Demography, technology, culture and territory
General data
Course ID: | 4208-DTK-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.6
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Course title: | Demography, technology, culture and territory |
Name in Polish: | Demografia, technologia, kultura a przestrzeń |
Organizational unit: | Centre for European Regional and Local Studies |
Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses in Euroreg General university courses in the social sciences |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | general courses |
Short description: |
analysis of influence of changes in demographic, technologic and cultural factors on shaping territory on local, regional and global scale |
Full description: |
Full description: 1. General characteristics of interrelations between demographic, technologic and cultural factors and territory at various scales in a historical approach 2. Demography and territory 2.1.World’s and Poland’s demographic problems 2.2. Demographic dynamics 2.3. Migrations 2.4. Settlement 2.5. Summary: demography and alimentation, economic development, natural environment, society, politics 3. Technology and territory 3.1. Agriculture and food acquisition 3.2. Transport 3.3. Communication 3.4. Energy 3.5. Construction engineering 3.6. Medicine and health protection 3.7. Military technologies 3.8. Leisure and entertainment 4. Culture and territory 4.1. Definition of the term culture 4.2. Sacrum and profanum territories 4.3. Religion and territory 4.4.Nation and its symbols and attributes in territory 4.5. Cultural determinants of territorial policy and planning |
Bibliography: |
1.Kazimierz Kuciński, Geografia ekonomiczna, 2015, wyd. Wolters Kluwer 2. Daniela Szymańska, Geografia osadnictwa, 2019 wyd2, PWN 3. Agnieszka Krzemińska, Wstęp do geografii religii, 2010 https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/nauka/1511506,1,wstep-do-geografii-religii.read |
Learning outcomes: |
Knowledge (1) Student has a basic knowledge of changes in analyzed fields and is able to analyze changes in territorial structures in historical perspective (K_U03) (2) Student is able to explain interrelations between factors shaping territory in its natural and human-made dimensions (K_U03) Skills (1) He/she is able to correctly interpret the mutual relations between the demographic, technological and cultural factors in local development (K_U01). (2) She/he can use the basic theoretical knowledge to describe and solve the research problem (K_U02). Social competences (1)Student shows an attitude of openness towards the diversity of cultures and the related forms of life and organisation of territory (K_K07). (2) Student can interact and work in a group (K_K04). |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Written exam. |
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