Otium in the forest: the construction of a concept in past and present (R03*)

• Subject Area: Forestry
• Term: from 2017 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 197396619

This project will explore the social construction of the forests as a space of Muße in the last two hundred years. Factors and processes which influenced this construction will be identified, and their present representations will be analysed. Based on the analysis of historical and present space constructions, influencing forest-related interpretations of individuals and societies, the project will generate fundamental insights concerning past and recent developments in forest policy.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1015: Muße (Leisure/Otium). Concepts, Spaces, Figures
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit; Professor Dr. Uwe Eduard Schmidt