LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in LANGUAGES, CULTURES, AND TECHNIQUES FOR TOURISM

Disciplinary Sector:

Geography

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PUNGETTI Gloria

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge on geographical studies

AF code:

A001758

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

• TEHORY: Theoretical learning level will be checked through the continuous interaction between students, teachers and guests, with tests in progress
• PRACTICE: The teaching delivered will be verified by the outputs from practical exercises
• FIELD TRIP: The degree of landscape sharing between students, lecturers and guests will be checked, in the field or virtually
• CASE STUDY: Group capability to resume into the final project the material previously elaborated in the study area or virtually, will be evaluated

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

• The course aims to provide foundations for the study and evaluation of landscape, with its interactions between natural and cultural processes
• Students will develop practical skills and will learn how to read, describe, classify and map landscapes with their different forms and types
• The acquired knowledge on landscape analysis will form a solid basis for the following university courses on cultural tourism, territory and society

Contents

The course is structured in 4 parts:
• THEORY: Concepts and methods in landscape analysis and cultural landscape evaluation, and correlations with cultural tourism. Landscape changes in times. Landscape observation and classification. Landscape perception, meaning and identity, with references to insularity and the arts
• PRACTICE: Landscape types and practical correlations with tourism, their classification and mapping for environmental and cultural heritage. Examples of natural, rural, tourist and cultural landscapes
• FIELD TRIP: In the study area if the sanitary situation allows, virtually otherwise, to learn landscape observation and classification with its different elements
• CASE STUDY: Development in team of a project focussing on a cultural landscape

Recommended Bibliography

• Bibliographic study material will be available to students on the course Moodle learning platform, avoiding buying books or reports
• Guidelines for ongoing tests, practicals and final project will be uploaded to Moodle
References:
1. Pungetti, G., 1996. Paesaggio in Sardegna: Storia, caratteri, politiche. CUEC, Cagliari, pp. 19-30 (12).
2. Makhzoumi, J. and Pungetti G., 1999. Ecological Landscape Design and Planning: The Mediterranean context. Spon-Routledge, London, pp. 3-14; 35-44 (22).
3. Jongman, R.H.G. and Pungetti G. (eds), 2004. Ecological Networks and Greenways: Concept, design, implementation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1-6 (6).
4. Vogiatzakis, I.N., Pungetti G. and Mannion A. M. (eds), 2008. Mediterranean Island Landscapes: Natural and Cultural Approaches. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 3-14 (12).
5. Pungetti, G. and Kruse, A. (eds.) 2010. European Culture expressed in Agricultural Landscapes: Perspectives from the Eucaland Project. Palombi Editori, Roma, pp.24-41 (18).
6. Egoz, S., Makhzoumi, J. and Pungetti, G. (eds.), 2011. The Right to Landscape: Contesting Landscape and Human Rights. Ashgate, London, pp. 1-20 (20).
7. Pungetti, G., Oviedo, G. and Hooke, D. (eds.), 2012. Sacred Species and Sites: Advances in Biocultural Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 13-27 (15).
8. Pungetti, G. (ed.), 2017. Island Landscapes: an expression of European Culture. Routledge, New York, pp. 9-18 (10).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

• The course is based on interactive lectures, supervised exercises and a cultural landscape project
• Practicals will facilitate the development of the case study
• Landscape projects at different scales will be illustrated by international and local guests
• Latest methods carried out by scholars will be employed in team-working

Contacts/More Information

• TEACHING LANGUAGE: Italian and English
• TUTORING: After each lecture, or previous contact with the lecturer via email
• ATTENDANCE: Since the course is based on interactive and practical lectures, if the sanitary situation and the logistics allow it these take place in presence, given however the possibility to off-site students to follow contemporaneously via Teams. If possible, therefore, attendance is recommended. Students not able to attend even via Teams are requested to contact the lecturer to discuss exam programme and method
• INTERNATIONALISATION AND SHARING: Supported by lectures and workshops with local stakeholders & international guests that will introduce innovative and participatory methods; foreign students are very welcome!

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