NSCPHD1094 Landscape Democracy – researching the right to landscape and collaborative landscape practices

Volume 2013/2014
Content
The linkages between human rights, landscape, democracy and public policy interventions (legislation, policy and planning practice) constitute the primary theoretical subject for the course with the aim to conceptualise and understand discourses as well as practices associated with landscape functions, patterns and change. Development of methodological skills to analyse human rights’ aspects of landscape functions is one of the course objectives.
Learning Outcome

Aim: to conceptualise and understand discourses and practices associated with landscape functions, patterns and change related to democracy, rights and public engagement with planning and policy making.

Objectives:

-          To present a range of case studies on landscape democracy from a variety of disciplines and policy perspectives through which students will develop a broader understanding of issues, significance and meanings of the subject.

-          To present and discuss theoretical and methodological dimensions of researching the right to landscape and collaborative approaches to landscape policy, planning and management

-          To explore and examine the linkages between human rights, landscape, democracy and public policy interventions (legislation, policy and planning practice)

-          To develop methodological skills to analyse huma rigths’ aspects of landscape functions


Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course the students would have had the opportunity to gain the following:

1. Knowledge

- An understanding of the basic backgrounds and institutions affiliated with the right to landscape and public participatory processes associated with collective action and public policy interventions

- An overview of basic theoretical dimensions of works concerning use and owner rights including individual and shared rights to landscape resources

2. Skills

- Apply theories, key concepts and tools addressed during this course to specific research problems

- Apply critical analytical skills in order to gain insights from collective landscape actions and collaborative policy

 3. Competencies

- Integrate relevant concepts, theories, and insights related to landscape democracy into a thesis

- Incorporate insights gained from the diverse disciplines and presented case studies to support and enhance the thesis’ arguments

- Clearly communicate ideas, rationale for, and relevancy of theoretical concepts on landscape democracy in the context of a thesis

 

 

Literature
A readig list of 10 papers will be provided
Enroled as PhD student within a field of relevance to the course subject
No specific preconditions
Lectures, seminars excursion and paper presentations/​discussions/​feedbacks constitute the various forms learning processes applied within an overall frame of an emerging research field (outlined through key readings and key lectures on the first day) and individual ph.d. subjects (presented and discussed through student centred seminars)
The pedagogic approach is to stimulate independent creative thinking capacity and develop critical analysis skills through an introduction of case studies and a range of theories and disciplinary perspectives. Students will be required to present their own work and engage in debates and discussions as well as preparation, individual and group work during the course.
See also the aimed learning outcomes listed under ‘objectives’
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Preparation
  • 25
  • Project work
  • 35
  • Seminar
  • 40
  • Total
  • 100
Credit
4 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Exam registration requirements
Participation in the intensive one week course and post-course paper
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
The paper must deal with an issue of relevance to 'Landscape Democracy' and meet standard criteria for a peer review article