English title:
Excursions history of agriculture and the oldest crop plants of Europe
Course ID:
831931
ECTS credits:
1,0
Title in native language:
Exkursionen zur Geschichte der Landwirtschaft und der ältesten Kulturpflanzen Europas
Exkursionen zur Geschichte der Landwirtschaft und der ältesten Kulturpflanzen Europas
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
German
Course content:
In SS 2021 no excursions due to Corona!
3 pages essay as a substitute.
You can choose a topic out of two:
1) How can Central European landscapes have looked like in the Neolithic? OR:
2) Celtic agriculture in Central Europe
You can download a pdf as a basis for each topic: see additional information under online-information!
Please send your essay until end of September 2021 to marianne.kohler-schneider@boku.ac.at
In SS 2022 two days excursions are planned again!
May 2022 Elsarn
June 2022 Leiser Berge
3 pages essay as a substitute.
You can choose a topic out of two:
1) How can Central European landscapes have looked like in the Neolithic? OR:
2) Celtic agriculture in Central Europe
You can download a pdf as a basis for each topic: see additional information under online-information!
Please send your essay until end of September 2021 to marianne.kohler-schneider@boku.ac.at
In SS 2022 two days excursions are planned again!
May 2022 Elsarn
June 2022 Leiser Berge
Expected previous knowledge:
Attendance of the lecture (WS 2019/20) is of advantage but not obligatory for the excursions.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes:
Participants will become acquainted with a landscape of longstanding settlement- and landuse tradition. They will aquire knowledge and a deeper understanding of landscape development, traditional landuse methods as well as the related landscape features. Hands-on activities in the open air museum will confront participants with ancient agricultural technologies, craft and processing methods of agricultural products in the historical context.
Participants will become acquainted with a landscape of longstanding settlement- and landuse tradition. They will aquire knowledge and a deeper understanding of landscape development, traditional landuse methods as well as the related landscape features. Hands-on activities in the open air museum will confront participants with ancient agricultural technologies, craft and processing methods of agricultural products in the historical context.
Teaching and learning methods:
Active participation and excursion records worked out in groups.
Exam method:
SS 2021: essay as a substitute for the excursions!
SS 2022: Excursion records (group protocols) will be evaluated in terms of correctness and completeness of the excursion topics.
SS 2022: Excursion records (group protocols) will be evaluated in terms of correctness and completeness of the excursion topics.
Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021
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