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January 2021
WDM Lecture 1: Europe, the continent of cheese
https://youtu.be/r-JUvlgRX10 12 January 17:30 - 18.30 (CET) Europe, the continent of cheese. For how long? by Bas Pedroli (Wageningen University) Discussant: Maura Farrell (NUI Galway) Europe’s cultural history is a major element in European identity as reflected in its landscapes. European landscapes represent profound and continuous cultural histories. Already in early prehistory communities significantly changed their environment e.g. by animal breeding, arable crops and extraction of iron and precious metals. The Romans brought about big changes in the landscape,…
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WDM Lecture 2: Landscape as a common good
https://youtu.be/rTPeYTkE-E4 02 February 17:30-18.30 (CET) - ZOOM Landscape as a common good: wellbeing and the historic environment by Claire Nolan (National University of Ireland Galway) Respondent: Shabnam Inanloo Dailoo (Athabasca University) The European Landscape Convention states that landscape is fundamental to individual and social wellbeing. It enjoins stakeholders to establish how landscape is perceived and valued in order to identify and preserve those aspects of place that promote wellbeing. Focusing on cultural heritage in particular, this paper will discuss…
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WDM Lecture: Landscape and the New Mobility Paradigm
https://youtu.be/nwJ9eLdh3-I 02 March 17:30 - 18. 30 (CET) - Zoom REGISTRATION Landscape and the New Mobility Paradigm by Margherita Cisani (Università degli Studi di Padova) Respondent: Theano S. Terkenli (University of the Aegean) Over the last two decades, the social sciences have been characterized by a so called “Mobility Turn”, as many scholars dedicated their reflections on the multiple ways in which people, places, objects and ideas move (or are impeded from moving) in space and time. But how has…
Find out more »WDM Lecture: Hidden landscapes
https://youtu.be/anDfi0W8ifU 30 March 2021, 17:30 Hidden landscapes, or underground built heritage as an opportunity for territorial regeneration. The European case of the Three Countries Park (BE-NL-DE) by Chiara Caravello (Université de Liège) discussant: Giovangiuseppe Vannelli (University of Naples Federico II) The Underground Built Heritage is a unique, hidden cultural landscape whose spaces extend beneath and across national borders, reflecting some of the vectors of recent European history, in particular mining for the development of the industrial sector. It represents, indeed,…
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WDM online lecture: Agroforestry, energy plantations
https://youtu.be/7T1evgwHy90 04 May 2021, 17:30 Agroforestry, energy plantations and landscape management: land use, biodiversity, and wildlife habitats Sándor Némethy (University of Pécs; University of Gothenberg); László Szemethy (University of Pécs) Discussant: Giuseppe lo Papa (University of Palermo) Woody biomass production may have both beneficial and adverse effects on cultural landscapes regarding land use, protection and/or creation of wildlife habitats, conservation and remediation of wastelands. Establishing energy plantations on arable lands, natural forest areas or on grasslands is against nature conservation,…
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WDM online Lecture: The Architects’ sense for the landscape
https://youtu.be/YP_1XOPgxoU 14 September 2021, 17:30 The Architects’ sense for the landscape Speaker: Renato Bocchi (Università IUAV di Venezia) Respondent: Paolo Bürgi (Architect, Professor of Landscape Architecture) The landscape in the foreground today on the contemporary scene is in fact a new landscape, which must deal with the rapid territorial change, with the serious problems of resource consumption, climate change, economic crisis, and which however cannot and must not forget the themes of history, of memory and above all of culture (material…
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