This subject aims that students acquire the following competences and skills: 1. To assess and analyze both landscape and territory as visible synthetic expressions -in material and symbolic terms- of societies' history and cultural heritage, and in particular, of the relationship between nature and human groups. 2. To know the main sources and methods for studying the cultural representations of landscape and territory, through some their most significant contemporary manifestations, such as geographical, literary, pictorial and film representations. 3. To acquire the abilities to: a) identify and analyze the cultural values of landscapes and specific territories; b) incorporate these values to heritage policies; and c) make proposals that promote their recognition and dissemination to society, in terms of protection, management or planning.

The aim of this course is to examine the cultural values ¿¿and heritage dimensions of landscape and territory in Spain and Latin America through different perspectives and sources. The course is organized into four main parts, whose topics and agenda are summarized below. PART ONE: CONCEPTS, STUDY APPROACHES AND PUBLIC POLICIES REGARDING THE CULTURAL ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE AND TERRITORY. LESSON 1. Landscape, territory and culture: essential concepts and study approaches. LESSON 2. Landscape, territory and identity. LESSON 3. From cultural assessments to public policies: landscape protection, management and planning. PART TWO: LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF LANDSCAPE. LESSON 4. Places, landscapes and travel literature. LESSON 5. The literary image of Spain's landscape. PART THREE: ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF LANDSCAPE. LESSON 6. The landscape in art landscape painting. LESSON 7. Landscape art: architecture, gardening and landscaping. LESSON 8. The artistic landscape and its heritage status. PART FOUR: PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC AND DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LANDSCAPE. ITEM 9. Landscape, photography and film ITEM 10. The landscape in the digital age.

Teaching methodology includes, mainly: 1. Classroom lectures focused on the subject theoretical contents. 2. Presentation and discussion (in the virtual classroom) of selected readings. 3. Written analysis of selected readings. 4. A field trip related to the cultural values of landscape and territory. Tutorials will be carried out through the procedures established by the university.