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

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza, University of Milan-Bicocca

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
The-rethinking-and-enhancement-of-the-natural-and-cultural-heritage-of-the-cultural-landscapes.pdf application/pdf 953.9 KB 12/27/2019 06:43:AM

Project Citation: 

Abad Espinoza, Luis Gregorio. The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116963V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms anthropology ; sociology; ethnography
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 9/2015 – 4/2016
Universe:  View help for Universe This study engaged 12 individuals involved in both saltpans (n=6, in Sečovlje and n=6 in Janubio), a period of participant observation and in depth semi-structured interviews were conducted between September 2015 and April 2016. 
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling Non-probability sampling

Objective sampling 

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

V1 [2019-12-27]

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.