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Re-storing natural-cultural landscapes I 
Convenors:
Ane Ohrvik (University of Oslo)
Karen V. Lykke (University of Oslo)
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Format:
Panel
Stream:
ENVIRONMENT
:
Room H-207
Sessions:
Tuesday 14 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

The panel explore the ongoing processes of re-storation, re-vitalisation, and re-enchantment of both places in the landscape and historical practices connected to them.

Long Abstract:

In this panel we wish to explore processes of re-storation, re-vitalisation, and re-enchantment of natural-cultural elements in the landscape. Streams, springs and holy wells for example, were formerly connected to cultural and spiritual practices, and have in many cases been altered, manipulated, or destroyed due to modern management. The healing and restorative quality of moving water has been drained both from the cultural consciousness and from the landscape itself, with agricultural drainage as the main reason for its disappearance. This is one of many examples in which the valuation of nature and culture - which arguably is a problematic dichotomy - dovetails and has potential to open up new, more interesting insights than its separate components have alone. Can focus on cultural elements widen the scope and include interest in the ecosystems they are part of? Can focussing on ecosystems also take the cultural heritage herein into account?

There is an ongoing - and growing - interest in and practice towards restoring and reinventing both places in the landscape and historical practices connected to them. What is the cultural impact of such restorations and resetting? What role does popular beliefs, narratives and rituals play in the process? Can the restoration of spiritual places in the landscape reverse or impact the degradation of ecosystems as well? In this panel we invite both historical and contemporary studies of restorative practices in the landscape.

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Session 1 Tuesday 14 June, 2022, -
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