Open Access
Micropolitics of landscape : power and control in the invisible spaces (1750-1950s). Sektion auf dem 55. Deutschen Historikertag
Loading...
Files
MicropoliticsofLandscape_Berger_2025.pdf (151.65 KB)
Full-text in Open Access
License
Access Rights
Cadmus Permanent Link
Full-text via DOI
ISBN
ISSN
Issue Date
Type of Publication
LC Subject Heading
Other Topic(s)
EUI Research Cluster(s)
Initial version
Published version
Succeeding version
Preceding version
Published version part
Earlier different version
Initial format
Author(s)
Citation
Clio-online; H-Soz-Kult; Conference Report; HT 2025
Cite
BERGER, Jonah Jörgen, Micropolitics of landscape : power and control in the invisible spaces (1750-1950s). Sektion auf dem 55. Deutschen Historikertag, Clio-online, H-Soz-Kult, Conference Report, HT 2025 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/94118
Abstract
Landscapes are often considered – subconsciously in most cases – as passive, vast, and empty spaces. Consequently, discussions about dynamics of power within landscapes tend to match the immensity of such spaces with equally abstract and monumental political concepts, for example climate change. In the past, many scholarly works on landscape followed this symmetry. Others illustrated the way that the landscape can be used for political ends, such as promoting specific national ideals, transforming ecosystems for economic purposes, or legitimising territorial claims and arguments of sovereignty. The section reviewed here expanded upon such contributions. The three presenters are members of the Interdisciplinary Working group Historical Landscape (Arbeitskreis Historische Landschafts- forschung). Their core tenant is to escape fixed conceptual definitions of landscapes. Instead, the Group embraces the inherent changeability of landscape, both as a (historical) concept and a material or intellectual place. This allows these researchers to bridge political, cultural, and social histories with environmental studies and an appreciation for the natural forces which shape and determine spaces. For this section, the Working Group chose to present three examples of their methodology; focusing on specific material elements, in this case archaeological finds, reindeer, and hiking trails. Each of the presentations used their chosen element to highlight a seemingly invisible micro space – a part of the landscape that is often overlooked.
Table of Contents
Additional Information
Published online : 15 November 2025
Report from a conference organized by Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands, Universität Bonn, held in Bonn (Germany) on 18 September 2025.
Report from a conference organized by Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands, Universität Bonn, held in Bonn (Germany) on 18 September 2025.