"Political" vs "vernacular"

The distinction was more clear in the past.

aristocratic or political landscape - that of the crown and the nobility; ignores topography in favour of strategic or economic strong points; a creation of legal decisions and competition for power and land; relatively permanent spatial organization

vernacular landscape - that of the village or rural community; includes a small territory essential to its survival; its history is without (recorded) events; the unwritten sources - fairy tales, figures of speech, superstitions etc.


















The Vernacular Landscape
J.B. Jackson

photos: http://www.ippnw-students.org/baltic/route.html ; pildistoop