Aromas of memory.: A contribution to the heritage olfactory landscape around the urban trees and shrubs of the central Andean valleys of Argentina.
Aromas are linked to memory and emotions, our lives are impregnated with them and they transport us to memories linked to the places where we perceive them. The trees, bushes and flowers in the parks, streets, squares that inhabit the cities of the Argentine central Andean valleys (VAC) have their o...
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Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño. Secretaría de Investigación
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/drarchitettura/article/view/46251 |
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| Sumario: | Aromas are linked to memory and emotions, our lives are impregnated with them and they transport us to memories linked to the places where we perceive them. The trees, bushes and flowers in the parks, streets, squares that inhabit the cities of the Argentine central Andean valleys (VAC) have their own aromas that give body to aspects of the identity of the place in various seasons of the year. These plants have lived for a long time and are adapted to the climate, and both their characteristics and their presence have been recorded in historical documents. Some of these aromas take us back to times and knowledge of our original cultures, which endure today. Gradually with the arrival of the Spanish immigrants, the introduction of new knowledge and actions regarding forestation in public works, exotic species were introduced that adapted and are currently part of our olfactory landscape. In this framework we maintain as a hypothesis that the aromas we perceive today connect us with our land, place us in a sensitive way with the landscape we inhabit and nourish our personal and shared memory. The resulting aromatic sensory experience transcends time, as aromas are experienced by both the present and past generations. Given this, we propose to recognize in the territory, focused on the city of Mendoza, a member of the VAC, the historical aromas coming from the fragrant trees and bushes, since their aromas give body to a heritage olfactory landscape of great potential for design. of inclusive tourism strategies. For its development we apply the mixed methodology of the Heritage Observatory of the Cultural Landscape of the Central Andean Valleys (OPVAC) - CONICET - FAUD UNSJ, which combines the historical diachronic analysis of the territory with the direct perception of the plants and their aromas. |
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