Cultural Landscapes - MSc
Master
In Edinburgh
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
You’ll tailor the programme by selecting one of four thematic pathways, enabling you to specialise in an area of specific interest.
You’ll conduct research in local, regional and internationally-renowned rural and urban landscapes, such as the Orkney Islands, Athens, Berlin, Tallinn and Edinburgh.
You will benefit from ECA's transdisciplinary setting and opportunities to select optional courses from across the University of Edinburgh.
You’ll engage in research with key theorists and practitioners in the field by organising and participating in a symposium on cultural landscapes.
You’ll be located at the very heart of Edinburgh, a vibrant city of significant cultural and historic renown.
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About this course
This programme prepares you for further postgraduate research at doctoral level and a successful academic career. It can also enhance your skills and qualifications to find work in industries including heritage management, planning departments, and conservation policy, as well as in the creative industries and the arts.
For those with established public and site-specific art practices and/or professional qualifications in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, the programme can deepen your historical, theoretical and methodological engagement with landscape.
If you'd like to study on a postgraduate programme at Edinburgh College of Art, you must apply through EUCLID, our online application system. You can find out how to do this on the University of Edinburgh website, where you'll also be able to:
see detailed entrance requirements for each programme on the Degree Finder
get information on what to expect after you apply
find out about study modes, start dates and fees
find out where to go for further advice and guidance
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Subjects
- Art
- Landscapes
- Cultural
- Relationships
- Crucial
- Contemporary
- Art History
- Cultural Studies
- Architectural History
- Social Anthropology
- Choreography
Course programme
Our one-year MSc in Cultural Landscapes examines the relationships between people and the landscapes they inhabit. It poses crucial ethical, theoretical and practical questions about the ways landscapes are used, perceived, experienced and represented in the contemporary world.
This exciting Masters programme blends theories and practices from across a wide range of disciplines: cultural geography, visual culture, art history, cultural studies, architectural history and theory, social anthropology, interdisciplinary choreography, digital sociology, environmental humanities, environmental humanities, geoarchaeology, contemporary art, and landscape theory. You’ll discover that our approach is truly interdisciplinary.
As a student, you’ll tailor the programme by selecting one of four thematic pathways: Material Culture; Urban Landscapes; Digital Landscapes; and Landscape and Representation, giving you the opportunity to develop expertise in a specific area of interest.
How you will study
You’ll undertake a series of theoretical and practical projects at sites within Edinburgh and further afield, including Ian Hamilton Finlay’s acclaimed garden, ‘Little Sparta’.
You’ll use these sites to explore the relationships between culture, history and the environment, and they’ll also form the basis of proposals you will develop based around, for example, a public art project, an ethnographic field study, a geographical project or a textual analysis.
Drawing on the expertise of invited speakers and guest lecturers, you’ll take an active role in the development and organisation of a seminar series and colloquium exploring current theoretical debates on cultural landscape studies. Through blog posts, oral presentations and reflective reports, you’ll demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topics we examine.
The skills you’ll gain throughout the programme will lead you towards the development of a major research project: either a dissertation based on original research on a topic of your choosing; or a proposal for a site-specific project. Whichever you select, you’ll be supported throughout by your project supervisor.
Cultural Landscapes - MSc