The term taskscape is often credited to

social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In ...

Tim Ingold Timothy Ingold (born 1 November 1948INGOLD, Prof. Timothy
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. As Ingold has described the term: "just as the

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

is an array of related features, so – by analogy – the taskscape is an array of related activities." Taskscape, then is a socially constructed space of human activity, understood as having spatial boundaries and delimitations for the purposes of analysis. Of key importance, is that ''taskscape'' as well as ''landscape'', is to be considered as perpetually in process rather than in a static or otherwise immutable state. A taskscape is typically analyzed via five factors: mobility, habitat, economy, nature, and public space. Tim Ingold coined the term in his 1993 articleIngold, Tim. (1993) "The Temporality of the Landscape", ''World Archaeology'', 25(2): pp. 152-174 defining the spatial and temporal dimensions of the landscape in human life. He considers it as a methodological structure and analyses the temporality of the landscape in Pieter Bruegel's famous painting, '' The Harvesters''.

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Ingold's site at the University of Aberdeen, includes full bibliography
Anthropology Social constructionism Urban studies and planning terminology

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