Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• Local planning as activity and practice
• The relationships between culture, sustainability and development
• The cultural conditions for local and place-based development
• The methods for ascertaining local cultural resources

Skills

The candidate:

• Has an understanding of the legal framework for local planning and development
• Can assess different interests in relation to each other
• Has skills in participatory methods in local development and cultural planning

General competence

The candidate can:

• Reflect on the conditions for governing social development towards sustainable development

Course Description

This course covers theoretical and practical aspects of work to promote local development. It introduces students to different perspectives on culture and local development, as well as on culture and sustainable development. Students are introduced to cultural planning, understood as the uses of cultural resources as a component of municipal and local place-based development strategies. Cultural resources are here interpreted as ranging from cultural monuments, local traditions, fine art, entertainment, recreation, media- and culture-based enterprises, sport, and tourism to architecture and landscape. While the course centres mainly on knowledge drawn from local communities and municipalities in Norway, we will also consider some examples from other countries (through study trips when possible). Comparation between different learning contexts is an added value of the course when possible.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures, seminars and group work, e-learning.

Assessment Methods

Written individual term paper with assessment mid-term (based on oral presentation with peer review).

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean