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GLA303 Landskap i en globalisert verden: Historiske og teoretiske perspektiver

Studiepoeng:10

Ansvarlig fakultet:Fakultet for landskap og samfunn

Emneansvarlig:Lei Gao

Campus / nettbasert:Undervises campus Ås

Undervisningens språk:Engelsk

Antall plasser:40 students

Frekvens:Every year

Forventet arbeidsmengde:250 hours

Undervisnings- og vurderingsperiode:Autumn parallel

Om dette emnet

The course provides insight into the theoretical and historical perspectives on the major challenges afflicting the planet and their repercussions on the landscapes in a globalized world. Fundamental issues such as global urbanization, migration, climate change, loss of biodiversity will be addressed. Particular importance will be attached to how extensive networks of economic, cultural, social, and political interconnections and processes transform landscapes at different scales. GLA303 is organized into three modules.

Each module consists of

• Lectures: by the teachers of the course and by invited guests.

• Seminars/workshops: students lead discussions and activities on the Miro board

• Self-study: reading of papers and analysis of contemporary landscape design projects, resulting in written and oral assignments

Dette lærer du

Knowledge: Students will be able to identify the relationships between global processes and landscapes while recognizing the significant challenges affecting the contemporary world.

Skills : Students will be able to demonstrate analytical and critical understanding in reading and analyzing global phenomena in contextualized landscapes through the different historical and theoretical perspectives.

General competences : Students will have to develop their ability to communicate and oral insights with scientific rigor and adequate use of terminology.

  • Lectures and in-class discussions, Feedback during oral presentations and in-class discussions. Feedback, advice, communication, tips on CANVAS and MIRO board.
  • Course teachers are available during office hours for professional and teaching support. Students are recommended to set a meeting with him/her/ if necessary.

  • § Hewitt, Robert R. Globalization and Landscape Architecture: A Review of the Literature.SAGE Open, 2014. DOI: 10.1177/2158244013514062

    § Jorgensen, Karsten. Mainstreaming Landscape through the European Landscape Convention. Routledge, 2016. (1st chapter)

    § Anita Berrizbeitia (2018) Criticism in the age of global disruption, Journal of LandscapeArchitecture, 13:3, 24-27, DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2018.1589131

    § Richard Weller (2018) The critical landscape architectural project, Journal of LandscapeArchitecture, 13:3, 20-20, DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2018.1589129

    § Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim (2016) Is Landscape.. ? Essays on the identity of landscape. Routledge

  • Samlet vurdering: Oral exam supported by the students own power point presentation (counts 40%) and a written essay (counts 60%)

    Grading: A-F



  • An external examiner will participate in the evaluation of the final assignment. Criteria for grading will be set up by the teachers and agreed upon by the examiner during the semester.
  • Full participation in lectures, class discussions, activities on the MIRO board; complete all assignments
  • 250 hours of which 25% are dedicated to lectures, feedback, advice, and communication with the students. The rest of the hours are for students' self-study.
  • Students enrolled in the Master in Landscape Architecture for Global Sustainability program.
  • The course is open to all the students of the Master in Landscape Architecture for Global Sustainability that have taken GLA301. The course is also for students from other programmes.