| GEG-30014:
Inspirational Landscapes
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| 2011-12 Module Handbook | |
| The idea of landscape is at the
heart of Geography. This module explores landscape from a variety of different
perspectives to see how the big ideas of Geography tie together in the
context of this overarching theme. Many different types of people have
been inspired in many different ways by many different landscapes. Marcel
Proust wrote that the true voyage of discovery involves not seeing new
lands but seeing through new eyes and seeing through the eyes of different
people. In this module we look at landscape through both geographers’ eyes
and artists’ eyes. Also through the eyes of poets, explorers, novelists,
composers, etc… We hope that you see landscape in new ways, and therefore
start to see more. The module has been awarded a Keele University Teaching
Innovation Award and is unique in being taught jointly by a Physical Geographer,
a Human Geographer, and a visiting artist. The module is suitable for students
from all parts of Geography including the Physical Geography, Human Geography
and Geography degree routes at Keele.
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assessment is project-based (no exam), and students can submit work either
as a conventional written report, in another medium such as video, or in
a multimedia format. Students are free to tie the project directly to their
own interests in areas such as music, film or literature or to adopt a
more traditional geomorphological, historical, cultural or applied approach
to landscape.
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| A lot of students really enjoy this module... | |
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(student on WebCT discussion board, Feb '09) |
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| ...but some students really don't like it at all! | |
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because unless you're willing to open up to new ideas then you won't benefit." (student on WebCT discussion board Feb '09) |
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| Module leader - Dr Peter G Knight | |