A Research Agenda for Heritage Planning

Abstract

Introduction: participatory landscapesThe nature of landscape means it requires collective definition: international agreements emphasize the importance of community participation in environmental policy (United Nations 1992, Principle 10; Aarhus Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 1998).The European Landscape Convention (ELC) (Council of Europe (CoE) 2000) also emphasizes how landscapes are a 'common good', crucial to inhabitants' quality of life.Consequently, participatory engagement with landscapes has grown significantly (e.g.Jones and Stenseke 2011;Egoz et al. 2018).Participation and landscape definition often remain limited to professional stakeholders, however (CoE 2006, 173-8;Butler 2016;Conrad 2017), while heritage and archaeology often remain marginalized concerns (see e.g.Bateman and Balmford 2018).This is despite Europe's recognition of their importance to well-being and sense of place (CoE 2005).Exploring the place of heritage in participatory landscape management is becoming increasingly relevant as Europe's landscapes face greater pressures from climate change, development and agricultural intensification.In this chapter we explore how heritage, specifically archaeology, has the potential to play a more central role in participatory understandings of landscape character and choices.Rather than engaging people with heritage for its own ends, archaeology can be fundamental to collective landscape management.

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