Prerequisits:

Finished 2nd bologna level (masters degree) or equivalent program of study.

Content (Syllabus outline):

To what extent is geography “obliged” to acknowledge historical facts? How important was geography in the past landscape development? How deep in the past can geographic research go? These challenges face historical geography (“geography of the past”), a science that addresses geographical circumstances of the past and studies individual geographical features as a result of historical development, as well as seeks to understand the “working” of past (cultural) landscapes. As sources it uses: historical written in cartographic works, findings from the natural sciences (such as dendrochronology, palynology) and the landscape itself. It uses a genetic approach when studying the (cultural) landscape.

What role do old maps play in understanding geography? How are cartographic representations influenced by time? When and why can old maps also be a primary source? What geographical, historical, and other sources of information do old maps offer? Why do they provide insight into culture and geopolitical situations and represent a source for understanding and learning about past landscapes? These are the challenges faced by historical cartography (“cartography of the past”), the science that studies, analyses, and interprets old maps.

Students:

• get to know the importance of past landscape changes to be able to understand contemporary landscapes;
• deepen the knowledge of history to understand past and present human geographical processes;
• get to know the historical dimension of individual geographical features;
• try to understand weather the present (cultural) landscape is the result of contemporary processes or longer development;
• learn about the importance of old maps for understanding the landscape;
• learn to read and compare old maps and their cartographic elements;
• use old cartographic representations as a source of geographical, historical, and other data for understanding processes in the landscape over time.

Readings:

• Atkins, P. J., Simmons, I. G., Roberts, B. K. 2004: People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment. London: Arnold
• Baker, A. R. H. 2003: Geography and History: Bridging the Divide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Baker, A. R. H., Billinge, M. (ur.) 1982: Period and Place: Research Methods in Historical Geography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Baker, A. R. H., Gregor, D. 1984: Explorations in Historical Geography: Interpretative Essays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Bičík, I., Gabrovec, M., Kupková, L. 2019: Long-term land-use changes: a comparison between Czechia and Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 59-2, str. 91–105. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.7005
• Bračič, V. 1998: Historično-geografska dediščina. V: Geografija Slovenije. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, str. 244–269.
• Butlin, R. A. 1996: Historical Geography: Trough the Gates of Space and Time. London: Arnold.
• Butlin, R. A., Dodgshon, R. A. (ur.) 1999: An Historical Geography of Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• East, W. G. 1966: The Geography Behind History. London: Nelson.
• Gabrovec, M., Bičík, I., Komac, B. 2019: Land registers as a source of studying long-term land-use changes. Acta geographica Slovenica 59-2, str. 83 –89. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.7349
• Gabrovec, M., Komac, B., Zorn, M. 2012: Vpliv sprememb rabe tal na geomorfne procese v zadnjih stoletjih na primeru Zgornjega Posočja. V: Dolgoročne spremembe okolja 1. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 25. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, str. 101–109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789612545925
• Gabrovec, M., Kumer, P. 2019: Land-use changes in Slovenia from the Franciscean Cadaster until today. Acta geographica Slovenica 59-1, str. 63–81. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.4892
• Gašperič, P., Šolar, R., Zorn, M. 2020: Kartografski zakladi slovenskega ozemlja = Cartographic treasures of Slovenian territory. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. DOI: 10.3986/9789610504276
• Gašperič, P. 2022: Zgodovinska kartografija ozemlja Slovenije. Geografija Slovenije 37. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. DOI: 10.3986/9789610505907
• Gašperič, P. 2023: A new standardized methodology for analyzing cartographic information on old maps. Acta geographica Slovenica 63-2. str. 63–81. DOI: 3986/AGS.10867
• Gašperič, P., Babič, S. 2023: The semiotics of cartographic symbols on old maps. Acta geographica Slovenica 63-2, str. 51–71. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.10930
• Glamuzina, N., Fuerst-Bjeliš, B. 2015: Historijska geografija Hrvatske. Split: Sveučilište u Splitu.
• Gospodarska in družbena zgodovina Slovencev. Zgodovina agrarnih panog: I. Agrarno gospodarstvo. Ljubljana: DZS, 1970.
• Götz, W. 1904: Historische Geographie: Beispiele und Grundlinien. Leipzig: F. Deuticke.
• Guelke, L. 1982: Historical Understanding in Geography: An Idealist Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Haffke, J. (ur.) 2011: Historische Geographie: Konzepte und Fragestellungen: gestern, heute, morgen: Festschrift für Klaus Fehn zum 75. Geburtstag. Bergisch Gladbach: E. Ferger.
• The History of Cartography, Knj. 1–6. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1987–2019.
• Ilešič, S. 1950: Sistemi poljske razdelitve na Slovenskem. Dela SAZU 2. Ljubljana.
• Ilešič, S. 1964: Preostanki preteklosti v pokrajini kot element resničnega geografskega okolja. Geografski vestnik 36, str. 3–12.
• Klemenčič, V. 1970: Zur historischen Geographie Istriens. Österreichische Osthefte 12-4, str. 278–279.
• Kosi, M. 2011: Zgodovinska geografija. V: Enciklopedija Slovenije 15. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, str. 172.
• Kučera, Z. 2008: Historical geography between geography and historiography. Internet Journal of Historical Geography and Environmental History 5-1, str. 5–13.
• Langton, J. 1988: The two traditions of geography, historical geography and the study of landscapes. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography 70-1, str. 17–25. DOI: 10.1080/04353684.1988.11879547
• Lučić, J. 1976: Prilog pitanju historijske geografije. Historijski zbornik 29-30, str. 61–76.
• Morrissey, J., Nally, D., Strohmayer, U., Whelan, Y. 2014: Key Concepts in Historical Geography. Los Angeles: SAGA.
• Offen, K. 2012: Historical geography I: Vital traditions. Progress in Human Geography 36-4. DOI: 10.1177/0309132511417964
• Offen, K. 2013: Historical geography II: Digital imaginations. Progress in Human Geography 37-4. DOI: 10.1177/0309132512462807
• Offen, K. 2014: Historical geography III: Climate matters. Progress in Human Geography 38-3, str. 476–489. DOI: 10.1177/0309132513501429
• Petek, F., Fridl, J. 2004: Pretvarjanje listov zemljiško-katastrskega načrta v Gauss-Krügerjev koordinatni. Geografski vestnik 76-2.
• Petek, F., Urbanc, M. 2004: The Franziscean Land Cadastre as a key to understanding the 19th-century cultural landscape in Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 44-1, str. 89–113. DOI: 10.3986/AGS44104
• Pounds, N. J. G. 2009: An Historical Geography of Europe: 1500–1840. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Schenk, W. 2001: Historische Geographie. Heidelberg: WBG.
• Urbanc, M. 2002: Kulturne pokrajine v Sloveniji. Geografija Slovenije 5. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
• Vrišer, I. 1985: Historična geografija: cilji, pomen in metode. Geografski vestnik 57, str. 73–82.
• Zorn, M. 2007: Jožefinski vojaški zemljevid kot geografski vir. Geografski vestnik 79-2, str. 129–140.
• Zorn, M. 2009: Uporaba zgodovinskih virov pri sorodnih vedah zgodovine. Kronika 57, Izredna številka, str. 383–400.

Objectives and competences:

Students:

• get to know the theory, theoretical models and methodological approaches and tools for in-depth and critical understanding and research of past (cultural) landscapes;
• get to know the use and application of historical written and cartographic sources for the study of past (cultural) landscapes;
• acquire knowledge of historical cartography and are able to recognize and compare cartographic elements on old maps;
• get to understand and evaluate the relationship between past and present geographical processes;
• understand of the role of man and his activity throughout history in the light of changing (cultural) landscapes;
• recognize physical geographical and human geographical processes in the landscape, which impacted landscape change;
• can critically assess landscape development in the past.

Intended learning outcomes:

Students:

• know the fundamental characteristics of historical changes in (cultural) landscapes as well as causes and indicators of these changes;
• understand the consequences of any historical landscape changes and can apply them to the present;
• are able to evaluate the landscape in terms of historical development and understand the functioning of past (cultural) landscapes

Learning and teaching methods:

Types of learning/teaching:

• Frontal teaching
• Independent students work
• e-learning

Teaching methods:

• Explanation
• Case studies
• Different presentation
• Inviting guests from companies

Assessment:

• Long written assignments (30 %)
• Presentations (10 %)
• Final examination (written/oral) (60 %)

Lecturer’s references:

• ZORN, M., Ciglič, R., GAŠPERIČ, P. 2022: State borders in the territory of Slovenia during World War II on cartographic materials produced by the occupying forces. V: Occupation Borders in Slovenia 1941–1945. Historia 39. Ljubljana: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, str. 205–234. DOI: 10.4312/9789612970062
• ZORN, M., Mikša, P. 2021: Boundary stones and their “hidden” legacy in Slovenia. V: Hidden Geographies. Cham: Springer, str. 233–259. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74590-5_11
• GAŠPERIČ, P., Šolar, R., ZORN, M. 2020: Kartografski zakladi slovenskega ozemlja = Cartographic treasures of Slovenian territory. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. DOI: 10.3986/9789610504276
• Hudson, P. F., ZORN, M. 2020: The role of historic human impacts on modern environmental processes and management: introduction to special issue. Land Degradation & Development 31-17, str. 2529–2532. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3328
• Kumer, P., ZORN, M., Žorž, G., GAŠPERIČ, P. 2020: From the Great War to interwar fortifications: changing narratives attached to the military landscape in Western Slovenia. V: Places of Memory and Legacies in an Age of Insecurities and Globalization. Cham: Springer, str. 247–263. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60982-5_11
• Breg Valjavec, M., ZORN, M., Ribeiro, D. 2018: Mapping war geoheritage: recognising geomorphological traces of war. Open Geosciences 10-1, str. 385–394. DOI: 10.1515/geo-2018-0030.