The historical line of continuous population of the Ore Mountains was violently interrupted in 1940’s and 1950’s due to multiple forced migration. Traditions, landscape knowledge and people as well faded or have radically changed for decades. In the last thirty years people have rediscovered and reformulated the landscape, local history and narratives of mountains. During the outdoor educational program the students of local elementary school have looked for the history of the school and village, personal view of the landscape and its past and present. Through the phenomena of genius loci they tried to find a new point of geographical, historical, cultural and natural view that could fit to a new role of the Ore Mountains in cross-border relationships (Czechia – Saxony)._x000D_
The study is based on theoretical part with relevant literature (e.g. Norberg-Schulz, 1994; Vecco, 2020; Musil, 2021; IGU, 1992; Schama, 1997; Sobel 2013) and the case study describing the place-based programme and its experiences from students and their course guides. We also identified main topics for next workshops and programs that would be presented and adapted for public workshops in other places in the Ore Mountains. For the next course the questionnaire with the Place Attachment Survey and Place Meaning Survey tools (Williams & Vaske, 2003; Semken & Freeman, 2008) was modified and in conclusion the aim for further research is defined while using this complex of qualitative research.

Jan Musil (1) & Veronika Kupková (2)
(1) Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Pedagogy, Department of Preprimary and Primary Education (2) Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography

 
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