Seminar 4: Research Methodologies for Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Design

This module aims to explore a set of research methodologies used in the field of Cultural Heritage Studies, in dialogue with Architecture and Archaeology. It develops an intensive strategy for five weeks where the students will prepare their research proposal for the Master thesis. During the first week, the students will attend two theoretical lessons on research methodologies in Cultural Heritage Landscape, where they will learn to formulate a research problem and establish research goals; as well as acquire knowledge on the several research methods and tools for Cultural Heritage and Landscapes. The second, third and fourth week is dedicated to the student work, where they will propose research problems and goals to frame their research and identify the methodologies that are more adequate to achieve the expected results (goals). The final week will focus on the submission, presentation and discussion of the student’s research proposal for their Master thesis with the supervisors and external jury.