ENSn4580 Contemporary Cultural Dimension of Nature and Landscape - excursion

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Černík Bakošová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Pařízková (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HEN580 Cultural Dimension of Nature &&!NOW( HEN580 Cultural Dimension of Nature )
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: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will obtain and practice methods of applied field research in the specific locality.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain various theories of the Man-Landscape relationship and to create the output of their field research project.
Students should be able to understand contemporary artistic and aesthetic attitude towards nature, based for all on principles of contemporary landscaping and land-art, or contemporary visual art.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- identify and summarisse the main features of studied lansdscape;
- describe factors which influence the character and use of landscapes;
- critically analyse land-use conflicts.
Syllabus
  • Field research, reflections connected with ontemporary art and its attitude towards nature and landscape. Individual work. Conclusion, discussions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CARLSON, Allen. Nature and landscape : an introduction to environmental aesthetics. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009, xiii, 188. ISBN 9780231518550. info
  • Land and environmental art. Edited by Brian Wallis - Jeffrey Kastner. New York: Phaidon Press, 2005, 304 p. ISBN 0714835145. info
  • Od země přes kopec do nebe-- : o chůzi, poutnictví a posvátné krajině. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Vyd. 1. V Litoměřicích: Severočeská galerie výtvarného umění, 2005, 183 s. ISBN 8085090619. info
  • BRADY, Emily. Aesthetics of the natural environment. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003, viii, 287. ISBN 0817313745. info
  • Divočina - příroda, duše, jazyk : věnováno Gary Snydereovi a Josefu Váchalovi. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Praha: Kant, 2003, 171 stran. ISBN 8086217825. info
  • SEDLÁŘ, Jaroslav. Land Art. Universitas. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, vol. 1999, No 4, p. 53-59. ISSN 1211-3384. info
  • BERLEANT, Arnold. The aesthetics of environment. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, xv, 218 p. ISBN 0877229937. info
  • TUAN, Yi-fu. Topophilia : a study of environmental perception, attitudes, and values. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990, xiv, 260. ISBN 0231073941. info
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana. Láska ke krajině? Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1988, 165 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The course is taught as an research excursion to the Czech mountain range "Central Mountains" (České Středohoří/Ostrava industrial region.
Assessment methods
Presentation of the final research report. The exact conditions of the point evaluation are be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 týden.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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