CHeriScape is a landscape-focused network established to organise five international and interdisciplinary conferences on the theme of ‘landscape as heritage’.
By more closely connecting these two ‘ways of seeing and acting’ in research and practice, and by transcending disciplinary and policy boundaries, it should be possible to maximize their impact on mainstream as well as sectoral policy-making and research in regard to major environmental, societal and economic challenges facing Europe.
The 5 conferences will explore the overlapping territories of two Council of Europe conventions, the European Landscape Convention (2000) and the Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage to Society (2005).
To use landscape as heritage as an interdisciplinary frame for « bridging divides, integrating disciplines and serving society » (ESF/COST Science policy briefing).
To use landscape as guide and framework to help overcome the fragmentation of initiatives deriving by diverse and sometimes potentially conflicting approaches and the multiplicity and geographical dispersion of bodies and institution that is recognized by the JPI on Cultural Heritage.
To create a new generation of understanding and aspirations within both research and policy fields.
Concrete outcomes of the CHeriScape Conferences will include scientific publications and conference proceedings, policy and public briefings and recommendations for future research.
