Cultural Landscape I

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Milena Hauserová, Markéta Šantrůčková

Tutor:

Milena Hauserová, Markéta Šantrůčková

Supervisor:

Department of Architectural Conservation

Synopsis:

The course is introduction to the cultural landscape. The general issues and problems of the cultural landscape will be demonstrated on the examples from the Czech Republic. Students learn to identify the cultural features of the landscape and could present this skills on the examples from their countries.

Requirements:

Exam: Oral presentation of the cultural values of the model landscape.

Syllabus of lectures:

Introduction

Landscape in the Czech Republic introduction to the natural and cultural conditions

Landscape in the Czech Republic historical cultural landscapes

Green infrastructure in historic city

Protection of the Cultural Landscapes on the international and national levels

Excursion Albertov, Vyšehrad

Excursion Smíchov

Syllabus of tutorials:

Students identify cultural landscape features on the model areas from thier home countries.

They present the results of their identification by oral presentation.

Study Objective:

The main aim of the course is to present the variety of the cultural values in the landscape, methods of its identification. Both, rural and urban landscapes and their cultural values will be presented. The course discuss questions of the protection of the cultural landscape features and its role in the green infrastructure.

Students learn to identify the cultural features of the landscape and could present this skills on the examples from their countries.

Learning outcomes:

Students can explain what is the cultural value of the landscape and its role for the landscape stability and green infrastructure.

Students can identify the cultural features of the landscape and could present this skills on the examples from their countries.

Study materials:

Agnoletti, Mauro, Emanueli, Francesca (eds.) (2016): Biocultural Diversity in Europe, Springer, Switzerland.

European Landscape Convention.

Fialová, J. (ed.) (2024): Public Recreation and Landscape Protection With Environment Hand In Hand! Proceedings of the 15th Conference. Křitiny 13-15 May.

Jelen, Jakub, Šantrůčková, Markéta, Komárek, Marek (2021): Typology of historical cultural landscapes based on their cultural elements. Geografie, 126/3, s. 243261.

Kołodziejczyk, Piotr, Kwiatkowska-Kopka, Beata (eds.) (2016): Cracow Landscape Monographs. vol. 2. Landscape in the Past & Forgotten Landscapes, Institute of Archeology Jagiellonian University in Kraków - Institute of Landscape Architecture Cracow University of Technology, Krakow.

Krumm, F., Schuck, A., Rigling, A. (eds) (2016): How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation. A view across Europe. European Forest Institute (EFI) - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmendorf.

Skaloš, J., Weber, M., Lipský, Z., Trpáková, I., Šantrůčková, M., Uhlířová, L., Kukla, P. (2011): Using old military survey maps and orthophotograph maps to analyse long-term land cover changes. Case study (Czech Republic). Applied Geography 31/2, s. 426 438.

Šantrůčková, Markéta, Demková, Katarína, Dostálek, Jiří, Frantík, Tomáš (2017): Manor gardens: Harbors of local natural habitats? Biological Conservation 205, s. 1622.

Šantrůčková, Markéta, Demková, Katarína, Vokoun, Alois (2025): How can historic cultural landscapes be identified via open data? A case study from the Czech Republic. Landscape Research, 124.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomT9:112 12:30–14:00 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice roomT9:112 14:15–15:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Landscape Architecture, in English (compulsory course)