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March 2023
WDM 1_23 Lecture | Moving Horizons. A landscape manifesto
23th March 2023 17.30 (CET) | ZOOM | REGISTRATION LINK Moving Horizons, design praxis through soil transformation. A Landscape Manifesto by Vittoria MENCARINI, Ph.D, University of Ferrara; Ravenna Public Administration, Natural Area Office Respondent: Margherita VANORE, Univerisità IUAV Venezia General subject Area | landscape architecture; landscape theory; landscape observatory; landscape ecology Abstract | Moving horizon was born as a doctoral investigation that moves across research and design dimension. It explores the relationship between landscape design and soil transformation, focusing on the…
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WDM 2_23 Lecture | Planetarity: Landscapes of Double Consciousness
13th April 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom REGISTRATION LINK Planetarity: Landscapes of Double Consciousness by Tim WATERMAN, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London Respondent: Ed WALL, University of Greenwich General subject area | landscape architecture; landscape theory; landscape heritage; landscape ecology; landscape democracy; consciousness; future and planetary imaginaries Abstract | In 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois elaborated the idea of double consciousness in his The Souls of Black Folk. Black Americans, he argued, were forced to see the world and…
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WDM 4_23 Lecture | Improve the landscape through community work
8th June 2023 | 17.30 (CET) Zoom REGISTRATION LINK Guidelines to improve the landscape through community work in neighbourhoods situated on slopes in Quito, Ecuador by Mayte Alejandra CUESTA TABARES Respondent: Tayana PASSOS ROSA General subject area | Landscape and community Abstract | Due to the Ecuadorian social-cultural background, community work has been always existing under the Kichwa language name of “Minga” which consists of collective work for the betterment of physical space. Ecuadorian people have an immense load of indigenous…
Find out more »WDM 5_23 Lecture | Applying the Latin America Landscape Initiative
22th June 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom REGISTRATION LINK Applying the Latin America Landscape Initiative Principle by Martha FAJARDO, Claudia MISTELI, LALI Network Introduction by Daniela COLAFRANCESCHI, University of Naples “Federico II” General subject area | landscape observatory; landscape and well-being; landscape policy and governance Abstract | “The Latin American Landscape Initiative (LALI ) is is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles to promote the recognition, valuation, protection, management, and sustainable planning of Latin American landscapes by means of the…
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WDM 7_23 Lecture | Understanding Preferences for Rural Landscapes
12th October 2023 17.30 (CET) | REGISTRATION LINK Understanding Preferences for Rural Landscapes by Cathal O’DONOGHUE, University of Galway, Paul KILGARRIFF, Luxembourg Institute of Socio- Economic Research, and Mary RYAN, Teagasc General subject area | Landscape preference modelling Abstract | The purpose of this study is to understand public preferences for different landscapes. Our aim was to categorise landscapes in terms of identifiable attributes and to assess the public’s preference for different types of landscape. The first part of this…
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WDM 8_23 Lecture | Knowledge and landscape: Landscapes of Knowledge vs Landscapes of Oblivion | CANCELED
16th November 2023 CANCELED Knowledge and landscape: Landscapes of Knowledge vs Landscapes of Oblivion by Ruth VARELA, Unidad de investigación pARQc, ETSAC, Universidade da Coruña General subject area | landscape theory Abstract | As the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BC) empirically discovered, all our memories are associated with a place; a topos. Only forgeRng is placeless, or, in other words, every memory needs a spa,al context. In fact, there are a number of very interes,ng metaphors that…
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