Sacred Harvest, Sacred Place: Mapping Harvesting Sites in Wasagamack First Nation

The sacred commons: Conflicts and solutions of resource management in sacred natural sites

Sacred Sites and the Dynamics of Identity

Local histories have long examined both the ties that bind communities together and the developments that make them distinct. As is evident in the term itself, "local" history takes as the most fundamental of these ties the connection of a group of people to a particular location. It is curious, therefore, that writers of local history have often taken this geographic connection for granted. Th...

Victorian Representations and Transformations : Sacred Place in Charles Dickens ’ s

Sacred Space

A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence-being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by the people within it and events that occur there. As medical providers, we have the opportunity to ...

Aesthetic and Spiritual Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Sacred Sites

The range and use of ecosystem services provided by urban sacred sites has hardly been considered in studies of urban ecology, sustainability and human wellbeing. This paper examines the perceived ecosystem services supplied by green spaces or gardens associated with places of religious worship and appreciated by worshippers in a mid-sized town in South Africa. A questionnaire with open, closed...