Introduction
Intended Learning Outcomes
After the field course you will have:
- Investigated different temporal and spatial scales in Cretan environments and cultures.
- Reflected critically on Sphakia.
Before during and after the course you will have had the chance to develop the following skills:
- Selection of appropriate field techniques and methodologies e.g. Survey techniques (GPS, EDM, Levelling, mapping), field observation and recording, in-depth interviews, participant observation, reconstruction of flood events.
- Practice in research skills -formulation of research strategies and topics.
- Teamworking skills.
- Oral and written presentation skills e.g. successful completion and communication of analytical group projects.
Field course content
This course focuses on a mixture of human and physical themes. All students will be introduced to the diversity of Cretan environments, and culture, in core problem-based days. In addition you will be able to choose from a number of field research problems.
Amongst the key themes we will investigate are:
- semi-arid landforms and their links to event magnitude and timescale,
- the changing gravel bed river,
- links between slope process and land form,
- nationalism and the commemoration of the past,
- contemporary Greek village life,
- contrasting social geographies of tourist development,
- sustainable development of the Cretan economy,
- the historical geography of the Sphakiot landscape.
Web support
This fieldwork is complemented by the Δ homepage available at:
www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/undergraduate/fieldwork/crete/
Contacts
Chris Perkins [Fieldcourse Leader] c.perkins@manchester.ac.uk
Graham Bowden [Cartographer/Webmaster] g.bowden@manchester.ac.uk