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