An Anthropology of Landscape: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

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Cover Half-title Title page Copyright information Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Table of contents List of figures List of tables 1 The anthropology of landscape: materiality, embodiment, contestation and emotion Introduction Materiality Embodiment Contestation Emotion The Pebblebed heathland landscape of East Devon Social groups and the research field Conclusions Part I The heathland as taskscape 2 Managing the Pebblebed heathlands Introduction Clinton Devon Estates and the heathland Visions of the heathland and their management From car parks to conservation site Perspectives of conservation professionals The archaeological perspective What time is this heath? A contested landscape Conflicts in conservation management Topsoil scraping moratorium meeting: fieldwork notes Swaling Grazing Conservation grazing, heathland fencing and the consultation process for the future of the heathlands Conserving the heathlands and managing people Dogs and dog mess Public access and its management Conclusions 3 Bushes that move: the Royal Marines Recruits and the training programme The Woodbury Common Training Area Place names and reference points Bodily experience in the landscape Ways of moving Looking and seeing The weapon, kit and the body Mind and body Training, landscape and endurance The endurance course Conservation issues Landscape, embodiment and memory Conclusions: in and out of landscape 4 Environmentalists: the giving and the taking away Conflict Shape-shifting Management, volunteers and environmentalism on the heathlands The politics of environmentalism Environmentalists and the Pebblebed heathlands Heathland wildlife Volunteer groups Why volunteer? Giving and taking away Starting work Tasks and tools Butterflies Damselflies Nightjars Feelings about volunteering Feelings about the heathland Conclusions 5 Quarrying pebbles Conclusions Part II The landscape as leisurescape 6 Introduction: the public and the heathland Visitor frequency Reasons for visiting the heathlands Length of visit Visits to other areas of the heathlands Likes and dislikes The archaeological and geological landscape Nature, conservation and threatened species Describing the heathland Conclusions 7 Modes of movement through the landscape: cycling and horse riding Cycling: an embodied identity of challenge and pleasure Mountain bikes and riding apparel Riding groups Routes through the landscape Night riders Differences between day and night riding Comparisons with walking Relationships with the heathland Relationship with other users Horse riding, co-being and the landscape Embodiment and landscape Conclusions 8 The cry of the Commons: walking through furze Anthropological aspects A temporary dwelling The cry of the commons: motivations for walking The walkers The physicality of walking The character of the heathland landscape Engagement with the heathland Led walks Change Natural wildness? Memories Contestation Perspective of dog walkers Conclusions 9 Art in and from the landscape Fragile environments: nature and culture Inspiration, emotion, time, memory and walking Artists and anthropologists sharing the same space/place Heathland arts The uniqueness of pebbles: the story of the beach artist The Pebblebed Project artist’s story Conclusions 10 Fishing and the watery pursuit of ‘pets’ Conclusions 11 Model aircraft flyers: spirals and loops in the sky East Devon Radio Control Club (EDRCC) The planes Flying The environment Conclusions 12 Conclusions Back to materiality: what landscapes want and what they do Unnatural nature Embodiment in practice A storied landscape: emotion, time, memory and place Topophilia and topophobia Contestation: an ordinary landscape? References Websites Index