• The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Sečovlje and Janubio saltpans

    Author(s):
    Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Anthropology, Sociology
    Subject(s):
    Ethnology--Fieldwork, Ethnology, Sociology
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Anthropology of Tourism, ecological anthropology, enviromental ethics, Environmental sustainability, Cultural anthropology, Environmental humanities, Ethnographic fieldwork
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/591e-7863
    Abstract:
    Cultural landscapes represent a complex category where the nature-culture dichotomy seem to not be able to unfold the main features and the profound relations that humans have with the environment. Drawing on ethnographic data collected in the saltpans of Se-ovlje (Slovene Istria) and Janubio (Lanzarote--Canary Islands) this article examines informant`s perceptions about the awareness of the importance and the enhancement of the holistic values of both saltpans, as well as the impacts and benefits of tourism. Comparing these perceptions about both cultural landscapes, I try to suggest that the complex fruitfully relations between humans and nature in these saltpans are at odds with the neoliberal logic of nature which exploit and commoditize its resources depriving them of their respective agency. A sustainability to contrast the harmful activities of the market ought to be understood not as a simply isolation and fencing of nature for the sake of conservation, but as a preservation that need to foster the continuity of the deep interactions between human culture and non-human nature which are the core of the cultural landscapes.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.25145/j.pasos.2019.17.048
    Publisher:
    University of La Laguna
    Pub. Date:
    2019-7-18
    Journal:
    PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
    Volume:
    17
    Issue:
    4
    Page Range:
    671 - 693
    ISSN:
    1695-7121
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    Attribution

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