This course provides an opportunity for students to practice and develop their ability to observe and describe. In one-day travels (Walking-Writing Tours) designed as travel writing workshops students will walk and discover cultural spaces at and around the University of Klagenfurt.

in-class activities with input and group activities,writing and walking activities during travel workshops;all online-activities will be provided via Moodle

At the heart of travel writing lies curiosity, which can also be seen as a quest for knowledge. This course offers an introduction into the cultural practises to writing and travelling, establishing various techniques for travel writing.In the course “Writing the city: Klagenfurt” students will make some guided walks around the university, each following a research topic. From model texts students will understand the role of note taking and note making during these expeditions. Therefore, students will analyze and respond to these texts, describe their own perceptions and document their experiences.The course is structured into1 writing workshop at the beginning, presenting the most common writing techniques and some organisational information (at university): May 06, 20252 full-day travel writing workshops, where students discover defined cultural spaces following the research topics (Walking-Writing Tours): May 20 and 21, 20251 workshop on writing and revision, where the writing process from taking notes to polished texts will be mapped (online workshop): May 27, 20251 feedback setting at the end of the semester (online activity via Moodle): mid of June resulting in a final porfolio = Peronal travel report: until June 17, 20251 optional meeting is held at the end of the semester: June 24, 2025Important informationPlease make sure that you have access to Moodle during the whole semester.Please be aware that we really will walk around during the travel writing workshops (May 20 and 21 ): appropriate shoes and clothes (Sunglasses? Sun-hat? Raincoat? Umbrella?…) will be necessary!Dominant language at this course will be English (material, instructions...). You may consider ensuring you have access to a dictionary – online or via app (dict.cc or leo.org).

English level B2

is available on Moodle

Attendance and active participation during workshops and writing tours (32%)Assignments in and out of class (abstract to the semester, reflections, writing assignments, feedback exercises in and out of class (28%).Portfolio with final report and 3 finished texts (40%).Pease note the points indicated in the Course structure.

Assignments in and out of class  reflecting travel writing experiences: please see above. 

Regulation for handling AI-based applications and tools: partially allowed.The following regulation applies to the above-mentioned examinations when dealing with AI-based applications:The use of artificial intelligence tools is prohibited for teaching and learning didactic reasons for the following work and writing processes: Personal abstract and personal summary, reflections on writing workshop & texts.The use of artificial intelligence tools is permitted in the final steps for the following work and writing processes: 3 travel texts.Students undertake to disclose the use of AI tools in the text product and to label AI-generated passages accordingly (suggestions for labelling and guidelines for the responsible use of AI tools will be discussed in the course and made available on Moodle). The students assume sole responsibility for the produced text.