Modernity has revealed the fragility of this unique and self-sufficient world, made so distinctive by the way in which the customs of a society became embedded in its physical environment. Like a tidalwave, modern technology and the capitalist economy have fractured the coherence of the traditional mountain environment. The mountains have been appropriated from outside by people from the city and the plains, who mobilise its resources and redefine its strategic locations.
Mountain territories are under the sway of the city. Today this situation is being seriously challenged. Questions about the future of mountain territories are now being asked from a broader perspective.
WEB SITES
> Foundation for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (f)
> Altitude 1400 (Hiking Association) (f)
> CIPRA, Living in the Alps
PODCAST
> conférence «The imaginary mountains» podcast of Prof. Michael Jakob, hepia / EPFL
The imaginary mountains - Michael Jakob from Berner Fachhochschule BFH on Vimeo.
> Conférence Porta Alpina
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FILMS & VIDEOS
> Jean-Luc Godard, Opération Béton 1955
Operation Beton by Godard from Berner Fachhochschule BFH on Vimeo.
WRITTEN & GRAPHIC DOCUMENTS
> 10 propositions pour nos montagnes - altitude 1400 > numéro spécial
> Hochparterre : constructives Alps
> Debarbieux_Linking Mountain Identities Throughout the World
> Debarbieux_Mountain Regions- A Global Common Good?
> Debarbieux_Representing Mountains
> Debarbieux_MOUNTAINS BETWEEN CORPORAL EXPERIENCE AND PURE RATIONALITY
> Augenreisen - Dar Panorama in der Schweiz
> Sustainable Mountain Development in the Alps
> Sustainable Tourism in the Alps
> 2014 Stategy Development for the Alpine Space
> BAGNES_ Design Studio _hepia 2009
> Zufferey_Tourism and Dams, 2012
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