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Exploring Tangible and Intangible Heritage and its Resilience as a Basis to Understand the Cultural Landscapes of Saxon Communities in Southern Transylvania (Romania)

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  • Ileana Pătru-Stupariu

    (Department of Regional Geography and Environment, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bd. N. Bălcescu, 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania
    Institute of Research of the University of Bucharest, ICUB; Transdisciplinary Research Centre Landscape-Territory-Information Systems, CeLTIS, Splaiul Independentei nr. 91–95, 050095 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Marioara Pascu

    (Faculty of Geography, Doctoral School Simion Mehedinti, University of Bucharest Bd. N. Bălcescu, 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Matthias Bürgi

    (WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Research Unit Land Change Science, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland)

Abstract

Landscape researchers tend to reduce the diversity of tangible heritage to physical aspects of cultural landscapes, from the wealth of intangible heritage they focus on land-use practices which have a direct and visible impact on the landscape. We suggest a comprehensive assessment of both tangible and intangible heritage, in order to more accurately assess the interconnection of local identity and the shaping of cultural landscapes. As an example, we looked at Saxon culture and cultural landscapes in southern Transylvania (Romania), where we assessed features of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, identified their resilience and the driving forces of their change. Our analysis, based on 74 interviews with residents in ten villages in southern Transylvania, showed a high resilience of tangible heritage and a low resilience of intangible heritage. A major factor responsible for changes in the Saxon heritage was a decline in the population at the end of the Cold War, due to migration, driven by political and economic factors. We conclude by discussing the specific merits of such an analysis for integrated landscape management.

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  • Ileana Pătru-Stupariu & Marioara Pascu & Matthias Bürgi, 2019. "Exploring Tangible and Intangible Heritage and its Resilience as a Basis to Understand the Cultural Landscapes of Saxon Communities in Southern Transylvania (Romania)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:11:p:3102-:d:236334
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