Beyond the visual dimension: Using ideal type narratives to analyse people's assessments of landscape scenarios

Soliva, Reto; Hunziker, Marcel

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.03.007

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“…This compares well with studies using landscape visualization for scenarios, where scenario elements not connected to the landscape are often not supported by a visual format (Lange, 2011;Soliva & Hunziker, 2009). Conversely, while our approach is limited to narrative responses, new landscape visualization tools allow for live visual content design (Bishop, 2011;Stock et al, 2008).…”

Section: Experiential Communication: Scenariocommunitiessupporting

confidence: 74%

Combining analytic and experiential communication in participatory scenario development

Vervoort

Kok

Beers

et al. 2012

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Section: Experiential Communication: Scenariocommunitiessupporting

confidence: 74%

Combining analytic and experiential communication in participatory scenario development

Vervoort

Kok

Beers

et al. 2012

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Industrial agricultural forms that are the least preferred amongst the wider public-described by Nohl (2001, p. 233) as ''the aesthetically most unattractive landscapes''-receive the highest preference ratings from farmers and, conversely, the natural or semi-natural landscapes preferred by others are the least preferred (e.g. Brush et al, 2000;Burel & Baudry, 1995;Rogge et al, 2007;Ryan, 1998;Solvia & Hunziker, 2009;Surova´& Pinto-Correia, 2008;van den Berg et al, 1998;Yu, 1995). As McEachern (1992, p. 165) in an ethnographic study of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the UK observed, farmers' conceptualisation of land produces ''an aesthetic which is the very opposite of the pleasure in 'unspoiled' landscapes, which provides for the needs of many urban dwellers'' (also Burgess et al, 2000;Carr & Tait, 1991;Morris & Evans, 2004;Paquette & Domon, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding Farmers' Aesthetic Preference for Tidy Agricultural Landscapes: A Bourdieusian Perspective

Burton

2012

Landscape Research

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Studies of landscape aesthetics based on photographic assessment indicate that farmers have a unique perspective-seeing beauty in the same ordered and controlled arable agricultural landscapes that almost all other publics find monotonous and boring. This paper uses Bourdieu's theory of capital to explore why farmers hold this perspective. Interpretations farmers place on 'tidy' features such as straight lines and evenly coloured fields were explored through a cross-cultural study between Germany and Scotland. Results show how farmers 'read' agricultural landscapes for signs of skilled farming, and how their interpretation is dependent on knowledge of the connection between efficient farming practices and the appearance of forms and colours in the fields. The implications of agricultural landscape aesthetics for the development of cultural and social capital are discussed.

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“…By contrast, narrative analysis is engaging but often too complex and case-specific for use by policy-makers (Williams and Patterson, 2007). In reality, there exists a spectrum of options between the two (see, for instance, Soliva and Hunziker, 2009); this work leans towards the first, in deference to our goal of informing practice.…”

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Using photography to elicit grazier values and management practices relating to tree survival and recruitment

2010

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a b s t r a c tIntegrating conservation and agricultural production is a major challenge globally. The upper Lachlan catchment of Australia is dominated by livestock grazing, and is threatened because most native woodland vegetation has been cleared. A third of all remaining tree cover occurs as scattered trees in grazing pastures. These scattered trees are dying from old age and are not regenerating due to grazing pressure. Previous work has revealed management strategies that are more likely to maintain tree cover, such as low-input rotational grazing. We asked graziers to photograph significant features on their properties, and used the images as prompts in later interviews. This elicited graziers' landscape values and other drivers of their management practices related to tree cover. The targets that our 25 case landholders chose to photograph, and the ways they discussed them in later interviews, reflected the focus of past education and incentive programs, suggesting that well-designed policies, educational messages and incentives do seem to reach landholders and result in improved practices. For example, many landholders reported management activities related to the protection of large woodland patches or the maintenance of coarse woody debris. The maintenance of scattered tree cover has not been a focus of policy initiatives in the past. Despite this, the narratives elicited by photos of isolated and scattered trees showed graziers valued them and were aware of and concerned about their decline, yet lacked knowledge about how to protect and regenerate them. Graziers urgently need unambiguous advice and practical assistance to help them adapt their practices to maintain scattered trees in the long term.

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Beyond the visual dimension: Using ideal type narratives to analyse people's assessments of landscape scenarios

Cited by 44 publications

References 34 publications

Combining analytic and experiential communication in participatory scenario development

Combining analytic and experiential communication in participatory scenario development

Understanding Farmers' Aesthetic Preference for Tidy Agricultural Landscapes: A Bourdieusian Perspective

Using photography to elicit grazier values and management practices relating to tree survival and recruitment

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