ENSb1265 Nature Protection and Conservation in Terrain

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
! ENS265 Nature Protection &&!NOW( ENS265 Nature Protection )&&TYP_STUDIA(B)
None. Active participation; physical: the ability to walk 10 km even in the worst weather. Czech languague.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 24/25, only registered: 3/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course should be a better understanding of the nature conservation in the cultural landscape based on a site with a particularly valuable cultural and conservation component. At the end of this course the student should understand the basic motivations of the actors in conservation of monuments and conservation of nature. He/she should be better able to participate in the mediation of solving controversial cases in the conflict of nature conservation and heritage care. She/he should know the basic historical or, the legal framework affecting disputes in nature protection and monument care.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to better understand the mutual relations of conservation of monuments and nature protection; she/he will be able to better analyze the problems of nature conservation in the cultural landscape; student will better understand the institutional and ideological background of nature conservation.
Syllabus
  • The course is taught in the form of an excursion, the lectures (and discussions) are in the form of field-trip or in the room with a data projector. The the following topics will be discussed: 1) Introduction - mutual relations conservation of monuments and nature conservation, their common and different aspects in both the ideological and the executive, conceptual and institutional. A brief introduction to the basic conceptions of heritage care and nature conservation and its history. Institutional provision of heritage conservation and nature protection in the Czech Republic. 2) The Veltrusy region 3) Problems of heritage conservation and nature conservation relationships in a specific locality (in this case in a protected area of landscape park around the Veltrusy castle in Central Bohemia). The course will take place in the grounds of the Veltrusy (ferme-ornée) Landscape Park, the largest area managed by the NPÚ (National Heritage Institute) in the Czech Republic; accommodation in the area of the castle.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HLOBIL, Ivo. Na základech konzervativní teorie české památkové péče: výbor z textů. Praha: Národní památkový ústav. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2008. ISBN 978-80-87104-32-3
  • RIEGL, Alois. Moderní památková péče. Edited by Ivan Kruis, Translated by Ivo Hlobil - Tomáš Hlobil. Praha: Národní památkový ústav, ústřední pracoviště, 2003, 172 s. ISBN 8086234347. info
  • BRAMWELL, Anna. Ecology in the 20th century : a history. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989, xii, 292. ISBN 0300045212. info
Teaching methods
Field practical with lectures. In Czech.
Assessment methods
Essay 3-5 pages or video; active participation.
Náhradní absolvování
none
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimální počet studentů: 7
Teacher's information
accommodation max. 2-4 per room, most of the excursion takes place in the field 17-20 October 2024, inside there is a larger lecture area, the number of registrants is limited. Note on accommodation, transport, etc.: students will be transported to the excursion site in Veltrus (there is a direct bus from Prague, it is not far from the Main Station or the Florenc bus station - and it is not too far from Prague to Veltrus either), the meeting point after noon on the first day will be specified, the route described, it is not complicated. Price of accommodation: to be specified approx. 150 per night (the department will contribute 100,- per night), self-sourced food at the excursion site (there are small supermarkets, restaurants, cafes - the castle grounds and accommodation are approx. 20 minutes from the town centre; kettle and cooker on site. End of the excursion: on the last day in the afternoon. The excursion is not possible to come late and leave early. The excursion is in Czech language
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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