The idea to create pictorial narratives seems to have occurred long after humans learned to produce iconic images, that is, depictions based on visual similarity to external objects. In Scandinavia, e.g. in Gärde, Sweden ...

Citizen participation in Barcelona has undergone a gradual process of institutionalisation that has accelerated over the last ten years. Today, participatory governance in areas such as urban planning and the management ...

Landscapes rich in biocultural heritage are declining en masse across Europe. This is due to the effects of countryside depopulation and to large-scale, industrial agriculture. Landscape heritage and its associated ...

Participation in democracy has been suggested as an inherent value of democracy by allowing citizens to participate in political decision-making. Since the 2000s and, more particularly, after the creation of the UNESCO ...

Farm – royal residence – bishop’s palace: traces of settlement and power on the cathedral plateau in Trondheim during the Iron Age and medieval period This article describes and discusses archaeological traces of a ‘landscape ...

Abstract: In Norway, the institution of the welfare state and trust in the government defined the country’s approach to tackling the pandemic. In particular, the government’s strategy to activate the cultural concept of ...

This paper introduces a case study from Oslo, Norway, where two outreach programmes aimed at local chil dren have been carried out by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) as part of devel opment-led ...

Purpose – The paper explores the potential value of urban assemblage theory as a conceptual framework for understanding the role heritage has in social sustainable urban placemaking. The authors conceptualise urban placemaking ...