Irish peatscapes: from heritage to hybrid in the Capitalocene

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dc.check.date2026-05-29en
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dc.contributor.authorNolan, Claireen
dc.contributor.authorGearey, Benjaminen
dc.contributor.authorEverett, Rosieen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-08T10:17:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-08T10:17:35Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-29en
dc.description.abstractThis paper outlines the concept of ‘peatscapes’: hybrid assemblages of human and more-than-human, formed from past exploitation, present policies, identities and perceptions, and future plans for Irish peatlands. Following centuries of drainage and peat extraction, peatlands are now targeted for rehabilitation/restoration for biodiversity and ‘ecosystem services’, including net carbon sequestration. However, there are significant economic and cultural consequences for communities long reliant on the peat extraction industry, despite new policies to permit a ‘Just Transition’. Bound up in these issues are the various hybrid elements of the peatscape: artefacts of the peat industry, new digital and ‘green energy’ infrastructure, novel ecosystems and archaeological remains largely destroyed through peat extraction. We reflect on the tensions and contradictions intrinsic to the peatscape as a ‘wicked problem’, with no straightforward solutions. Finally, we suggest that articulations of the peatscape framed through concepts of ecocultural value, might be one way to approach reconciliation.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationNolan, C., Gearey, B. and Everett, R. (2024) 'Irish peatscapes: from heritage to hybrid in the Capitalocene', Landscape Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2430705en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2430705en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-9710en
dc.identifier.issn0142-6397en
dc.identifier.journaltitleLandscape Researchen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16788
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.ispartofLandscape Researchen
dc.rights© 2024, Landscape Research Group Ltd. Published by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Landscape Research on 29 November 2024, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2430705en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectPeatlandsen
dc.subjectEcological restorationen
dc.subjectEcocultural identityen
dc.subjectHeritage archaeologyen
dc.subjectCapitaloceneen
dc.titleIrish peatscapes: from heritage to hybrid in the Capitaloceneen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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