Læringsutbytte

Knowledges

The student has:

- understanding of local planning as an activity and a practice

- knowledge of the relationship between culture, sustainability and development

- knowledge of the cultural conditions for local and place-based development

- knowledge of methods for mapping cultural resources

Skills

The student:

- has understanding of regulations for local planning and development

- can evaluate different interests in local development work

- has skills in working with participatory methods in cultural planning

General competences

The student:

- can reflect on the possibilities for steering society in the direction of sustainable development

Innhold

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.

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Lectures, seminars, group work, e-learning.

Vurderingsformer

Written, individual exam based on a semester report.

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