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Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts

Unit Outline

The Culture of Nature


LACH1020
SEM-2, 2015
Campus: Crawley
Unit Coordinator: A/Prof Tinka Sack

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Unit details
Unit title
Unit code
Availability
Location

The Culture of Nature


LACH1020
SEM-2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015)
Crawley

Credit points

Mode

Face to face

Contact details
Faculty
School
School website
Unit coordinator
Email
Telephone
Consultation hours
Lecturers

Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts


Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts
http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/
A/Prof Tinka Sack
tinka.sack@uwa.edu.au
6488 0278
Please use email to contact your tutors. The unit coordinator is available via telephone, email or by appointment.

Name

Position

Email

Telephone Number

Associate Professor Tinka Sack Unit coordinator tinka.sack@uwa.edu.au 64882789

Tutors

Jen Scott
James Quinton

Unit contact hours


Online handbook
Unit website

Lectures will be delivered twice weekly and students will attend a weekly tutorial.
http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/LACH/LACH1020
Http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students

jenscott@iimetro.com.au
james.quinton@research.uwa.edu.au

Unit description
This unit offers students an inspirational history of the ways in which different cultures throughout history have constructed different
interpretations of nature and accordingly their relations to it. It examines the ways in which nature has been constructed mythically,
theologically, ideologically, philosophically, scientifically and artistically. The unit prepares students intellectually for the environmental
and related philosophical challenges of the twenty-first century which will impact upon all professions. The unit covers various strands
of Western and Eastern history including topics such as the agricultural revolution, the development of the first cities, the middle ages,
the Renaissance, modernity and twentieth-century developments in the sciences and arts. Along the way students meet many of the
great figures of history and become conversant with the big ideas of history. The latter stages of the unit concern how our current
actions are connected to historical ideas and have consequences for the future.

Learning outcomes
Students are able to (1) outline the historical patterns of Western culture from the agricultural revolution to the twenty-first century; (2)
analyse the points of intersection and divergence between the arts and sciences across the course of Western history; (3) develop an
enriched conceptual framework within which to understand contemporary culture as the embodiment of a particular lineage of
philosophical values; and (4) develop ethical and philosophical perspectives of direct relevance to contemporary culture.

Unit structure
IMPORTANT:
Please note that the schedule provided below is tentative, pending confirmation of guest lecturers. The schedule may also shift in order
to take advantage of visiting scholars, artists and practioners.
While LCS will be implemented, failure of the video link has occured. Students are expected to attend lectures unless they are ill or
have a commitment that has been articulated and confirmed at the beginning of the semester.

Unit schedule
Week Date

Lecture Topic

Lecturer

1
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5

Introduction
First Peoples
Classical Views of Nature
TBD
First Nature: Ideas of Wilderness
The Renaissance: Vitruvian Paradigms
The Picturesque
Framing Art: Florentine Perspective
Second Nature:Agrarian Landscapes
Colonial Biology

Tinka Sack
Noel Nannup
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack
Arvi Wattel
Bill Taylor
Richard Read
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack

July 28
July 30
August 4
August 6
August 11
August 13
August 18
August 20
August 25
August 27

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6
7
7
8
8
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9
10
10
11
11
12
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September 1
September 3
September 8
September 10
September 15
September 17
September 22

Ecological Nature?
"Other" nature: Korea
Third Nature: Neo-baroque Ecologies
"Other" Nature
The Gender of Nature: the Nature of Gender
TED Intermission
TBC
Symbiotica: No Culture and No Nature, Rather Art and Life
September 24 Land Art: Culture in Nature
Study Break
October6
TBD
October 8
TBD
October 13
TBD
October 15
Future Urbanisation
October 20
Re-Wilding
October 22
LECTURE Quiz

Tinka Sack
Jo Elfing-Hwang
Tinka Sack
Romesh Goonewardene
Clarissa Ball
Tinka Sack
Ionat Zurr
Tinka Sack
(Study Break)
Joely-Kym Sobott
Oenone Rooksby
Tinka Sack
Julian Bolleter
Tinka Sack
Tinka Sack

Assessment
Assessment overview
Typically this unit is assessed in the following way(s): (1) a written essay; (2) a visual essay or seminar presentation; and (3) and/or an
examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Assessment mechanism
# Component

Weight Due Date

1 Tutorial Presentations and Participation 20%


2 Visual Essay
20%

3 Major Essay

40%

4 Lecture Quiz - Open Notebook

20%

Ongoing
Week 6
September 4th by 3pm
in ALVA Resource Room (location to be confirmed).
Frames will be provided.
Week 10
Friday, October 9th
through LMS.
October 23, in lecture

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Assessment items
Item Title

Description

Submission Procedure for


Assignments

Visual Essay

You are asked to create a visual essay in response to one of the


In Resource Room
statements below. This essay is to be a critical and considered
photomontage of images the montage can contain images from
anywhere and you are expected to manipulate the material
considerably so that the final composition is a composed graphic
image. The overall image must read as a whole, relaying your
response to the texts provided. The final visual essay must be refined
and well-resolved intellectually and graphically. You are asked to
provide a colour A3 print as a final submission. We recognise that for
some of you, a visual poster will be a new type of assignment. In this,
we will be helping you in your tutorials. As with any essay, you are
must cite the sources for the images that you use. Begin by looking up
the comment and finding out what you can about the author and the
context in which it emerged. Enjoy the hunt while keeping your eye out
for any visual materials. What is the wider context ? What are your
reactions to these words? Your final image should encapsulate the
meaning of one of the topics/comments below as well as its relation to
the content of the lectures.
Tutorial Presentations and as described in unit guide provided in lecture and LMS
In tutorial only.
Participation
Major Essay
FINAL ESSAY
In Resource Room
Due: Friday, October 9 via LMS.
WORD LIMIT: 2000 2500 words

Lecture Quiz - Open


Notebook

The essay should explore one of the topics listed, supported by


research and analysis. The student should use a variety of sources in
research, including, but not limited to, scholarly books and articles,
newspaper articles, web resources, and, where appropriate, audio
visual resources. All resources should be properly cited according to
academic standards, and the opinions of the student clearly
distinguished from those presented in the sources.
This unit has a diverse range of guest lectures who will be delivering In Lecture
information on a wide range of subjects. In order to increase the
participation and assimilation and integration of this material in your
studies, you are asked to keep a notebook of your lecture notes
throughout the semester. At the end of the semester you will have an
in class quiz which will cover the general themes and ideas presented
in the unit, particularly by guest lectures. You are allowed to use your
lecture notebook when taking this quiz. For noting, the notebook can
contain only your own lecture notes.

Textbooks and resources


Recommended texts
There will be a Reader available in the Resource Room and/or with Course Material Online.

Technical requirements
Students will be expected to be able to produce a graphic montage using either manual skills or basic computer programs such as
Photoshop and have a strong command of English in regard to academic essay writing.

Other important information


This unit has been re-coded; it was previously LACH4410 and taught at Level 4, but is now taught at Level 3. Refer to the Faculty for
more information.

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