What do we mean by ‘Landscape’
Conference organising committee
‘Landscape’ is now routinely used in a wide variety of contexts, and this session seeks to explore what we
mean by 'landscapes' when we approach the subject primarily from a remote sensing perspective.
Papers are invited that explore the issues of working in a landscape context, ranging across chronology,
frameworks, intellectual traditions, scale and policy. What sort or amount of linking or contextual
information do we have to recover before we can talk realistically about an ancient 'landscape' as distinct
from a series of 'sites'? Is the reality in fact out of our grasp except in very rare circumstances? Can we
produce worthwhile interpretations, speculations or 'outputs' on more fragmentary evidence? Does the
search for the ideal sometimes hold us back from seeking, or trying to explain/interpret, evidence of a
more fragmentary nature?
Contributions that explore personal views on ‘What landscape means to me?’ are welcome.