| Skov & Landskab | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| English title | Mind and Nature - Landscape Values | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen mundtlig eksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: Examination in mandatory literature. Vægtning: Oral examination: 100% 7-trinsskala, intern censur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | Out of 5 exercises 3 individually produced essays, 2 based on group work is required before examination | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | Lectures, plenary discussions and presentations of group studies, written assignments, field trip, visits to relevant institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 1 Ugestruktur: C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Bacelor degree in Natural Resource Management, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Biology or something similar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The perspectives of full time and hobby farmers, foresters, biologists or visitors to the countryside might serve as examples of different and often conflicting interests in the same areas. In lectures the students will be introduced to different methods (from semiotics, sociology, anthropology etc.) for analyses of landscape values. Further, values of selected groups of people will be presented and discussed. Based on introductory lectures the use of different methods for investigations of meanings of nature will be excersised. The students will have to write 3 essays chosen in respect to 5 exercises of which 2 are based on group work and 1 on a personal landscape experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fundamental theoretical understanding of the different meanings of landscape now and in other historical epochs are presented in lectures and obtained through individual readings. Practical knowledge is acquired on a field trip and by visits to relevant institutions/organizations. Personal skills of analysis, interpretation and presentation are developed through plenary discussions, written assignments and group presentations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course has two overall goals: to make the students aware of their personal biases in relation to landscape values; and to enable them to identify, analyze and compare the meanings of landscape of different stakeholders in order to generate appropriate solutions to problems and/or conflicts in the countryside. Knowledge: Demonstrate overview of the history of western countries' philosophies of nature, Danish outdoor recreation and nature interpretation; present examples of different theories and methodologies for analyzing meanings of nature and describe and compare their content. Skills: Ability to select and use methods and theories for analyses and comparison of meanings of landscape in concrete cases. Competences: Ability to present and discuss similarities and differences in meanings of landscape based on theories and empery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binder of compulsory litterature will be at sale at the LIFE bookstore. Meinig, D.W. (1979): The Beholding Eye. "Ten versions of the Same Scene" in Meinig, D.W. (ed.) (1979): The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscape. Geographical essays, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, pp. 33-48. Keulartz, J., H. vd Windt, J. Swart (2004) "Concepts of Nature as Communicative Devices: The Case of Dutch Nature Policy" in Environmental Values, Vol. 13, pp. 81-99. Hansen-Møller, J. (2008): Natursyns model: A conceptual framework and method for analysing and comparing views of nature, Landscape and Urban Planning,pp.10.<http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.007 > Hansen-Møller, J. (2004): Mening med landskab. En antologi om natursyn, Museum Tusculanum, København. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jette Hansen-Møller, jhm@life.ku.dk, Skov & Landskab/By- og landskabsstudier, Tlf: 35331820 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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