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60 406 Coastal mapping
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.
The course deals with rural issues and studies the spatial consequences - settlement structure, place, community, buildings - of the Norwegian fishing industry.
The study is being conducted in the central areas for winter fishing for cod (skrei); Senja, Lofoten and Vesterålen. The autumn course extends the study to the fishing villages on the Finnmark coast. The emphasis is on describing the situation today and discussing development opportunities. Available statistics and visual material are processed using GIS tools.
Autumn 2020 is the fifth in-depth course dealing with spatial consequences of the Norwegian fishing industry. In spring 2018 we studied Senja, autumn 2018 Lofoten, spring 2019 Vesterålen, and in the spring of 2020 we did surveys that completed the material and prepared I for an exhibition.
On the basis of this material, the autumn course will conduct an exhibition in the Gallery, as well as a seminar on rural communities. Both "events" will be part of AHO's 75th anniversary celebration.
If the Korona situation permits, the course will have an excursion to the Finnmark coast.
There are different angles to this course:
1. In the fall of 2019 Karl Otto Ellefsen together with Tarald Lundevall published the book "North Atlantic Coast - A Monography of Place" at PAX publisher. The book discusses the consequences of the Norwegian fishing industry on land - in this case the cod fishery - how the industry shapes and changes places and how it changes the settlement pattern.
2. Nearly all the interest in architecture and urbanism has been directed at the city for decades. This has led to little changes in rural areas. AHO's work on the northern Norwegian coast can be seen as part of what is internationally called "rural studies". Another AHO project that AHO is carrying out together with CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing) is the research project Urbanization of Rural China / Countryside Construction.
3. UL is working on refining the use of GIS tools for spatial discussions of settlement patterns, business activity and cultural conditions. At the same time, the intention is now to resume our morphological studies from the 1980s and 1990s and to use GIS tools in these studies.
Skills in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in mapping.
Territorial "mapping" skills.
Knowledge and skills in morphological studies
Skills in putting together and presenting a complex spatial and spatial study.
Knowledge of rural areas that provide expertise for understanding and working in these types of areas.
Experience in curating an exhibition and organizing a seminar where the students present their work, and that are included in own CV.
The course will be organized as a joint work in the studio where the aim is to create an exhibition and a book that follows the exhibition, as well as attend and organize seminar on rural communities. Within the studio, individual assignments will be given.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other assessment method, define in comment field | 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. |