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76422-01 - Practical course: Observing and Restoring Border Landscape Continuities (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Jeremias Lütold (jeremias.luetold@unibas.ch)
Jascha van Gogh (jascha.vangogh@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Course Description: This course explores the landscape building processes in the trinational metropolitan region of Basel and examines how landscapes are shaped by cultural, social and political changes. Students will learn about landscape transformation and gain understanding of the evolution of landscape as a concept and result of practice, shaped by current challenges in public and economic participations. Also, students will gain basic knowledge off botany and plant sociology in particular habitats in order to link vegetation on expedition sites to certain predominant environmental conditions and as well manner of maintenance. The student group will critically examine the nature of environmental policies within the international triangle as well as the potential of community-based initiatives, small-scale agricultural startups and environmental engineering for restoring and building new landscape continuities. This course is encouraging pragmatic approaches on the topic and aims to support the understanding of its topic on an experiential level. Additionally, the group will deal with planning tools and policymaking in the field of architecture and get to know technical approaches of restoring landscape continuities related to built infrastructures. The aim is to get to know the entire border region as a habitat for humans and animals and many more living beings. In today's understanding, landscapes, and especially cultural landscapes, are constituted as natural spaces shaped by humans where land use is the main focus. But what political, cultural and economic conditions apply to these space shaping humans? The reality of national borders creates different conditions for people. As the saying goes: shop in France, live in Germany and earn money in Switzerland. The proverb has a strong flip side, in that it not only shows the supposed advantages of neighborliness, but above all points to inequality. But also, the reality of national borders creates different conditions for the development of landscapes in the smallest of spaces, which is why there are also major visible differences within the border triangle. The question is: how can people use their work and activities to re-establish ecological connections and continuities in cultural use between the disrupted parts and landscapes? And how can people restore their own individual access to land across borders in a self-determined way? The course combines short lectures on history and geography of the region’s landscapes while focusing on current politics. In preparation for the lectures, students will engage with selected readings and case studies. They are also invited to contribute by submitting theoretical inputs from their fields of practice in written form beforehand. The course concludes with a reflective session allowing students to exchange their findings and experiences, synthesizing their learning journey and sharing possible attempts and approaches to the topic regarding their own professional background. |
| Comments | The course is open to Master students from other programs with a priority for MA Students in Critical Urbanisms and in Changing Societies on timely registration. Maximum capacity 35. |
| Admission requirements | Anmelden: Belegen ; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 25.08.2025 | 10.15-17.00 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 01 |
| Tuesday 26.08.2025 | 10.15-17.00 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 01 |
| Wednesday 27.08.2025 | 10.15-17.00 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 01 |
| Thursday 28.08.2025 | 10.15-17.00 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 01 |
| Friday 29.08.2025 | 10.15-17.00 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Seminarraum S 01 |
| Modules |
Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Pass/Fail |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Urban Studies |