UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE
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for academic year 2023/2024
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Course: Rural Sociology and Landscape

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Course title Rural Sociology and Landscape
Course code KRM/KRSK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Lapka Miloslav, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Topic areas: 1. Social-theoretical approaches to the relationship between man and the environment 2. Rural tradition in European countries and the CR, the rise and fall of rural culture 3. Historical development and current transformations of Czech countryside 4. Landscape as a cultural and artistic concept 5. Selected local environmental problems 6. Climate change as a natural and social problem 7. Carbon and ecological Footprint 8. Social and environmental context of globalization 9. The concept of sustainable development 10. Food production and consumption in the Czech Republic 11. The methodology of social science research and creating projects

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Monitoring
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course "Rural sociology and Landscape" introduces students to various aspects of the relationship between man and nature, with an emphasis on the transformation of the landscape and sociological exploration of the environment. The course is a continuation of the course "Rural Sociology", deepens some selected areas and deals with more general issues of the relationship of man and the environment, from the point of view of cultural ecology or rural sociological tradition in the USA, for example, the global environmental problems, the concept of ecological and carbon footprint, the issue of production and consumption of food or extraction of mineral resources. During lectures and seminars, students are also acquainted with the general problems of methodology of social sciences and research projects.
Students will acquire basic knowledge about the development of the cultural landscape, the current state of rural tradition and selected environmental problems. Students should be able to look at problems from different angles and create their own opinions. Students will also learn basic skills for preparing research projects: the formulation of questions, justification of research, and presentation of the project or a critical evaluation of other research projects. They will be able to apply this experience while working on their theses.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Credit Requirements: Students in groups will prepare a research project on the topic agreed in advance. At the end of the semester they will present it in the form of PowerPoint presentations (and brief text) and will discuss it. Credits will be awarded not earlier than 14 days before the end of the semester in accordance with the measure of Dean No. 124/2017 Article 15. Examination Requirements: Students will write a seminar paper (5-6 pages) at a prearranged topic related to the course. Students will discuss their seminar papers with the teacher. The examinations will be written 3 weeks before the beginning of the examination period in accordance with the measure of Dean No. 124/2017 Article 15.
Recommended literature
  • BAUMAN, Zikmund. Myslet sociologicky (netradiční uvedení do sociologie). Praha: Slon, 1997. ISBN 80-85850-90-7.
  • BLAŽEK, Bohuslav. Venkov, města média. Praha: Slon, 1998. ISBN 80-85850-59-1.
  • BRAD, E., MOORE, D., GOLDFINGER, S., OURSLER, A., REED, A. AND M. WACKERNAGEL. The Ecological Foorprint Atlas 2010. Oakland: Global Footprint Network, 2010.
  • CÍLEK, V. Krajiny vnitřní a vnější. Dokořán, Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7363-042-7.
  • CÍLEK, Václav. Makom. Kniha míst. Praha: Dokořán, 2004. ISBN 80-86569-91-8.
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolínum, 2004. ISBN 978-80-246-0139-7.
  • DLOUHÝ, J., DLOUHÁ, Jana a Václav MEZŘICKÝ. Globalizace a globální problémy. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2006. ISBN 80-87076-01-X.
  • HÁJEK, Pavel. Jde pevně kupředu naše zem. Krajina českých zemí v období socialismu 1948-1989. Praha: Malá Skála, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86776-07-1.
  • KELLER, Jan. Sociologie a ekologie. Praha: Slon, 1997. ISBN 80-85850-42-7.
  • LAPKA, M, , CUDLÍNOVÁ., E. Úvod do krajinné ekologie pro rozvoj venkova. Ekonomická fakulta JU, České Budějovice, 2008. ISBN 978-807394-077-5.
  • LAPKA, M., SOKOLÍČKOVÁ, Z. a Jan VÁVRA. Pět tezí současné kulturní ekologie. Acta Inversitatis Carolinae - Philosophica et Historica 1/2008 - Studia Sociologica XVI - Naše společná přítomnost I: 9-22.. Praha: Karolinum, 2008.
  • LAPKA M., SOKOLÍČKOVÁ Zdenka a Jan VÁVRA. Cultural ecology: Contemporary understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment.. Journal of Lndscape Ecology, 2012.
  • LAPKA, M. Úvod do sociologie krajiny. Nakladatelství Karolinum, Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-246-1595-0.
  • LAPKA, Miloslav a Jan VÁVRA. Měnící se společnost?. Praha: FF UK, 2012. ISBN 9788073084424.
  • LAPKA Miloslav a Miroslav GOTTLIEB. Rolník a krajina. Kapitoly ze života soukromých rolníků. Praha: Slon, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-83-4.
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana a Hana LIBROVÁ. Pestří a zelení. Kapitoly o dobrovolné skromnosti. Brno: Veronica. ISBN 8085368199.
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana. Vlažní a váhaví (Kapitoly o ekologickém luxusu). Brno: Doplněk, 2003. ISBN 80-7239-149-6.
  • LOW, Jiří a Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. Kostelec nd Černými lesy: Lesnická práce., 2003. ISBN 8086386279.
  • MIKO, Ladislav a Michal HOŠEK. Příroda a krajina České republiky - Zpráva o stavu 2009. Praha: AOPK, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87051-70-2.
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Podmaněná planeta. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. ISBN 978-80-246-1580-6.
  • ORTOVÁ, Jitka. Kapitoly z kulturní ekologie. Praha: Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 8071848727.
  • PETRÁŇOVÁ, Lidie a Josef PETRÁŇ. Rolník v evropské tradiční kultuře. Praha: Set out, 2000. ISBN 8086277089.
  • SÁDLO, Jiří. Krajina a revoluce. Praha: Malá Skála, 2005. ISBN 80-86776-02-6.
  • SÁDLO, Jiří. Krajina jako interpretovaný text. Vesmír 77: 96-98.
  • SPURNÝ, Matěj. Proměny sudetské krajiny. Nakladatelství Českého lesa, 2006. ISBN 80-86125-75-0.
  • STRIBRAL, Karel. Proč je příroda krásná. Praha: Dokořán, 2005. ISBN 80-7363-008-7.
  • VÁVRA, Jan, LAPKA, Miloslav a Eva CUDLÍNOVÁ. Uhlíková stopa jihočeských venkovských a městských domácností. Praha: FF UK, 2012. ISBN 9788073084424.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics Study plan (Version): Structural Policy of the EU and Rural Development (3) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 19.04.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024