Abstract
The protection of traditional villages is a topic of common interest to all sectors of society today, and it has been highly valued by the communist party and the government of China. However, due to the late start of the protection of traditional Chinese villages, relevant theories in the context of Western culture are often used for reference. The current practice of traditional village protection is based on the theory of heritage protection and landscape genes, which fails to fully grasp the multi-dimensional characteristics of traditional villages, and leads to the emergence of contradictions and conflicts in the protection and utilization of traditional villages. On the other hand, the place theory as an assemblage can provide a new perspective for the theoretical and practical research of traditional village protection. Taking Chengkan Village in Huizhou District of Anhui Province as an example, this study used literature research and field investigation methods to show that traditional villages, as a multiple assembly of rural settlements, cultural heritage, and tourism resources, are generated by the interaction of heterogeneous elements such as material components, expression components, and territorial forms. In this process, the vertical connection of the place is as important as the horizontal connection, especially the existence of the geographical environment, location conditions, and history and culture of the village itself is still meaning ful from the perspective of traditional village assembly. Our case analysis further showed that the protection of traditional villages is a protection of the dotted history of specific periods, focusing on the physical landscape and visual appearance, while relatively ignoring the reconstruction and inheritance of the "invisible landscape". This study effectively expanded the case study of the place assemblage theory in rural areas, and demonstrated the insightfulness of the theory for the analysis of the interaction mechanism of heterogeneous elements in differ ent time and space of traditional villages, which is helpful for deepening the theoretical interpretation and mecha nism analysis of traditional village protection, and highlights the relational, holistic, and dynamic nature of tradi tional village protection practices. The analysis of the case of Chengkan Village showed that the application of the place assemblage theory should be carried out with a relatively clear non-human subject, which is helpful for clarifying the process from the relevance of non-human subjects, and the process refers to when, where, and how the elements are added to the assemblage.
| Translated title of the contribution | Comparison of spatiotemporal change characteristics and paths of technological innovation between traditional energy and new energy industries in western Jilin Province based on industrial chain division |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 2404-2420 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Progress in Geography |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - 2025 |