- Title
- From universal to local: perspectives on cultural landscape heritage in South Africa
- Creator
- Cocks, Michelle L
- Creator
- Vetter, Susan M
- Creator
- Wiersum, K Frerrk
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141150
- Identifier
- vital:37948
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2017.1362573
- Description
- The concept of cultural landscapes relates to the multifaceted links between people, place and identity. From a professional perspective, the concept refers to a category of designated conservation areas with specific biocultural heritage values. From a local perspective, it may refer to a landscape that is associated with the provision of a culturally-specific sense of identity and belonging. We explore these two perspectives through a comparative analysis of three cultural landscapes in South Africa, the ‘expert’ designated Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape and the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, and the local associative landscape of emaXhoseni, which is not formally recognised. We propose that a biocultural diversity perspective of heritage not only recognises the inextricable relationship between nature and culture, but it also gives prominence to the beliefs, values and practices of local people, and to strengthening their agency to safeguard their heritage in ways and forms that are relevant to them.
- Format
- 18 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Journal of Heritage Studies
- Relation
- Cocks, M., Vetter, S. and Wiersum, K.F., 2018. From universal to local: perspectives on cultural landscape heritage in South Africa. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 24(1), pp.35-52.
- Relation
- International Journal of Heritage Studies volume 24 number 1 35 52 August 2017 1470-3610
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Vetter, Susan M (Assoc Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Cocks, Michelle Linda (Assoc Prof)
RU Department of Anthropology
RU Department of Botany
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