What is it about?
Based on participant and ethnographic observation and making use of a survey and a qualitative analysis, this paper highlights the most significant features of the local cultural identities and their rural landscape heritage expressed by the two sets of people, which often coincide with the most important characteristics attributed to the regions separated by the river Mureș, Romania.
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Why is it important?
This paper is important because it explores the construction of rural and regional identity in Romania with the help of a case study that focuses on perceptions of rural landscapes as cultural heritage in two rural communities situated on opposite sides of the river Mureș.
Perspectives
The results of this study underline the dividing role of the river in the preservation of rural identity and cultural heritage. They also demonstrate that rural landscapes and the construction of identities along the river have generated both development opportunities and various risks.
Dr Remus Cretan
west university of Timisoara
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This page is a summary of: Rural Landscapes as Cultural Heritage and Identity along a Romanian River, Heritage, August 2024, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/heritage7080205.
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