IDENTIFYING DATA 2021_22
Subject (*) CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND TOURISM PRACTICES Code 21224210
Study programme
Degree in Tourism Management and Hospitality (2018)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
4 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Geography
Coordinator
ALTAMIRANO , MARIA EUGENIA
 E-mail mariaeugenia.altamirano@urv.cat
Lecturers
ALTAMIRANO , MARIA EUGENIA
Web http://https://www.urv.cat/html/docencia-per-centre/general-I69650.php
General description and relevant information <p>This subject introduces key concepts and objects of analysis in the relationships between tourism, the cultural landscape of destinations, and local communities. </p><p>Cultural landscapes are introduced and examined as the result of a complex process of inhabiting, practice, creative expression and representation by part of local communities throughout history and in contemporaneity. In this process, it is suggested that also non-local actors intervene in their re-production, as it is typical of globalized societies. Tourists – and the tourism industry that supports and promotes the attraction and mobility of tourists – are one of those. </p><p>This intervention is not neutral to places and communities, as it negotiates (and affirms new) values, images, uses of the cultural components of the territory, producing tourism landscapes that are also the result of processes of domination, occupation of space, political power and ideology, cognitive capacity, connectivity, unfolding at multiple geographical scales. </p><p>The course uses a mix of basic theory on the social construction of landscapes, the transformative power of tourism, and the relative positions and exclusions that may take place in the local community; and examples, exercises, experts’ interventions, student activities, focusing on specific case studies that are representative of the topics of study. </p><p> The course is organized in three blocks, from a descriptive (1) to a more analytic approach, focusing on transformations (2), and finally (3) engaging with the political dimension of the ‘touristification’ of cultural landscapes. Each block includes 2-3 ‘theoretical’ lectures and 4 ‘practical’ sessions, including class exercises, two field visits with related preparations, and seminars of invited experts. </p><p> The course will be given in English. </p><p>For the 2021-22 academic year, we will work with the maximumpossible attendance that allows us the size of the group, the capacity of theclassroom and the health guidelines. In the moodle space of the subject youwill be informed about the teaching of the subject and any changes that mayarise.</p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A13 Identify and manage spaces and tourist destinations and evaluate their tourism potential by analysing the possibilities of their sustainable use
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A13 Understand the importance of society, its culture, and space as backbones of the tourist experience
Recognize the need to carry out good management of resources and cultural landscapes to increase the competitiveness of destinations and territories, leading to the sustainability of the system
Understand that tourism affects local culture and also that local culture influences the practices and perceptions of tourists
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Block 1 - CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS TOURIST SITES 1.1 Cultural landscapes and their tourist attractiveness
1.2 Tourist practices in cultural landscapes
Block 2 - THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES 2.1 Tourism changing cultural landscapes
2.2 Cultural change transforming tourism
Block 3 - KEY CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL LANDSCAPES 3.1 The challenge of conservation
3.2 The challenge of inclusion
3.3 The challenge of adaptation

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 1 2
Lecture
A13
 10 15 25
Seminars
A13
 10 7 17
Fieldwork/excursions
A13
 9 15 24
Personal attention
1 5 6
 
Mixed tests
A13
 2 8 10
Oral tests
A13
 2 6 8
Short-answer objective tests
A13
 0 8 8
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Brief introduction in class on the contents and scope of the subject, the organization of the teaching activity, the work methods, and the procedures of evaluation
Lecture 7 frontal classes of 2 hours each delivering key concepts, examples and applications of the topics in each study unit
Seminars Practical workshops with hands-on explorations of the topics treated in frontal classes: group debates over texts and audiovisual materials, research methods practice (interviews, field diary, mapping, participant observation), critical discussion of case studies; also, seminars by invited experts and practitioners
Fieldwork/excursions 2 field visits of half day in sites that illustrate the questions and issues presented in class and at seminars, to be accompanied by group-work assignments prepared before the visit and presented afterwards
Personal attention Weekly meetings with students or work-groups, arranged on demand, in specific weekdays and times

Personalized attention
Description

Tutorial meetings (arranged with prior request) on Thursdays (lecture days) from 12 to 13.

Other meetings in different times and online can be arranged on demand.  

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Seminars
A13
 The lecturer will mark the degree of activity of students in seminar work 10%
Short-answer objective tests
A13
 This is the written part of the evaluation of field-work activities. On the basis of prior arrangements, work-groups will write a short structured report presenting their observations and interpretations of the information they will collect 20%
Mixed tests
A13
 These 2 tests evaluate the learning of respectively Blocks 1 and 2 (Test 1), and Block 3 (Test 2). They will include multiple choice questions and short open questions. 50%
Oral tests
A13
 This is the oral part of the evaluation of field-work activities. On the basis of prior arrangements, work-groups will present shortly their main findings using illustrative materials (audio-video, mapping, etc.) 20%
Others  

The lecturer will optionally evaluate student's participation in the weekly follow-up meetings
 
Other comments and second exam session

The second call of the final evaluation will either evaluate comprehensively the whole content of the course for each activity through an extended essay or substitute the parts of the evaluation that have been suspended.


Sources of information

Basic Greg Bailey, Francesco Defilippis, Azra Korjenic and Amir ?auševi?, Cities and Cultural Landscapes: Recognition, Celebration, Preservation and Experience, 1, 2020

Each Unit of study (2 for Block 1, 2 for Block 2, 3 for Block 3) is accompanied by 1 compulsory reading included in the study materials, and other optional readings. The material will be made available as links in the Moodle to the CRAI database. 
Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
NEW TRENDS IN TOURISM/21224117

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
SPACES AND SOCIETIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD/21224001
TERRITORY AND CULTURE/21224007
BASIC CONCEPTS OF TOURISM/21224101
TOURISM SPACES AND RESOURCES/21224008
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.