Publicomos

Réf.

43339

Type

book

Titre

Cultural landscapes of the Pacific Islands

Langues

English

Auteurs

Smith, Anita / Jones, Kevin L. / Denyer, Susan

Lieu de publication

Paris

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

12/2007

Pages

130 p.

Collection

Thematic study

Mots-clés

Pacific Islands / cultural landscapes / ethnography / horticulture / trees / sea / theory of cultural landscapes / intangible heritage / vernacular architecture / landscape structures / indigenous or traditional landscapes / ethnographic landscapes / vernacular landscapes / human settlement sites / mixed properties

Résumé en anglais

Cultural landscapes have the capacity to be read as living records of the way societies have interacted with their environment over time. This record may present highly distinctive settlement patterns, or it may present landscapes that reflect common approaches widely scattered in space and time. Both of these are true for the Pacific where the study of cultural landscapes is opening a large window on particularly distinctive interactions found in the Pacific Islands, which also have strong associations with collective memories of migrations, stories of origins and sacred rituals. The compilation of this study coincided with the first meeting of the World Heritage Committee in the Pacific Islands Region in Christchurch, New Zealand, in June/July 2007. A draft version was presented on that occasion and elicited strong interest and support from Committee members. [From the foreword by Susan Denyer]

Document joint

cultural-landscapes-pacific.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)