Course detail

Cultural Landscape

FA-KUKRAcad. year: 2019/2020

The course focuses on the evolution of the cultural landscape as a collective work.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After completing the course the student will be able to:
- Explain the social and economic context of the long-term shift in cultural landscape;
- Analyze the causes of changes in cultural landscape;
- Interpret the changes in heritage preservation in the context of societal and economic change.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, reading, class discussions. Lectures are held at Masaryk University.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The seminar paper is evaluated.

Course curriculum

Landscape as a work - cultural landscape through the optics of factors of production, labor, capital.
Economic areas in the landscape and their changes I. - field, forest.
Economic areas in the landscape and their changes II. - pond, vineyard.
Places in landscape I. - towns, municipalities.
Places in landscape II. - pilgrimage sites.
Line in Landscape - Routes, Flows, Borders, Property Rights.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the lectures is to introduce the evolution of the cultural landscape as a collective work on which not only the deliberate landscaping and architectural interventions were involved, but also - to a much greater extent - economic pressures, changes in economic and legal conditions, and the activity of individuals and societies that shaped and transformed cultural landscape.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation in lectures, elaboration of seminar paper.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SVOBODA, F.; PONEŠOVÁ, B.; MARKEL, M.; HOMOLA, A.; CZAJKOWSKI, P. Krajina jako dílo. Barokní krajinou od Mikulova po Znojmo. Brno: Národní památkový ústav, územní odborné pracoviště v Brně, 2016. 346 s. ISBN: 978-80-87967-08-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer