The Sensory Landscapes of the Past
Course code
AIG6344.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Mineviku visuaalsed ja aistilised keskkonnad
Course title in English
The Sensory Landscapes of the Past
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide the opportunity to experience the past through sounds, tastes, smells and visually perceived landscapes.
Brief description of the course
The phrases ‘designed landscapes’ and ‘sensecapes’ marks a new approach in history writing. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be seen, smelled and tasted.
During the course different examples of perceptions of the surrounding world are being analysed: a lifestyle of a Knight in the Middle Ages, a Philosopher in the Renaissance period and a Merchant in the 17th Century. Special attention is being devoted to the Baltic German Landlords in the 18-19th Century.
During the course different examples of perceptions of the surrounding world are being analysed: a lifestyle of a Knight in the Middle Ages, a Philosopher in the Renaissance period and a Merchant in the 17th Century. Special attention is being devoted to the Baltic German Landlords in the 18-19th Century.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has a comprehensive idea of the living environments of different historical periods, their design, perception and talking about them;
- is able to notice and analyze information that is not based on factology but is rather sensually perceptible;
- is able to relate different visual and other sensory environments to the cultural context of the respective era.
- has a comprehensive idea of the living environments of different historical periods, their design, perception and talking about them;
- is able to notice and analyze information that is not based on factology but is rather sensually perceptible;
- is able to relate different visual and other sensory environments to the cultural context of the respective era.
Teacher
Ulrike Plath
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