People – Landscape – Memory (On usable and symbolic landscapes and on “nodes of memory”) 4208-LPP-OG

The lecture consists of two parts.
I. Impact of various forms of people’s activity (agriculture, energy, transport, construction, military, religion, governing) and of technology changes on landscape, with special attention paying to processes of sacralization and “symbolization” of landscapes.
II. Analysis of selected cases of „nodes of memory” – places of extraordinary density of symbolic value (Jerusalem, Warsaw, Cracow, Przemyśl, Kyiv, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Sarajevo, Cusco, etc.) and of their impact on people’s behaviours.

The main form of the lecture will be presentation of images (pictures) illustrating analyzed topics.

Introduction: usable and symbolic landscapes, „nodes of memory”; symbolisation (sacralisation) of usable landscapes and utilisation of symbolic landscapes, conflicts of functions and conflicts of memories.

I.Impact of various kinds of activity and of technology changes on landscape. „Symbolisation” and sacralisation of landscape
1. Agriculture – from food production place to a symbol of national culture
2. Energy – from energy source to a monument of material culture
3. Transport – from means of transportation of people and things to a symbol of prestige and technology
4. Construction – from a place of shelter to monument of national culture and symbol of prestige 5. 5. 5.Military – from defence and fight to art masterpiece and i monument of national culture
6. Religion – from sacra places to national symbols and tourist attractions
7. Governing – from residences and offices of rulers to national symbols and tourist attractions

Mode

Remote learning

Course coordinators

Roman Szul

Type of course

general courses

Learning outcomes

In the field of knowledge student:
names and describes features of impact of various forms of human activity on landscape. (2) describes territorial, social and political consequences of differences in land use (3) analyses evolution and mechanisms of transformation of usable landscapes into symbolic landscapes. (4) describes the main contemporary conflicts of symbolic landscapes in the world (K_W04).

In the field of skills student
Independently interprets social and political problems in the field of impact of human activity on cultural landscape. (2) Distinguishes (on photographs) the main “nodes of memory”) (cities and objects of particular symbolic and political significance.

In the field of social competences student
Is aware of their social role in the context of openness to various cultures. (K_K06) (2) is curious about cultural and political differentiation of the world (K_K06).

Assessment criteria

A test after the end of the series of lectures verifying the knowledge of the Students.

Bibliography

Further reading
Małgorzata Durydiwka 2015, Przestrzenie sakralne i sposoby ich wykorzystania we współczesnej turystyce (w) E. Bilska-Wodecka, I. Sołjan (red.) Geografia na przestrzeni wieków. Tradycja i współczesność, Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Uniwerytet Jagielloński, Kraków
Ahmet Davutoğlu 2022, Pivot Cities in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Routledge
Kazimierz Kuciński (red.) 2015, Geografia ekonomiczna, Wolters Kluwer SA
Defensive Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_wall
Industrial Heritage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_heritage
Europejski Szlak Dziedzictwa Przemysłowego https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europejski_Szlak_Dziedzictwa_Przemys%C5%82owego

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