Juxtaposing a cultural reading of landscape with institutional boundaries: the case of the Masebe Nature Reserve, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBoonzaaier, Chris
dc.contributor.authorWels, Harry
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-10T07:15:49Z
dc.date.available2018-07-10T07:15:49Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe article explores theoretically the juxtaposition of local stories about landscape with institutional arrangements and exclusionary practices around a conservation area in South Africa. The Masebe Nature Reserve is used as a case study. The article argues that the institutional arrangements in which the nature reserve is currently positioned are too static, and consequently exclusionary, in their demarcation of boundaries. This stifles local communities� sense of belonging to these landscapes. Hence, they strongly resent and feel alienated by the nature reserve. Their opposition and alienation often manifests in poaching. The empirical material is based on how local people living adjacent to the Masebe Nature Reserve have historically named and interpreted the area�s impressive sandstone mountains, in the process creating a sense of belonging. Juxtaposing this mostly tranquil cultural reading of the landscape to the institutional practices of boundary demarcation gives the analysis an immediate critical edge regarding issues of social justiceen_US
dc.identifier.citationBoonzaaier, C. & Wels, H. (2016). Juxtaposing a cultural reading of landscape with institutional boundaries: the case of the Masebe Nature Reserve, South Africa. Landscape Research, 41(8): 922-933.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0142-6397
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2016.1184630
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/3868
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2016.1184630
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectInstitutional arrangements and boundariesen_US
dc.subjectMasebe Nature Reserveen_US
dc.subjectLocal cultural readings of landscapeen_US
dc.titleJuxtaposing a cultural reading of landscape with institutional boundaries: the case of the Masebe Nature Reserve, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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