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Nrtingen-Geislingen University

School of Landscape Architecture,Environmental and Urban Planning

Prof. Dr. Michael RothEthnic Landscapes and Ethno-Ecosystems (ETHLAS) Workshop

Miercurea Ciuc, November 27-30, 2013

The EUCALAND Network, Project and Institute

European Culture Expressed in Agricultural Landscapes

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Prof. Dr. Michael Roth | ETHLAS Workshop | Miercurea Ciuc | November 27-30, 2013





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The EUCALAND Network:How it all started

The EUCALAND Project:

A European view on agricultural landscapes as cultural heritage The EUCALAND Institute:

Planning for future research

Seisser Alm and Puflatsch (South Tyrol) Klaus Franz

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How it all started

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The EUCALANDNetwork

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Agriculturematters!

Europes agriculture + heritage interwoven in history

European commonalities

specific national, regional and localcharacteristics

Drivers/pressures, e.g. globalisation, uniformisation of EALs

urbanisation, demographic change

climate change, energy production

conflicts between land-use,

heritage protection andlandscape management

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The EUCALAND Network Facts and Figures

30 official members (institutional and personal members)

17 countries represented in the network: AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE, EE,FI, FR, GR, HU, IT, NL, NO, PT, RO, SK, SL

137 persons have been (in different ways) associatedwith the network

Coun-

tries

Mem-

bers

Institu-

tions

Indivi-

duals

Uni-

versi-

ties

Consul-

tants

NGOs/

Asso-

ciations

Admi-

nistra-

tion

Private

17 30 27 3 22 5 2 1 0

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The EUCALAND Network Cooperations

UNESCO (Paris)

CoE (Strasbourg)

ICOMOS (AT, FR, DE, IT, UK)

ECOVAST (DE, AU)

CIVILSCAPE, founding member

UNISCAPE

German Forum Cultural Landscapes, founding member

ELAND (Sweden), founding member

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The EUCALAND Network Workshops/Working Meetings

2006: Cologne, DE (host: LVR)

2006: Paris, FR, working meeting

2006: Girona, ES (at 5th Workshop of the CoE of implementing ELC)

2006: Berlin, DE (at PECSRL-Conference)

2007: Cambridge, UK (host: UCAM, funds: Lower Austrian Government)

2009: Dortmund, DE (host: Dortmund University of Technology)

2011: Clermont-Ferrand, FR (host: Vetagro Sup)

2012: Gdll, HU (host: Szent Istvan University)

2013: Utrecht, NL (host: Utrecht University)

2014: Prague, CZ (host: Charles University)Co

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Perspective/Scale

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Agri-cultural landscapes: Not only a local/regional phenomenon

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Agricultural landscape description

Village forms/types

Farmhouse regions

Settlement + farming history

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(Agri-)Cultural landscape description and assessment

Landscape types (Federal Agency for Nature Conservation 2004)

- 858 landscapes / 24 landscape types

Cultural landscape with viticulture

Cultural landscape dominated by orchards

Open cultural landscape dominated by arable landOpen cultural landscape dominated by grassland

Well structured cultural landscape

Densely structured cultural landscapes

Cultural landscapes with open character

Cultural landscape dominated by arable land

Cultural landscape dominated by grassland

Additional information

Hedge landscapes

River landscapesCopy

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A European perspective to agricultural landscape as heritage

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Need for EU-wide

- Cultural landscape description(s)

- Cultural landscape classification(s)

- Empirical research (EU-wide focus)on cultural landscape perceptionand valuation

- Cultural landscape management

The EUCALAND project

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The EUCALAND Project

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The EUCALAND project: An overview

2-year project (2007-2009), led by University of Cambridge

Funded by the European commission within the Culture 2007-2013 programme

50 % self-financing

40 partner institutions

27 European countries involved

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Workgroups & Results

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WG 1: Landscape description: Definit ions, methods, values

Definitions- Landscape- Agricultural landscape- Cultural landscape

Theories- Landscape perception & assessment- Cultural values- Social functions and benefits

Approaches- Description methods- Physical level meaning level- Structure function value

General landscape level

Relation to agricultural activity

Cultural dimension

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WG 1: Cultural Landscape Description Methods

Physical Level

Physical Object

(Structure)

Categories

Meaning Level

Intangible Quality

(Value)

Gradient

People Physical ObjectInteraction

(Function)

Examples Categories Examples Categories Examples

TerritorySpacePhysical GeographyMappingObjectivenessExpert

SymbolPlaceSociology/PsychologyInterviewsSubjectivenessSocietyUser

AgriculturalActivity

MeadowsArableOrchards

CultivationMethod

Sheepgrazing

Organicfarming

Aesthetic Value PerceivedBeauty

RelatedElements

Plot designVillagesRoads

Spatial Relations& Connections

Trans-humance

Identification Feeling of

Belonging

Topography MountainsLowlandsRiver basinsCoastal areas

Marketing Denomination oforigin

SocialAppreciation

Festivals

Data Sources

Descript ion Level

Analysis Level

Topographic MapsLand Use DataAerial Photographs

InterviewsQuestionnairesLiterature

Pictures

Thematic MapsLiterature

Accessibiltiy Rights of way Symbolic Value Tales

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WG 2: Landscape history: major stages in the evolut ion of EAL

Chronological development of European agricultural landscapesSynopsis + Synthesis

Parallels and differences

Sub-groups, e.g. collectivisation in 20th-century eastern Europe

Driving forces behind and implications for society

Visible traces in todays (agricultural) landscapes

Demo-graphic andeconomic

fluctuations,technology

Centre-peripheryrelations

Regional& localpolitical

and legalinstitutions

Physicalgeography

Existinglandscapestructures

Forces of change Forces of stability CZAT

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WG 2: Landscape history: major stages in the evolut ion of EAL

Example: Production and demographic response to population pressures impacts on (agricultural) landscape

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WG 3: Landscape classi fication and characterisation

Benchmarks: Existing classifications

Meeus 1995Lebeau 1969, Clout 1998

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WG 3: Landscape classification and characterisation

I. Preparation

collection and analysis of existing+/- European classifications

II. Consensus

on scale, level of detail, hierarchy,processes, functions; anthropogenicapproach; selection of terms

III. First draft

list of attributes, country tables

IV. Analysis

in-depth discussion in working groupand between country coordinators

V. Final Layout

processes and structuresspatial relation and spatial organisationtemporal change10 classes, 40 types

descriptive and eponymous keywords

VI. Product

historical, archeological, culturallysensitive, anthropogenic classificationconcept (international, interdisciplinary)

Future work to do

enhancements, > countries, definitions,specification, images, mapping,dissemination (planners, administration)

intensi

ve

discussion

an

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fine-tuning

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WG 3: Landscape classification and characterisation

Identity

a word,a name

Pattern

an aspect

Process

a farmingsystem

Change

a history

Spatial

relationship

a connection

Organisation

a humansystem

Topography

a basis,a background

Tradition,value

Form,morphology

Function,practise,method

Time, maturity,changethrough time

Space, highlevel patterns

Social, people,settlementpatterns,

building types

Physicalgeography

What peoplecall it

What it lookslike

Why it lookslike that

What hashappened

What it isconnected with

What society itreflects

Backgroundscenery

Open fieldagriculture;

Champagne

Large, lowland,intensively usedopen land

Strip fields

No boundaryfences/walls

Cultivationmosaic

Arable/ploughedland

Rotations

Fallow land

Long termagriculture

Medieval origin

Grassland,meadows

Manuring andsoil sweetening

Nucleatedvillages

Different forms ofvillage typesrelated toorganisation ofagriculturalcultivation

Undulatinglowlands

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WG 4: Landscape assessment and pol icy

Agricultural landscapes as cultural heritage in international policies, directives,conventions and protective frameworks e.g.

- UNESCO World Heritage Convention, European Landscape Convention

- IUCN, ICOMOS

- EU CAP

- EIA/SEA Directives, EU Sixth Environment Action Programme

Agricultural landscapes as cultural heritage in national policies and law

Operational suggestions for appropriate policies for agricultural landscapes

Rapeseed field Hans-Peter Loehr

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WG 5: Landscape planning: Recommendations

Synoptical approach, survey among participating countries

- Landscape classifications used in landscape planning

- Present planning instruments

- Instruments used for awareness raising- Current trends, driving forces, pressures affecting agricultural landscapes

Recommendations to future planning,management and monitoring measures

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WG 5: Landscape planning: Recommendations

Action arenas/spaces

- climate change- demographic change- biodiversity- water management

- energy transition

Integration

- sectoral- institutional- administrative

Participation

- awareness raising- information- dialogue- cooperation

Knowledge transfer

- horizontal- vertical

Effects & values

- economic- socio-cultural- ecological

Dichotomy breakups

- nature conservation vs.cultural heritageprotection

- science vs. practise- humanities vs. natural

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Further Project Outputs

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Multil ingual glossary on European agricultural landscapes

Discussionabout the differentmeanings of terms

Collection ofexisting glossaries

Input project members

Analysis/selectionof terms

Checkup byeditorial group

Until end: Constant checkupby all project members

Online-cooperation(online collaboration

website)

Procedural Step

GlossaryParticipation

process

Glossary

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Travelling exhibition

Different languages

Target groups:

- Scientists

- Politicians- Stakeholders

- General public

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EUCALAND project publications

Project website

http://www.eucalandproject.eu/

Final conference proceedings

Special issue (2010)Journal of Landscape Ecology

Project website

http://www.eucalandproject.eu/

Project book

Palombi Editori, Rome (2010)

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Outlook: How to go on?

EUCALAND project:Starting point for a longer process

Inclusion of more/other countries

Fine-tuning of classification with stakeholders

Feedback coupling of results with ELC actors Digital atlas of Europes agricultural landscapes

Description and mapping for one agriculturallandscape type per year:

- 2012: wooded pastures

- 2013: irrigated grassland- 2014: enclosed agriculture

Red list of agricultural landscapes?

Suggestions for UNESCO world cultural heritage?Co

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The EUCALAND Insti tute

Registred as a non-profit association underGerman Law since 2013

Regular monthly newsletter with

- Research calls

- Publications- Conference announcements

- Platform for seeking cooperation partners

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Several calls submitted each year

4F: FRIENDS, FUN, FIELDTRIPS, FOOD

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Thank you very much for your attention

Agricultural landscape in the Rheingau Jan Kretschmer

Prof. Dr. Michael Roth



E-Mail: [email protected]

WWW: http://www.hfwu.de

Dr. Alexandra Kruse

Eucaland Network Coordinator

E-Mail: [email protected]

WWW: http://www.eucalandnetwork.eu

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