<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper explores time boundaries in landscapes on the example of collectivization of Estonian agriculture after the Second World War. It argues that changing political regimes leave their imprint also in landscape, causing temporal boundaries. These temporal boundaries work as screens that influence our understanding of the past landscapes. The paper explores the "transparency" of these boundaries in the context of landscape change and continuity and tries to explain the essence of landscape change, combining different approaches to landscape.</p></abstract>

The paper explores time boundaries in landscapes on the example of collectivization of Estonian agriculture after the Second World War. It argues that changing political regimes leave their imprint also in landscape, causing temporal boundaries. These temporal boundaries work as screens that influence our understanding of the past landscapes. The paper explores the "transparency" of these boundaries in the context of landscape change and continuity and tries to explain the essence of landscape change, combining different approaches to landscape.

Time boundaries and landscape change: collective farms 1947-1994

Centre for Landscape and Culture, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Uus-Sadama 5, 10120 Tallinn

European Countryside

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The paper explores time boundaries in landscapes on the example of collectivization of Estonian agriculture after the Second World War. It argues that changing...

Time boundaries and landscape change: collective farms 1947-1994

Published Online: Nov 25, 2010

Page range: 169 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-010-0012-6

Keywords
Maastike muutus ja püsivus, ajalised piirid, kollektiviseerimine

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Time boundaries and landscape change: collective farms 1947-1994

Published Online: Nov 25, 2010

Page range: 169 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-010-0012-6

KeywordsMaastike muutus ja püsivus, ajalised piirid, kollektiviseerimine

This content is open access.

Keywords
Maastike muutus ja püsivus, ajalised piirid, kollektiviseerimine