Landscape Culture - Culturing Landscapes / RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft (PDF)

In this book an international group of authors reflects mechanisms of the cultural and social construction of landscapes. International migration and global exchange are associated with a multitude of different cultural meanings of landscapes. The logics of multi-cultural perceptions and meanings of landscape call for trans-disciplinary research, and for guidance on addressing culturally sensitive issues and inclusion in practical planning.

Content

·        (International) Concepts of Landscapes, Theory Basis

·        Landscape Perception and Preferences in Multicultural Settings

·        Inter-Acculturation in Multicultural Settings and in Territories in Transition

·        Migrants and Non-Migrants Perception and Preferences

·        A Condition of the Spirit: Mapping Landscape, Language and Culture

·        Current Demands on Landscape Research by the Growing Importance of Hybridization

Target Groups

·        Researchers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Leisure Sciences

·        Landscapearchitects

·        Urban and landscape planners

·        Urban and regional sociologists

The Editors
Dr. Diedrich Bruns teaches as professor at the department for landscape architecture at Kassel University.
Dr. Olaf Kühne is professor of agricultural- and regional management at the University of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf.
Dr. Antje Schönwald is research assistant for geography at the University of Saarland.
Dipl.-Ing. Simone Theile is research assistant for landscape planning at Kassel University.