Postgraduate Course: Exploring Cultural Landscapes 1: Site Specific Field Lab (ARCH11224)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | Art |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will introduce students to various methodological tools that underpin contemporary landscape studies and practices today. Using a transdisciplinary approach that draws from disciplines including visual and cultural studies, cultural geography, contemporary art theory and practice, social anthropology and literary theory, students will undertake mini theoretical and practical projects and experiments in situ at various sites in the Edinburgh region, including Ian Hamilton Finlay's Little Sparta. The course will have two assessments: an oral presentation (30%) and a 3000 word research diary, in which students both produce knowledge about and reflect upon the activities and projects they have undertaken during the semester. The research diary is intended to be a critical reflection on the fieldwork site with close references to a selection of the weekly readings.
This course aims to contextualise the theories, practices and methodological tools that characterize contemporary cultural landscape studies by requiring students to undertake instructor-led fieldwork exercises at specially chosen sites in and around Edinburgh (including Little Sparta), as well as undertaking required reading in landscape studies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Summative Assessment Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
146 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. A capacity to formulate 'fieldwork' questions and research designs that are driven by appropriate theories and research questions relating to landscape studies.
2. An ability to select appropriate theoretical frameworks and to reflect upon fieldwork practices and the associated data produced as a result.
3. An ability to coherently and creatively communicate research findings in oral and written formats. |
Assessment Information
Students are required to prepare two assessments throughout the course:
An oral presentation (up to 20 minutes) on fieldwork approaches and practices, which are based on one or two sites.
A 3000 word reflective fieldwork diary.
Oral presentation 30%
Report (3,000 words) 70%
Both assignments are based on individual work.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
5 x 2 hour lectures
5 x 3 hour led field visits
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| Keywords | Cultural landscapes, site specific research, fieldwork |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Angela Mcclanahan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5885
Email: a.mcclanahan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852
Email: lizzie.robertson@ed.ac.uk |
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