MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

HYM4130

Reading landscapes: cultural environments as historical documents

David Dunstan and Jan Penney

Synopsis This subject takes as its basis the relationship between landscape and culture. Cultural heritage can take many forms. The concept of a cultural landscape, its meanings and its significance may differ to a number of observers. The course will look at ways of entering into the history of the environment. The subject is intended for students of history but will seek to broaden their conceptual base and provide an understanding of other methodologies relevant to the study area.

Assessment (8 points): seminar paper (1000 words): 20% Book review (1000 words): 20% Major essay (3000 words): 40% Short test 20%

Assessment (12 points) seminar paper (1000 words): 10% Book review (2000 words): 20% Major essay (4000 words): 40% Landscape citation (1000 words): 20% Short test: 10%

Recommended texts

• Bate W Necessary but unplanned: Streets and lanes of Melbourne, 1994
• Cronon W Changes in the land: Indians, colonists and the ecology of New England 1983
• Cultural heritage of the Australian Alps Proceedings of the 1991 Symposium, 1992
• Davison G and others The cream brick frontier: Histories of Australian suburbia 1995
• Dovers S Australian environmental history: Essays and cases 1994
• Jeans D N and Spearritt P The open air museum: The cultural landscape of New South Wales 1995
• Lowenthal D Landscape meanings and values 1986
• Meinig D W The interpretation of ordinary landscapes: Geographical essays 1979
• Stilgoe J R Common landscapes of America - 1580-1845 1982