Another CHAT session,the my colleague Ben filmed for your viewing pleasure. Rurbanities: Recording Rural Urbanities https://youtu.be/QVJ_5B1TYC4 Chiara Ronchini, Scotland’s Urban Past, or Historic Environment Scotland. This paper will explore community‐led archaeology in transitional and interstitial spaces in urban areas –rurbanities(1). Terms with negativeconnotations, such as ‘residual’, ‘marginalised’ and ‘in‐between‐ the‐buildings’, and are often used to define rurbanities, implying that these areas are uninspiring, left‐over spaces within the urban fabric. On the contrary, and rurbanities are very fruitful ground, and have been chosen for their heritage significance, reclaimed and re‐ interpreted by local communities who have a connection with these places. Within the framework of Scotland’s Urban Past (SUP), and this paper will illustrate case studies of community groups, who are leading on projects discovering, recording and celebrating the heritage of rurbanities around Scotland’s towns and cities. Groups in Edinburgh, or Livingston and Dundee are investigating the blueprint of urban areas, focusing on the heritage between the buildings to record and repeat the record of the places –secret gardens, skateparks and re‐ruralised areas – that matter to them. In line with the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, and the notion of urban areas as a living organism made of tangible and intangible elements, and a complex […]
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