Mapping Perception: Social Legibility Analysis of the Mining Heritage Landscape in Melilla

Abstract

Starting from the idea of the city as a palimpsest in which the traces of generations are superimposed, the text that follows reflects on the role of landscape and heritage as repositories of collective memory. To do this, after exposing the problem of the chosen case study (the patrimonial legacy of mining in Melilla), it justifies its suitability based on a specific strategic and conceptual framework, placing its starting point in contemporary landscape policies and heritage. Later, it presents a methodology for the analysis of subjective perception, which is complemented with historical and spatial analyses. The objective of this method is to measure how legible a heritage landscape is for the population. One of its main contributions is the transformation of the data from a survey into a cartography that shows the mental model of perception of this landscape for each population group analyzed. Its aim is to work as a diagnostic tool for landscape problems from perception analysis, which can be useful as a basis for proposing specific actions aimed at strengthening the relationship between heritage and its context.