Paper short abstract:

I propose to present the early stages of a study that concerns Mount Saint Peter as it is emerging as an Anthropocene landscape. I will focus on one of my central methodologies in this study that is walking as a way of understanding these different regimes of care.

Paper long abstract:

I propose to present the early stages of a study that concerns Mount Saint Peter as it is emerging as an Anthropocene landscape. Mount Saint Peter figure prominently in the history of the City of Maastricht and the Limburg region in general. It constitutes a hybrid landscape that present complex patchworks of land use, including nature reserves, archaeological sites, urban edges, industrial complexes, agricultural lands and leisure zones. Currently large-scale projects of nature engineering are underway, altering this post-industrial landscape fundamentally. These transitions present a key archive to analyze the shifts, transformations and internal workings of the discourses of heritage and nature development. One of my central concerns of the study is coming to an understanding of the biography of this mountain. Therefore, I examine the different regimes of care surrounding the conservation of the new co-existence of animals, plants, humans and technologies. In this presentation I will focus on one of my central methodologies in this study that is walking Mount Saint Peter as a way of understanding these different regimes of care.