The forest as a taskscape: seeing through the good forest owner’s eyes

Linné, Tobias; Sellerberg, Ann Mari

doi:10.1080/02827581.2017.1327613

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“…For example, for the forest owner and those who work in the forest, the forest can also be a working landscape; in the literature, a working landscape is described as a "taskscape" (Linné& Sellerberg, 2018). There are, therefore, values for the physical work process in the forest, which means that whoever owns a cultivated forest may have a vision of what a forest should look like and represents the owner's knowledge, values, and work ethic (Linné& Sellerberg, 2018).…”

Section: Swedish Forests and Social Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is interesting to note that work in the forest was rated as a higher social value than the value of outdoor recreation (Figure 3). The working process in the forest is a part of owning, and perhaps residing, on forest land for many in the Hallandsås, thus contributing to both place dependence and place identity (Linné& Sellerberg, 2018). Moreover, as noted in the background, place dependence is a functional aspect of place attachment, i.e., the ability of a place to provide for an individual's needs or allow for goal achievement (Williams & Vaske, 2003;Boley et al, 2021).…”

Section: Place-based Considerationsmentioning

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Outdoor recreation and the private forest owner: Place attachment, social values, and public access

Johnsson¹,

Beery²

2023

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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IntroductionThe Swedish National Forest Program emphasizes that the forest can be more multifunctional where the values created by human experiences of the forest, i.e., social values, can be used for tourism and outdoor recreation, leading to rural development and sustainable growth. To develop multifunctional forests in this respect, private forest owners' perspectives on development are critically important. For example, the place attachment of the private forest owners affects how they manage their forests. Therefore, it is crucial to consider private forest owners' perspectives when planning land use.MethodThe study area is a region in southwest Sweden (Hallandsås) designated as a national interest area for outdoor recreation. There is interest in expanding and developing nature-based tourism, including trail systems, based on the perception of the areas as having great outdoor recreation value. This article aims to present findings from a study that investigated the potential for outdoor recreation development in the forests of Hallandsås. A questionnaire was sent out to private forest owners, which contained questions about social values, perspectives on the Swedish right of public access, development of outdoor recreation, and place attachment.ResultsThe results showed that private forest owners considered health, well-being, and a good living environment the most important social values of their forested lands. The identity and cultural heritage value of private forest lands and the value of working on the land were the second and third most highly identified forest social values. Outdoor recreation was not identified as a top forest social value.DiscussionThe analysis identified seven key factors that must be considered with outdoor recreation development, given concerns and the importance of other forest social values. Careful consideration of these factors and their interactions can provide a path for outdoor recreation development that is respectful to people and places. This consideration is at the core of landscape protection and management as interpreted by the European Landscape Convention. Forest owners' social values are a critical part of landscape quality objectives, along with planning that links public aspirations with landscape character.

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Section: Swedish Forests and Social Valuesmentioning

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Section: Place-based Considerationsmentioning

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Outdoor recreation and the private forest owner: Place attachment, social values, and public access

Johnsson¹,

Beery²

2023

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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“…Tilley and Cameron‐Daum 2017), or human activities (e.g. Linné and Sellerberg 2018), in contrast with nature (e.g. Cherrington et al 2018), thus appearing as one dimension of the landscape, and not as constitutive to it.…”

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Exploring taskscapes: an introduction

Gruppuso

Whitehouse

2020

Soc Anthropol

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In his 1993 essay ‘The temporality of the landscape’, Tim Ingold argued that landscape develops through processes of temporality, that is time as it emerges in the unfolding of life through action. This association between temporality and landscape was expressed by the term ‘taskscape’. In our introduction to this section, we return to the concept of taskscape to assess its usefulness in light of a number of developments in the understanding of human–environment relations. These include the changing conceptualisation of ‘landscape’ and the emergence of new approaches for understanding relations across species. We explain the ways that the three authors in this section use taskscape to think through political tensions and to explore how landscapes are achieved through inter‐relating actions of humans and other beings. We conclude by emphasising the heuristic value of taskscape as a means of thinking through the implications of the Anthropocene. Both taskscape and Anthropocene are concepts that draw together human history and the shaping of the world and, as such, the taskscape offers a novel means to explore and understand the dynamics of Anthropocene environmental relations.

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The forest as a taskscape: seeing through the good forest owner’s eyes

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Outdoor recreation and the private forest owner: Place attachment, social values, and public access

Outdoor recreation and the private forest owner: Place attachment, social values, and public access

Exploring taskscapes: an introduction

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