401 Boletín de la A.G.E. N.º 49 - 2009 Boletín de la A.G.E. N.º 49 - 2009, págs. 401-404 AGRICULTURE, LANDSCAPE AND TERRITORIAL HERITAGE. AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES SEEN AS HERITAGE Rocío Silva Pérez Departamento de Geografía Humana. Universidad de Sevilla. ABSTRACT This฀ paper฀ proposes฀ an฀ approach฀ to฀ agricultural฀ landscapes฀ seen฀ from฀ a฀ heritage฀ perspective.฀To฀this฀end,฀it฀studies฀the฀social฀premises฀and฀institutional฀milestones฀that฀ratify this฀ patrimonialism,฀ presents฀ a฀ methodological฀ proposal฀ for฀ the฀ analysis,฀ and฀ explores฀ the historical฀dynamics฀that฀underpin฀landscape฀configurations฀and฀explain฀the฀social฀valuations of฀landscapes. Key฀words:฀Agriculture,฀landscapes,฀heritage,฀territory. EXTENSIVE SUMMARY For฀some฀years฀now,฀we฀have฀been฀witness฀both฀to฀a฀growing฀interest฀in฀landscape฀and to฀an฀expansion฀and฀diversification฀of฀social฀groups฀concerned฀about฀its฀care฀and฀analysis. From฀ being฀ a฀ scenario฀ valued฀ in฀ aesthetic฀ and฀ creative฀ terms฀ by฀ painters,฀ writers฀ and฀ photographers,฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ for฀ its฀ academic฀ and฀ scientific฀ consideration฀ by฀ geographers,฀ architects,฀ sociologists฀ and฀ other฀ specialists,฀ landscape฀ at฀ the฀ current฀ moment฀ has฀ also฀ become฀an฀object฀of฀consumption฀and฀corporate฀profits,฀a฀component฀of฀territorial฀identity,฀ a฀catalyst฀for฀quality฀of฀life฀and฀an฀institutional฀benchmark฀for฀many฀policies฀and฀actions.฀ As฀a฀consequence,฀sensitivity฀towards฀the฀landscape฀seems฀to฀be฀seeping฀into฀the฀public’s฀ view,฀that฀while฀concerned฀about฀the฀aesthetics฀of฀the฀territory,฀is฀an฀impassive฀witness฀of฀ the฀ deterioration฀ of฀ many฀ habitats฀ for฀ the฀ sake฀ of฀ a฀ supposed฀ progress฀ being฀ branded฀ as฀ sustainable. This฀ complex฀ and฀ paradoxical฀ situation฀ is฀ accompanied฀ by฀ an฀ enrichment฀ of฀ the฀ very฀ concept฀ of฀ landscape,฀ which฀ acquires฀ a฀ polyhedral฀ dimension฀ and,฀ at฀ the฀ same฀ time,฀ allows฀ a฀ creative฀ and฀ aesthetic฀ reading,฀ an฀ enjoyment฀ approach,฀ an฀ identity฀ and฀ symbolic฀ consideration,฀ and฀ a฀ heightened฀ historical,฀ heritage฀ and฀ cultural฀ complexion.