eventscape

Noun

eventscape (plural eventscapes)

1. (cultural anthropology) A set of locations (with associated actions and events) that jointly provide the setting for and represent a culturally important narrative.
   • For many American Indians there are six nested levels including, from broadest to narrowest spatial scale: eventscapes, Holy Lands, songscapes, regional landscapes, ecoscapes, and landmarks.2001, Bulletin of the High Plains Regional Society for Applied Anthropology
   • The internment of eventscape is instrumental in incorporating new generations of Japanese Americans into the internment story.2009, Teresita Majewski, David Gaimster, International Handbook of Historical Archaeology, →ISBN, page 61
2. A location viewed as the venue for a public event.
   • By the 1950s, the eventscapes of Vancouver's Chinatown were indeed becoming mainstream attractions.2014, Stephen Page, Joanne Connell, The Routledge Handbook of Events, →ISBN, page 406
   • Using outdoor spaces for events generates media coverage of identifiable cityscapes and it dramatises them, creating eventscapes.2015, Andrew Smith, Events in the City: Using public spaces as event venues, →ISBN, page 50