| Responsible Department | Forest & Landscape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Written synopsis, oral presentation of synopsis 10 minutes, 15 minutes oral examination Weight: Written synopsis 30%, oral examination 70% 7-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement for Attending Exam | 1 individually produced synopsis of 5 pages is required for access to oral examination | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, plenary discussions and presentations of group studies, written assignments, field trip, visits to relevant institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Bacelor degree in Natural Resource Management, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Biology or something similar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, anthropology, hermeneutics etc.) for analyses of perceptions of nature. Further, values of selected groups of people will be presented and discussed. Based on introductory lectures the use of different methods for investigations of perceptions of nature will be excersised. The students will have to write 1 essays chosen in respect to 5 exercises of which 2 are based on group work and 1 on a personal landscape experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fundamental theoretical understanding of the different perceptions of nature now and in other historical epochs are presented in lectures and obtained through individual readings. Practical knowledge is acquired through exercises, field trips and visits to relevant institutions/organizations. Personal skills of analysis, interpretation and presentation are developed through plenary discussions, written assignments and group presentations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 nature 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 nature perception in concrete cases. Competences: Ability to present and discuss similarities and differences of nature perception based on theories and empery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Litterature will be accessible from KUnet 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,89(3-4): 65-74 Hansen-Møller, J. (2004): Mening med landskab. En antologi om natursyn, Museum Tusculanum, København. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anton Stahl Olafsson, asol@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Urban and landscape studies, Phone: 353-31808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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