Landscape, Memory and History (Anthropology, Culture and Society Series): Anthropological Perspectives FROM THE PUBLISHER
Over the last 20 years, a debate has opened up in the social sciences about notions of 'space' and 'place'. This collection of papers draws on anthropological perspectives to examine how a sense of landscape is imbued with -- and in turn affected by -- deeply imbedded notions of history, in a variety of different settings. American, Australian and British scholars examine the significance of this use of landscape for studies of identity -- particularly as an alternative to a previous concentration solely on nationalism and national sense of identity. In doing so they re-establish a sphere for present-day social anthropology to link back to earlier 'community-based' approaches and to make explicit an emphasis on political change, citizenship et al. They examine, quite literally, how people really see themselves in their environment -- and how that perception changes and is affected by history.
SYNOPSIS
Over the last 20 years, a debate has opened up in the social sciences about notions of ﾽspaceﾽ and ﾽplaceﾽ. This collection of papers draws on anthropological perspectives to examine how a sense of landscape is imbued with — and in turn affected by — deeply imbedded notions of history, in a variety of different settings.
American, Australian and British scholars examine the significance of this use of landscape for studies of identity — particularly as an alternative to a previous concentration solely on nationalism and national sense of identity. In doing so they re-establish a sphere for present-day social anthropology to link back to earlier ﾽcommunity-based' approaches and to make explicit an emphasis on political change, citizenship et al. They examine, quite literally, how people really see themselves in their environment — and how that perception changes and is affected by history.
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