To celebrate the International Day of Monuments and Sites (IDMS), we are presenting a webinar on the critical role of cultural landscapes in responding to climate change and the support of community resilience.
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CHS Director Elizabeth Brabec to speak at ARU’s Sustainable Futures Conference, Cambridge, UK
Elizabeth Brabec will join a group of 14 academics and agency leaders at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, on June 21st and 22, to discuss “Resilience to Extreme Events.” The conference will cover the range of issues from cultural
Frederick Gage Todd, Landscape Architect, a National Historic Person
It is not often that a landscape architect is designated a “National Historic Person.” But on October 21, 2020, Frederick G. Todd joined 729 other individuals, from medical researchers to politicians to arctic explorers on the Canadian list (Parks Canada,
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CHS Director Elizabeth Brabec to speak at ARU’s Sustainable Futures Conference, Cambridge, UK
Elizabeth Brabec will join a group of 14 academics and agency leaders at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, on June 21st and 22, to discuss “Resilience to Extreme Events.” The conference will cover the range of issues from cultural
Law, Landscape and Culture: Why America doesn’t love the black currant
Why is the black currant so popular in Europe and almost non-existent in North America? A recent blog post from the US Law Library of Congress discusses the link between cultural taste preferences and the local ecosystem, the importance of
Pastoralism
Pastoralism is a “fundamental subsistence pattern that dates back over 10,000 years to the global warming that ended the Pleistocene Epoch” (Little 2015, 337). The map below shows the development of pastoralism as an agricultural system around the world, expanding to
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in Scotland
A Twitter thread of resources on climate change, focused on Scotland but applicable worldwide (click on the image below to get the whole thread in Twitter). By David Harkin, Historic Environment Scotland.
Garten Ordnung, 1597, Johannes Peschel
darinnen ordentliche Warhaftige Beschreibung, wie man aus rechtem grund der Geometria einen nützlichen und zierlichen Garten … anrichten sol, etc.
Projects
Affiliations: World Universities Network (WUN) Understanding Cultures Steering Group UMass Amherst Representative As a consortium of 23 research universities from around the globe, the WUN brings partners together to tackle critical research issues in a transdisciplinary and international forum. The
Conferences
List of Conferences Please click on year to link to more information: 2023: Cultural Landscapes’ Critical Role in Responding to Climate Change 2019: Rural Heritage: Landscapes and Beyond 2018: Culture, Migration and Adaptation in a Rapidly Changing World 2017: The
Cultural Landscapes Initiative
Cultural landscapes are the “home,” the space and the place in which we live. They reflect the people and the cultures who create them in their interaction with the natural world around them. They also reflect the layers of the