11330 Territorial Mappings
6cp; attendance is by agreement between student and supervisor (individual project); via separate document (elective)Requisite(s): 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10004 Bachelor of Design Architecture OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10325 Bachelor of Design Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10271 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10423 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Languages and Cultures OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10272 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10322 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Undergraduate
Description
At the time of Colonisation, 80% of the area now known as New South Wales was functioning waterways, rivers and wetlands - now, under the pressures of climate change, this area is reduced to 20%. As part of this collection, swamps are sites of uncommon associations, of muddy matter and still water - which have persisted throughout resource extraction, poor land-use management, draining, and filling. Representations of swamps tend toward the wasted, the toxic and the untamed. But swamps are sites of social and cultural resistance and are precious sinks of carbon and vibrant ecosystems. This elective seeks to make an Atlas of the Lost Swamps of Sydney - a collection hidden in spatial archives and beneath physical sites. Students research, visit, and map previous locations of swamps, wetlands, mires, and bogs that have been filled, diverted and drained.
Students learn in this elective the practice of critical cartography, deep site research and archival investigation.
Typical availability
Autumn session, City campus
Spring session, City campus
Summer session, City campus
July session, City campus
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