cult-rural theme 1: cultural landscapes the interaction between rural communities and the natural...

CULT-RURALCULT-RURALTHEME 1: CULTURAL LANDSCAPESTHEME 1: CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

The interaction between rural communities and the natural The interaction between rural communities and the natural environmentenvironment

SCENARIO

UNIT 1. Signs and symbols: primeval relationships

UNIT 2 Exploitation of nature for productive purposes

UNIT 3. Adaptation of buildings to the landscape

UNIT 4. Memory and future

UNIT 1. Signs and symbols: primeval relationships

Myths and popular beliefs

Water and fairies

Landmarks and heroes

Toponymy

Sacred trees, rocks etc

UNIT 2 Exploitation of nature for productive purposes

Cultivating the land The terraced landscape (drystone walls) Agricultural tools connected to changes in

the landscape Animal farming - Nomadic life

Energy windmills and wind generator water mills and dams

Circular buildings

Huts made of wood and foliage Stone made constructions using the vaulting

systems

Many examples date back to the NeolithicGreece: Dimini and Sesklo

Cyprus: Choirokitia

Used asnomadic family houses

temporal accommodation

working spaces

UNIT 3. Adaptation of buildings to the landscape

Use of materials and methods of building

Circular building (mud, straw, stone)

Bio-climatic construction

Aesthetic adaptation of settlements and built complexes to the landscape

UNIT 4. Memory and future

The landscape dictates lifestyle, movement, aesthetics of peopleMovement (Dances), materials (textiles)

Landscape as souvenir or advertisement Landscape in Art (utopian, futuristic,

classical etc) Challenges and prospects

Dangers (fires, floods, drought, etc)

Destruction from human intervention (buildings, roads, blockage or re-direction of rivers, streams etc)

Exhibition layout