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Contemporary Greek Cultural Landscapes: An Aerial Atlas
The results of a two-year research programme entitled “Contemporary Greek Cultural Landscapes: An Aerial Atlas”, conducted by postdoctoral researchers of the Department of Geography of the Harokopio University of Athens under the scientific coordination of Professor Kostis Hadjimichalis, were presented on Saturday, April 24th 2010 at the university’s premises. The programme was exclusively funded by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation for the period 2008-2010 within the framework of its initiative for the support of post-doctoral research in Greece.
The research aims to contribute to the identification and documentation of the contemporary Greek cultural landscape and, at the same time, introduce new tools and methods for the understanding of its multifaceted parameters. It identifies and documents the many facets and readings of Greek cultural landscapes, going beyond dominant touristic and picturesque approaches, which are exceptionally effective in erasing the social processes that define landscapes. In doing this, the research uses a novel methodology for the selection and documentation of 134 landscapes covering all of Greece. Aerial photography (of high and low oblique) is used for each particular landscape, in combination with scientific texts, terrestrial material (historical photos, maps, diagrams) and extracts from Greek literature.
The first 134 Greek landscapes that have been examined are presented in a dynamic aerial atlas, which is available at the following address: www.greekscapes.gr .
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