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CHS Director Elizabeth Brabec to speak at ARU’s Sustainable Futures Conference, Cambridge, UK

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

Center for Heritage & Society June 12, 2023 News, Research, United Kingdom, Worldwide Read more

Frederick Gage Todd, Landscape Architect, a National Historic Person

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,

Center for Heritage & Society April 19, 2023 Canada, Massachusetts, News, North America, USA Read more

Cultural Landscapes’ Critical Role in Responding to Climate Change

Cultural Landscapes’ Critical Role in Responding to Climate Change

Celebrating the International Day of Monuments and Sites April 18, 2023, 9:00 EST, 13:00 UTC

Center for Heritage & Society April 15, 2023 Argentina, ICOMOS, News, United Kingdom, USA, Worldwide Read more

Law, Landscape and Culture: Why America doesn’t love the black currant

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

Center for Heritage & Society October 31, 2022 Europe, News, North America, Research, USA, Worldwide Read more

Pastoralism

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

Center for Heritage & Society January 25, 2021 News, Research, Resources, Uncategorized, Worldwide Read more

Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in Scotland

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.

Center for Heritage & Society July 16, 2020 Europe, Research, Resources, Scotland, United Kingdom, Worldwide Read more

Garten Ordnung, 1597, Johannes Peschel

Garten Ordnung, 1597, Johannes Peschel

darinnen ordentliche Warhaftige Beschreibung, wie man aus rechtem grund der Geometria einen nützlichen und zierlichen Garten … anrichten sol, etc.

Center for Heritage & Society May 21, 2020 Europe, Germany, Research, Resources Read more

Online Resources for Historic Maps

Online Resources for Historic Maps
Center for Heritage & Society April 3, 2020 Research, Resources, Worldwide Read more

Methodologies – LiDAR Imaging

Methodologies – LiDAR Imaging

LiDAR (or LIDAR) – light detection and ranging – is a method to generate very precise topographical measurements about a particular piece of land.  Achieving up to 2″ (5.08 cm) differences in topography, LiDAR is an exceptionally useful tool for

Center for Heritage & Society March 18, 2020 Italy, Research, USA Read more

Medieval map shows changing concept of people, cultures and “races”

Medieval map shows changing concept of people, cultures and “races”

A recent BBC video explores the significance of the Mappa Mundi at Hereford Cathedral, United Kingdom … The Mappa Mundi at Hereford was created about 1300CE – 700 years ago – as a reflection of the Europeans understanding of the

Center for Heritage & Society January 20, 2020 Research, Resources, Worldwide Read more
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