60 406 Coastal mapping
Credits:
6
Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:
Coastal mapping
Course code:
60 406
Level of study:
Master
Teaching semester:
2019 Spring
Assessment semester:
2019 Spring
Language of instruction:
Norwegian / English
Maximum number of students:
9
Person in charge
Karl Otto Ellefsen
Espen Aukrust Hauglin
Required prerequisite knowledge
Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).
The course accepts student of architecture, students of landscape-architecture and students specializing in the field of service-design.
Basic knowledge of Geographical Information Systems and the use of GIS.
Or – if little knowledge of GIS – well developed computer skills.
Course content
The course discusses the consequences of the development of Norwegian Fisheries on land:
- Territorial consequences
- Local consequences in transformation of place
The spatial, territorial consequences are discussed in the central area for the winter cod-fisheries.
This is the last course in a row of three; in the spring of 2018, we studied Senja, in the autumn of 2018, we studied Lofoten, while in in the spring of 2019 we will study Vesterålen.
The course will visit Vesterålen in February during the winter fisheries (Andøy, Øksnes, Bø, Sortland, Hadsel)
Local consequences are analysed by the use of case studies.
Statistics and visual material are processed by the use of GIS programs and statistical methods.
The methodology of the study adapts to OMA/AMO methods in rural studies.
Supplementary information
There are different and overlapping approaches to this course:
- In the spring of 2017, PAX Forlag presented the book: “Fiskevær – Myre på yttersida” by Karl Otto Ellefsen and Tarald Lundevall. The book discusses the consequences of the transforming Norwegian Fisheries on land. In this case, the abundant cod-fisheries in the north of Norway, and how these fisheries have constituted and changes, spatially and morphologically, territorial habitat and settlements. The intention is to extend these studies to Senja, Vesterålen and Lofoten.
- Nearly all interests in analyzing architecture, habitat and settlement have in the last decades been focused on urban environment. Critical transformation processes in rural areas have not been observed. CAFA works together with CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing) with the research project Urbanization of Rural China/Countryside Construction. This project is linked to the research by OMA/AMO on transformation processes in rural areas globally. Our study of spatial context of the fisheries might also be understood in this context.
- UL works with refining the use of GIS in spatial discussions on demography, industrial activities and socio-cultural characteristics. The intention is also to re-invent our morphological studies from the 1980s and the 1990s using GIS programs and methodology.
The studies are building up to an exhibition of the comprehensive material from the three courses in the autumn of 2019.
Learning outcome
Skills in mapping and in the use of GIS in mapping.
Skills in territorial mapping.
Knowledge and skills in Morphological studies.
Research training giving research capacity.
Skills in putting together and presenting a complex spatial and morphological study.
Knowledge of rural areas that gives ability to understand and do work in these types of contexts.
Working and learning activities
Digital workshop to learn GIS with focus on territorial and local studies in Vesterålen.
Lectures and seminars on rural and coastal areas and current challenges.
Individual case-study of the footprint of fisheries on land.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | Individual | Pass / fail | In the semester, the student will regularly present the subject for the teachers and fellow students for input and feedback. At the end of the semester the result will be exhibited in a given format. The examination is based on how the subject is visually displayed and orally presented, as well as processed and developed through the semester-evaluation of final presentation of individual mapping project. Les om eksamensreglementet her: https://aho.no/no/studenter/eksamen. |