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Robertson, Iain J and Webster, David R (2016) 'People of the croft: visualising land, heritage and identity.' cultural geographies, 24 (2). pp. 311-318.

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Abstract

This short photographic essay emerges from the recognition that identity, landscapes and heritage landscapes in particular are rarely configured and conceptualised wholly linguistically. An affective and emotional charge can involve visual and tactile metaphors and mnemonics. This essay therefore attempts to capture aspects of this visuality and material mnemonics while recognising the constraints imposed by the written word and the need to ask our interviewees to articulate the ?material thing? which most spoke to them of their ?croft?. The heritage landscape that is the focus of this article is that of crofting agriculture in the Scottish Highlands. What emerges between the word and the image is a strong sense of inheritance from the past validated by and made meaningful by work practices and deriving from a very particular land, task and seascape. Together, this constitutes a heritage from below and a sense of localised identity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Affect; Heritage; Identity; Landscape; Scotland
SOAS Departments & Centres: Administration and Professional Services > Library and Information Services
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
D History General and Old World
ISSN: 14744740
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474016659235
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2020 09:21
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/32343

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