"landscapes come to stand as symbols of continuity, the product of land worked over and produced, etched with the past so that history runs through geography..."
(edensor, 2003)
the physical landscape of keem bay in achill is sliced open to reveal a series of collaged narratives i.e. subtexts. these contain fragments of songs, stories and images from the island's recent and distant past.
By acknowledging the cultural topography of a place the model attempts to show that a study of the physical terrain alone is not enough...
references: edensor, t., national identity, popular culture and everyday life, berg, oxford 2003
