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

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 Secovlje (Slovene Istria) and Janubio (Lanz...

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Main Author: Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo 2019-01-01
Series:PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
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Online Access:http://ojsull.webs.ull.es/index.php/Revista/article/view/1664
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description 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 Secovlje (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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spelling doaj.art-b6af6dcbdda94f32b299fbe9b20ae0722022-12-21T22:50:01ZengInstituto de Investigación Social y TurismoPASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural1695-71212019-01-0117410.25145/j.pasos.2019.17.048The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpansLuis Gregorio Abad Espinoza 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 Secovlje (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. http://ojsull.webs.ull.es/index.php/Revista/article/view/1664Cultural landscapesSečovlje saltpansJanubio saltpansCulture‑nature relationsEnhancement of the values
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The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
Cultural landscapes
Sečovlje saltpans
Janubio saltpans
Culture‑nature relations
Enhancement of the values
title The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
title_full The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
title_fullStr The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
title_full_unstemmed The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
title_short The rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes: the case of Secovlje and Janubio saltpans
title_sort rethinking and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage of the cultural landscapes the case of secovlje and janubio saltpans
topic Cultural landscapes
Sečovlje saltpans
Janubio saltpans
Culture‑nature relations
Enhancement of the values
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