Historical Readings of Space

Code:

MHP011

Acronym:

LHE

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	4	Course Programme	1	-	8	80	216
MHP	9	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	8	80	216

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objectives
Endow the students with competences to:
- develop a multidisciplinary approach to study relationship between space, time, society, culture and environment
- increase skills for critical interpretation of historical sources
- analyse documents in order to the reconstruction of past territories at local scale level
- develop experience of landscape reading in field study

Program

1. Theorical-practical principles. Natural environment, space and cultural landscape: a long term vision in South Europe.
2. Historic reading and landscape reconstitution. Textual, cartographic and iconographic sources (from 18th to 20th centuries)
3. Some examples of historic reading in coastal and mountain areas of Portugal. From documents to space scenic reading
4. Live landscape reading: field classes and field trips

Mandatory literature

Fund. Luso-Americana-LPN-Público, Vol VII; Árvores e florestas de Portugal, 2007
GONZÁLEZ DE MOLINA, M. e MARTÍNEZ ALIER, J; História e Ecologia, Revista Ayer, nº 11, Marcial Pons, Madrid, 1993
HUGHES, J. Donald; What is Environmental History?, Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2006
ed. M. Barrué-Pastor et G. Bertrand; Les temps de l'environnement, PUM/CNRS, 2000
Instituto de História Moderna; O litoral em perspectiva histórica (XVI-XVIII), FLUP, 2002
ROBIC, M. C. (ed); Du milieu à l'environnement. Pratiques et représentations du rapport homme/nature depuis la renaissance, Economica, Paris, 1992
SCHAMA, S.; Le paysage et la mémoire, Seuil, Paris, 1999
SIMMONS, I.G.; História do Ambiente, Teorema, Lisboa, 2007(1ªed, 1993)
TABORDA, J.P.; M.J. ALCOFORRADO; J.C. GARCIA ; O clima do Sul de Portugal no século XVIII, CEG, Lisboa, 2004
TUAN, Yi-Fu; Topophilia. A study of environmental perception. Attitudes and values, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1974 (2ªed, 1990)
WORSTER, D.; The ends of the earth: perspectives of modern environmental history, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1994

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical seminars with thematic debates on pre-established topics.
Laboratory practices dedicated to reading sources at local or regional level and to the preparation of fieldwork.
Fieldwork in Northern and Central Portugal.

Software

PPT e PDF de apoio aos seminários

keywords

Social sciences > Geography > Historical geography
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Natural resources management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
	Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
	Participação presencial	20,00
	Trabalho escrito	136,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Paper: 70%
Fieldwork report: 20%
Performance: 10%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

A literature survey for students who are legally exempt from class attendance.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.