Learning outcome

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 mapping cultural resources

Skills

The candidate:

• Has an understanding of regulations for local planning and development
• Can evaluate different interests in local development work
• Has skills in working with participatory methods in local development and cultural planning

General competence

The candidate can:

• Reflect on the possibilities for steering society in the direction of sustainable development

Course Description

The course includes theory and methods for local development and planning work for sustainability. The course will introduce the students to different perspectives on culture and development, and culture and sustainable development. It will give an introduction to methods for cultural planning, understood as the uses of cultural resources as an integrated part of the development strategies of municipalities, places and local communities. With cultural resources is meant everything from cultural heritage, local traditions, art, entertainment, recreation, culture and media industries, sport, tourism, architecture and landscapes. The course will be based in knowledge from Norwegian communities, but will also have examples and learning resources from other countries. 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.

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