Objectives and competences
Students:
- understand social and economical circumstances of rural areas,
- are qualified for analysing and critical valuation of structures and processes on rural areas.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Defining the rural.
2. The relations between urban and rural areas.
3. Social structure and social transformations of rural areas.
4. Economic activities and selling the rural areas.
5. Forest geography.
6. Cultural landscape.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- seminary work,
- field work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
- the student will be able to analyse and interpret the structure of rural areas,
- relating the elements, that built the rural landscape.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- the knowledge of spatial komplex and the methods for analyising the lanscape,
- the abbilityy of cartographic modelling.
Readings
Potočnik Slavič, I. 2018: Endogeni razvojni potenciali slovenskega podeželja. GeograFF 7.
Woods, M. 2005: Rural Geography. Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring. SAGE
Halfacree, K. 1993: Locality and social representation: space, discourse and alternative definitions of the rural.
Journal of Rural Studies, 9, str. 23-37
Kumer, P. 2019: Lastniki gozdov v Sloveniji. Založba ZRC, 2019. 123 str.
Vsako študijsko leto bo seznam študijske literature posodobljen./ The list of study literature will be updated each school year.
Prerequisits
Positivelly accomplished seminary work is a condition to the oral exam accession.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - seminar paper, 20 %
- oral exam. 80 %
