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Forests and Landscape as Social Representations
Wald und Landschaft als soziale Repräsentationsformen
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:28:22
Abstract
This seminar introduces to the cultural and historical foundations of forests and landscapes. In case studies the interaction between and social phenomena and forests and landscapes are analysed with the help of various theories and methods. Historical and contemporary examples of social representations in European and Non-European cultures are looked at in view of sustainable management.
Objective
This seminar aims at detecting and documenting phenomena with relevance to forests and landscapes as far as their cultural and historical foundations are concerned. From the perspectives of different scientific disciplines and the application of distinct theories and methods a multidisciplinary approach to an interpretation of the social conditions of human shaped natural spaces will be applied. Thus the sudents will be enabled to read and interpret the social core of forests and landscapes and to formulate and enact adequate planning and decision making for the future.
Content
This seminar will tackle forests and landscapes as designed forms of culture and society in the past, present and future. It includes historical analyses with theories and methods of the social sciences as well as technically oriented approaches. Focal points of this multidisciplinary approach to forests and landscapes will be: - social classes and their usage of space - Technological development and their impact on forest and landscape - Forest and Landscape design as timebound phenomena - affinities between natural and social formations - political processes of planning and decisionmaking on forests & landscapes - cultural factors of forests and landscapes - socially conditioned perception and transformations of forest and landscapes
Resources
Lecture Notes
Will be worked on sucessively and distrbuted to the sudents.
Literature
Scientific literature will be made available online.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC , DS , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- written 60 minutes
- Aids
- None
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture |
Wald und Landschaft als soziale Repräsentationsformen
oder nach Vereinbarung
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1 h weekly |