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60 415 Coastal mapping VII
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 addresses rural issues and studies the spatial consequences - settlement structure, place, city, buildings - of the Norwegian fishing industry. The study has previously been conducted in the central areas for winter cod fishing; Senja, Lofoten and Vesterålen. In the last two semesters, we have expanded the study to the fishing villages on the Finnmark coast, and in the spring of 2022 we will travel to and work in Western Finnmark. Emphasis is placed on describing the situation today and discussing a possible future. Available statistics and visual material are processed using GIS tools. This spring course is the seventh and final specialization course that deals with the spatial consequences of the Norwegian fishing industry. We will complete material with surveys in Western Finnmark, complete the material for the website coastalmapping.no and create a group exhibition to be displayed in AHO's gallery. The exhibition opening is connected to a seminar on rural societies in Norway.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project assignment | 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. |