ETBB17 Human and a wood

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Václav Michalička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
each even Wednesday 7:30–9:05 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Having completed the course students will be able to describe the ways of cultural utilization of forests and cultural treatment of forests in the territory of the Czech lands from the past to the present They will be able to identify and evaluate the basic ethnological literature dealing with this topic.
Syllabus
  • Ethnological and historical definition of the relationship of people to the forest ecosystem from the Middle Ages up to the present in the territory of central Europe, with emphasis on the Czech lands. The ways of use of forest space and participation of specific social groups in various existential dependencies. Social-professional groups fixated in varying intensity on forest ecosystem. Axiological change of forest in the past and in the present. Exploitation of forest space and resource potential. Technologies related to forest crafts and to domestic and home production based on forest potential.
Literature
  • KLVAČ, Pavel. Člověk a les (Man and Forest). In KLVAČ, Pavel. Člověk a les. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, p. 5-7, 80 pp. ISBN 80-210-4202-8. info
  • DIMOPOULOS, Panayotis, Erwin BERGMEIER, Milan CHYTRÝ, John RODWELL, Joop SCHAMINÉE and Karle SÝKORA. European oak woodlands: past, present and future. Botanika Chronika. Patra, 2005, vol. 18, No 1, p. 1-316. ISSN 0253-6064. info
  • WOITSCH, Jiří. Zapomenutá potaš : drasláři a draslářství v 18. a 19. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2003, 305 s. ISBN 8085010534. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, exam
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020.
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