Advanced topics in historic cultural terriories

• To gain multidimensional ability in analysis and interpretation of cultural territories
• To envisage and design projects and strategies that generate complementarity between planning initiatives, projects and communities
• To update students, through open discussion and presentation among peers, with the contemporary research trends in the field of conservation and planning;
• To train students to critically analyse the literature, to understand and use data resources, empirical techniques and undertaking of research project;
• To consolidate the holistic approach to the research

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The course will be based on the conservation theory and principles as expressed in the international doctrine in reference to diversity of cultural expressions, tangible and intangible, within their social, cultural and natural environmental context. In particular, the course will discuss:
• Analysing the existing situation of territory concerned, identifying the historically formed urban or territorial morphology in reference to social and economic contexts:
o Identifying and interpreting the qualities and significance in relation to the physical and functional structure of the city, including the ability to identify the critical points and their dynamics within the local or regional context.
o Investigating and documenting historic development processes of urban areas, main constraints, political and economic forces and actors that have driven the process in recent past, analysing critically different approaches to historic investigation.
o Interpreting the main data for the physical, social and economic characterisation of a city, with the aim of fostering a holistic view of its development, understanding the methods and ‘systemics’ undergoing design of the future scenarios.
• Creation of the integrated territorial conservation plan:
o Developing planning methods and tools for the preparation of plans and projects within the integrated conservation and planning of historic area, involving knowledge of approaches and techniques required for the study of feasibility plans, understanding the economic and political constraints, and having an ability to reach stated objectives within the planning process.
o Leading and motivating team work in the integrated conservation planning process with the objective of enhancing awareness of diversity as a group resource.
o Dealing and negotiating with the actors in conflict situations in the planning process.
• Implementation and management of the integrated conservation plan:
o Implementing and managing integrated conservation plans, including legal, administrative and political frameworks, forming relationships and partnerships, monitoring and maintenance planning, planning for and management of crisis situations, and identifying roles in the management process.
o Establishing contacts and involving different actors in integrated planning and process, increasing knowledge of the tools and techniques for social communication regarding promotion, lobbying, advocacy and fund-raising, and enhancement of the effective communication with the public.

• Student’s capacity to pursue independent bibliographical research within broad and complex range of topics inherent to heritage studies
• Publication and communication potential, learning interactive –scientific discussion
• Successful written and public presentation of research proposal focusing on critical presentation of bibliographical background related to the contemporary research trends

Selected literature may differ each year and will be given accordingly to the selected thematic field.

• Active participation in classroom • Written report

Saša Dobričič is a full professor at the University of Nova Gorica and the founding director of the doctoral study Economics and Techniques of Architectural and Landscape Heritage Conservation, now Cultural Heritage Studies, which was established together with the University of IUAV in Venice. She is the President of the UNISCAPE (European Network of Universities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention) network and a member of the scientific committee of the IAES (International Academy for Environmental Sciences). Her research interests focus on the interpretation of urban phenomena, especially in relation to landscape, heritage and the environment. She has organized several international meetings and initiatives: in 2010 Creative Cities: Which Historic Urban Landscape? in 2012, Common Good: Beyond Ownership, What Rights for Users? In 2013, together with JPI Urban Europe, she organized the meeting The New Urban World. Future Challenges and Responses of Urban Systems in Motion.