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This module studies contexts of landscape architecture at a variety of scales from the local to the global. It explores the social, cultural, economic, ethical and environmental issues that affect landscapes in the past and the present; doing so through different ways of looking at, being in, and responding to landscapes through theoretical ideas and practices.

It employs a diverse range of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research methods, frameworks and theories to critically explore working in and with landscapes, both within the profession of landscape architecture and beyond. It does this to explore our environments from a variety of perspectives, considering different users and uses of landscapes, and principles and processes for understanding and analysing landscapes that work for all.

Teaching and learning is via lectures and structured seminar groups. Each of the seminar groups has a particular thematic thrust that speaks of landscape from a variety of perspectives.

Students are given a choice of seminar group and use the theoretical and historical frameworks to inform an essay that explores an aspect of landscape architecture theory and/or practice. Assessment is via coursework submission.

The module aims to:

Develop an understanding of the diversity of contemporary and historical practices of landscape architecture;

Support students in developing a critical understanding of research methods, frameworks and theories relating to landscape architecture; and engage students with a critical understanding of the duties and responsibilities of landscape architects in the UK and internationally.

On successful completion of the course, each student has an advanced understanding of, and has significant abilities in the following learning outcomes:

• Knowledge and understanding of the historic and contemporary context of the profession.Ìý
• Knowledge and understanding of the research methods, frameworks and theories in which landscape architecture is practiced
• Knowledge and understanding of the inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary interface between the different areas of the profession and between landscape architecture and other professions.