Perceptions and Appropriations of Discourses in the National Park Island of Ons (Galicia, Spain)

Abstract

In this chapter we analyze the discourses and conflicts of the actors linked to the island of Ons (Galicia, Spain). On this island, which is a National Park, we address the following questions: Who are the social actors of the island? What kinds of conflicts are occurring on it? Who is involved? How to explain the existence of conflicts on the island now? To answer these questions, we follow a multidisciplinary approach based on Rural Archeology and Anthropology. As main results we identify five key social actors whose discourses are very differently linked to one another. At the same time, we could see a shift in landscape management strategies that confronts different models of urbanity and rurality, which are part of the dichotomies of modernity