Landskap och kulturarv i samspel En studie av Trafikverkets integrerade landskapskaraktärsanalys

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine how cultural heritage is formulated, understood and presented in the Swedish Transport Administration's integrated landscape character analyses (ILCA) and how it coincides with their current policy documents. The method is based on a document analysis of the Swedish Transport Administration's current policy documents linked to landscape and cultural environment and a general analysis of eight reports produced by the Swedish Transport Administration linked to landscape character analyses and ILCA. Based on the theoretical framework of the paper and previous research, six themes have been identified: holistic perspective, use of concepts, content and presentation, cultural values, development perspective and citizen participation. Through these, a number of sub-questions have been formulated that form the basis for the practical investigation and that show in a concrete way how the reviewed reports relate to the theoretical references of the text. The result shows a relatively large variation in the different reports. In general, there is a low definition and inconsistent use of concepts. All projects address physical objects and environments, while intangible aspects and connections to today's landscape receive less attention. Explanations is given to a large extent for the values that are presented, but in most cases they are not presented in a consistent way. A certain emphasis in the development perspective lies towards preserving cultural heritage, but aspects of adaptation and use are also presented. None of the reports include citizen participation in the production process. Most reports state that the cultural environment is part of the overall structure of the report, but is in practice done inconsistently. The conclusion of the paper is that the content of the reports is generally presented at an overview level without going into great detail or defining any concepts. There is thus a lack of a conceptual apparatus linked to cultural heritage in both the policy documents and analyses, as well as a consistent and clear presentation of the content of the analyses. A clear exclusion of citizen participation correlates well with the steering documents but not with previous research results. An integrated view of the landscape is only fulfilled to a certain extent from a cultural heritage perspective, where above all there is a lack of a consistent structure and clearly formulated content throughout the reports.