countries and other neighbours whose constitutive capabilities should not be discounted. One consequence is that the geospatial construction of the neighbourhood and the construction of the EU more generally are mutually imbricated

Paisaje arqueológico y cultural virtual : el caso de la Via Appia Antica

En base a una metodologia fonamentada en el pensament ecològic, podem enfrontar una sèrie de qüestions tecnològiques en l'àmbit del patrimoni cultural de manera diferent a com s'ha fet tradicionalment. Entenem la reconstrucció del paisatge arqueològic com una activitat contínua on es desenvolupen una sèrie de canvis i on es pot comparar la informació diferent que es troba a disposició amb l'objectiu de proposar diferents paisatges percebuts on "mindscapes". En un sentit teòric podem distingir tres nivells de paisatge per investigar i interpretar: "Mapscape" (paisatge virtual realitzat en GIS am dades espacials), "taskscape" (activitats i relacions del paisatge), i "mindscape" (paisatge percebut, ecosistema digital). En resum, ens enfrontem a una sèrie de problemes metodològics i tecnològics enfocats a la reconstrucció virtual fent ús del software i les biblioteques d'OpenGl perprojectar, reconstruir i navegar en el paisatge antic en temps real. Aquest article se centra en la realització del sistema de Realitat Virtual del parc de la Via Appia Antica (a Roma), un paisatge arqueològic virtual molt complex, que hem reconstruït a partir de treball de camp emprant una sèrie de tecnologies integrades com l'escàner làser, fotomodelació, fotogrametria i DGPS.Basándonos en una metodología fundada en el pensamiento ecológico, podemos afrontar una serie de cuestiones tecnológicas en el ámbito del patrimonio cultural de forma distinta a cómo se viene realizando tradicionalmente. Entendemos la reconstrucción del paisaje arqueológico como una actividad continua en la que se desarrollan una serie de cambios y en la que se puede comparar la diferente información a disposición con el objetivo de proponer distintos paisajes percibidos o "mindscapes". En sentido teórico distinguimos tres niveles de paisaje para investigar e interpretar: "Mapscape" (paisaje virtual realizado en GIS con datos espaciales), taskscape (actividades y relaciones del paisaje), y mindscape (paisaje percibido, ecosistema digital). En suma, nos enfrentamos a una serie de problemas metodológicos y tecnológicos enfocados a la reconstrucción virtual usando el software y las bibliotecas de OpenGl para proyectar, reconstruir y navegar en el paisaje antiguo en tiempo real. Este artículo se centra en la realización del sistema de Realidad Virtual del parque de la Via Appia Antica (en Roma), un paisaje arqueológico virtual muy complejo, que hemos reconstruido a partir de trabajo de campo usando una serie de tecnologías integradas como el escaner laser, fotomodelación, fotogrametría, DGPS.Founded on a methodology based on ecological thinking we can face up to a set of technological questions related to cultural heritage in a different way to the traditional one. We understand the reconstruction of an archaeological landscape as a continuous activity in which changes occur and where comparison among the different types of information is possible so that different perceived landscapes (mindscapes) can be proposed. In a theoretical sense, we differentiate three levels in landscape for research or interpretation: mapscape (virtual landscape elaborated in GIS with spatial data), taskscape (landscape activities and relations) and mindscape (perceived landscape, digital ecosystem) In sum, we confront a set of methodological and technological problems aimed to the virtual reconstruction using the OpenGi software and libraries for projecting, reconstructing and to navigate in an ancient landscap

Pianificazione e progetto partecipato del paesaggio

Landscape studies are based on three major systems (Jacobs, 2006, page 11): Matterscape, Powerscape and Mindscape. Initially based on a reworking of the theory of Habermas (1984), the focus in each case is on:-- the real or objective world (Matterscape);-- the regulatory sphere (Powerscape) which depends on the indications, regulations and policies as a whole;-- the system of perception and thought, which derives from the expectations and emotions of the populations living in and visiting a certain landscape (Mindscape). The ELC on the other hand indicates that the landscape derives from:-- its objective characters, the ecological-environmental, historical-cultural and settlement aspects, land and economic use;-- the regulatory and political processes as a whole which contribute to its continuous reconstruction;-- the social perception of positive and negative values and policies. Landscape studies and policies must both integrate these systems. It is only through integration on all levels of territorial government between materiality, rules and perception of the landscape that we can draw up plans and projects to establish shared visions for the daily management of landscapes. In this sense the Dutch and the United Kingdom are models is in line with the idea of the integration of policies indicated by the ELC. In fact, in this countries the latest landscape policies are drawn up with a significant amount of information gathered on the social perception and appreciation of landscape

A modo de conclusión: Los migrantes caboverdeanos, polacos y griegos en la Argentina.

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Writing is more than 'exciting': equipping primary children to become reflective writers

This article describes work undertaken as part of a partnership programme initiated to encourage collaborative research between teachers and university tutors. In the Teaching Reading and Writing Links project (TRAWL) primary school teachers, working as research partners, explored ways of developing children as reflective writers. The research group wanted to know whether, through examining how texts are crafted by expert writers during literacy sessions, children might be encouraged to pay more attention to compositional rather than secretarial aspects of narrative writing during writing workshops. The overall writing achievement of 338 children was monitored over one school year and narrative writing from 60 case study children was evaluated at the beginning and end of the research period. In this article the impact on achievement is illustrated, some examples of writing are analysed and evidence of development in children's metacognition and confidence as writers is discussed