Today I saw a Facebook message of the Zion National Park.
(Posted Aug 18)
(Posted Aug 18)
The Park:
"Rock graffiti is not natural. It's a form of vandalism. Rock graffiti, even if seemingly impermanent, disturbs the natural state of the environment for other visitors."
Some Facebookers agree, some say the park's opinion is way over the top.
Well, that's an interesting phenomenon.
Are the tourists in the national parks natural? Are the natural parks natural?
In protected areas or cultural heritage sites this people-practice is probably unwanted. Don't want to build these cairns of Palmyra heritage stones.
Cairns are longstanding manmade objects in nature, perhaps you recognise them from mountain tops or along trails.
(Wikipedia commons)
Adagium for urban explorers/photographers: leave nothing but footsteps, take nothing but pictures.
Many tourists, pilgrims, travelers however like to leave a 'I was here' (ego cairns), I'm part of this landscape, a souvenir not taken home. The objects become part of the landscape.
Many tourists, pilgrims, travelers however like to leave a 'I was here' (ego cairns), I'm part of this landscape, a souvenir not taken home. The objects become part of the landscape.
On the Camino the Santiago, in itself a manmade trail, people often see these sculptures as an important practice. What anthropologist Tim Ingold would call a taskscape.
For those who walked: remember the impressive tens of thousands of crosses in fences in several places?
(P Kouwenberg)
Perhaps I'll come back with another People Leaving Identity subject ;-)
(P Kouwenberg)
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