Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Giacomo Zanolin
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/2
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 85-101 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa2-2021oa12034
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This paper proposes some reflections on the meaning of protected areas from the theoretical perspective of social nature. Starting from the idea that nature is a cultural construct and has no value in itself, the theoretical discussion presented here is based on three key themes that offer the opportunity to reflect on the potential role of protected areas as elements of a socially constructed reality and as tools for contemporary territorialisation. These theoretical objectives are achieved through the synthetic analysisRivista geografica of a case study, that of the Mantuan Oltrepò Parks System. The groundbreaking project generated by this remarkable experience and its distinctive approach to the preservation and promotion, offer useful suggestions to sustain and reinforce the idea that protected areas can play an important role in the construction and promotion of an alternative vision of what is natural, contributing to the creation of a collective imaginary based on the hybridisation between society and nature
Giacomo Zanolin, La natura e l’ immaginario: le aree protette come costruzioni sociali in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 2/2021, pp 85-101, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa2-2021oa12034