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What is a cultural landscape?
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A cultural landscape is shaped by ongoing interactions among people, the environment, memory, and meaning.
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7 Reading Cultural Landscapes: Methods and Cases Free Online FlashCards
Study 7 Reading Cultural Landscapes: Methods and Cases with 12 free online flashcards. Review key terms, definitions, and concepts with this interactive flashcard deck.
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What does a comparative case study examine?
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It examines two or more cases to understand both their differences and the processes they share.
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What can define the boundaries of a case study?
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Boundaries might define a watershed, pilgrimage route, neighborhood, or specific period.
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Why combine methods during cultural landscape fieldwork?
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Combining methods helps prevent interpretation from resting on only one person’s account or one kind of record.
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How should researchers critically examine maps and documents?
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Ask who produced each record, why it was made, and what it leaves out.
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What does informed consent require throughout a research project?
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Explain the project’s purpose, methods, likely uses, and potential impacts; seek informed consent and revisit it as the work develops.
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What do the CARE principles stand for?
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CARE stands for Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics.
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What should critical interpretation guard against when representing a community?
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It asks whose knowledge is represented and how power shapes the landscape and its stories; one interviewee should not automatically be treated as speaking for an entire community.
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Why understand each case on its own terms before comparing?
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Understanding each case in its own context prevents local histories and meanings from being flattened into a checklist.
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What three dimensions can organize comparison between cases?
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Cases can be compared across place, scale, and time.
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What should landscape observations distinguish?
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Record features such as routes, boundaries, sounds, signs, access, and patterns of use, while separating what you observed from what you infer.
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What interviewing practices support contextual fieldwork?
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Use open questions and, where appropriate, interview participants in their preferred languages.
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