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Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T16:02:14Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) */

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==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|thumb|505x505px|center]]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
Our vision is to make the Nabinagar canal to be a placewhich is well maintained and be a land of diverse ecosystem . It also to be the platform where each species contribute each others survial and development to make the system better.We beleive such platforms can open up doors for various opportunities and new developmment.

===Prototype 1: Dream Vista===
The prototype '''Dream vista''' aims to help public visualize the canal with zero pollution and community spaces developed along the sides that engage them in various activities. It is planned to provide various design recommendations to people through virtual reality system which is set up in booth during local festivals and in public spots during week ends to collect public's suggestion and ideas. Basically the aim of this prototype is to offer public a visual pleasure of clean and developed canal which they haven't seen in real life for years. The curiosity and pleasure of experiencing the design stir public to contribute to the change.
[[File:Prototype 1.png|thumb|577x577px|center]]
'''Prototype 2: Flow Play'''
The prototype '''Flow Play''' introduces wooden platforms placed above the canal water, inviting people to walk, rest, or engage in playful activities. These spots are connected with ropes, allowing users — especially children and families — to play simple balance or coordination games while moving across the water surface. This setup not only creates joyful interaction with the canal but also offers subtle educational value about water dynamics, such as waterflow and fluctuating water levels. By making the canal a site of both fun and learning, the prototype encourages a renewed public interest in its ecological condition and everyday relevance.
[[File:Prototype 2 group 12.jpg|center|thumb|558x558px]]

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

===How to present your concept maps===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>
[[File:Democratic Landscape Tranformation.jpg|left|thumb|442x442px]]

==Short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

Throughout the collabration, Our team shared similar thoughts and understanding on '''Democratic Landscape Transformation.''' This opened doors to the discussions of various elements and factors that influence the transformation and development of a landscape. Apart from analysing and designing the landscape we gained a deep understanding on how the community,power and authority works as a system.Despite being from different countries,culture and disciplines we share a common goal that a landscape should always undergo tranformation for the betterment of community. The process of transformation demands efforts and contribution of all authorities and soceity. The lectures and discussions from various speakers offered wonderful insights and it pushed us to refine our approach and thinking towards the landscape system.

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Prototype 2 group 12.jpg

2025-07-09T15:59:23Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Prototype 2 group 12

File:Prototype 2.jpg

2025-07-09T15:56:59Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

prototype 2 group 12

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T14:42:49Z

Ola seminar25 team12: alignment 2

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|thumb|505x505px|center]]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
Our vision is to make the Nabinagar canal to be a placewhich is well maintained and be a land of diverse ecosystem . It also to be the platform where each species contribute each others survial and development to make the system better.We beleive such platforms can open up doors for various opportunities and new developmment.

===Prototype 1: Dream Vista===
The prototype '''Dream vista''' aims to help public visualize the canal with zero pollution and community spaces developed along the sides that engage them in various activities. It is planned to provide various design recommendations to people through virtual reality system which is set up in booth during local festivals and in public spots during week ends to collect public's suggestion and ideas. Basically the aim of this prototype is to offer public a visual pleasure of clean and developed canal which they haven't seen in real life for years. The curiosity and pleasure of experiencing the design stir public to contribute to the change.
[[File:Prototype 1.png|thumb|553x553px|center]]

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

===How to present your concept maps===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>
[[File:Democratic Landscape Tranformation.jpg|left|thumb|442x442px]]

==Short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

Throughout the collabration, Our team shared similar thoughts and understanding on '''Democratic Landscape Transformation.''' This opened doors to the discussions of various elements and factors that influence the transformation and development of a landscape. Apart from analysing and designing the landscape we gained a deep understanding on how the community,power and authority works as a system.Despite being from different countries,culture and disciplines we share a common goal that a landscape should always undergo tranformation for the betterment of community. The process of transformation demands efforts and contribution of all authorities and soceity. The lectures and discussions from various speakers offered wonderful insights and it pushed us to refine our approach and thinking towards the landscape system.

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T14:37:58Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Integrated concept map & Short reflection

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
Our vision is to make the Nabinagar canal to be a placewhich is well maintained and be a land of diverse ecosystem . It also to be the platform where each species contribute each others survial and development to make the system better.We beleive such platforms can open up doors for various opportunities and new developmment.

===Prototype 1: Dream Vista===
The prototype '''Dream vista''' aims to help public visualize the canal with zero pollution and community spaces developed along the sides that engage them in various activities. It is planned to provide various design recommendations to people through virtual reality system which is set up in booth during local festivals and in public spots during week ends to collect public's suggestion and ideas. Basically the aim of this prototype is to offer public a visual pleasure of clean and developed canal which they haven't seen in real life for years. The curiosity and pleasure of experiencing the design stir public to contribute to the change.
[[File:Prototype 1.png|left|thumb|553x553px]]

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

===How to present your concept maps===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>
[[File:Democratic Landscape Tranformation.jpg|left|thumb|442x442px]]

==Short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

Throughout the collabration, Our team shared similar thoughts and understanding on '''Democratic Landscape Transformation.''' This opened doors to the discussions of various elements and factors that influence the transformation and development of a landscape. Apart from analysing and designing the landscape we gained a deep understanding on how the community,power and authority works as a system.Despite being from different countries,culture and disciplines we share a common goal that a landscape should always undergo tranformation for the betterment of community. The process of transformation demands efforts and contribution of all authorities and soceity. The lectures and discussions from various speakers offered wonderful insights and it pushed us to refine our approach and thinking towards the landscape system.

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Democratic Landscape Tranformation.jpg

2025-07-09T14:35:54Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Integrated Concept Map

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T13:00:49Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

===A prototype of the first step===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>
[[File:Prototype 1.png|center|thumb]]

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

===How to present your concept maps===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

==Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

*What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
*In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
*What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Prototype 1.png

2025-07-09T12:57:56Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Dream Vista

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T12:28:08Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Alignment 2

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

===A prototype of the first step===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D)==
* Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
*[http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps===
*Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

==Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

*What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
*In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
*What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T12:27:16Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Alignment

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

===A prototype of the first step===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D)==
* Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
*[http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps===
*Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

==Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

*What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
*In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
*What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T12:25:53Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Minor Alignment

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

===A prototype of the first step===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D)==
* Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
*[http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps===
*Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

==Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

*What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
*In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
*What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-09T12:22:58Z

Ola seminar25 team12: New Community map & Power Map

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*'''Ahmad Raza''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing

==Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B)==
===Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B)==
*Due: May 21
===Context and Location===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

===Landscape and Community Map===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

===Power Map===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

<gallery widths="500" heights="400" perrow="1">
</gallery>
[[File:Community Map N.png|left|thumb|500x500px]]
[[File:Power Map N.png|left|thumb|505x505px]]

==Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C)==
*Due: June 18

===Collective Vision===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

===A prototype of the first step===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

==Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D)==
* Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

===About concept mapping===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
*[http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
*[http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
*Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps===
*Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
*We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
*You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
*add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

==Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D)==
Due: July 9, 2025

*What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
*In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
*What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Power Map N.png

2025-07-09T12:16:16Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Power Map New

File:Community Map N.png

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Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-07T17:58:04Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''The Nabinagar Canal, an important tributary of the Mayur River, serves a crucial function in controlling stormwater and drainage across Khulna city's urban landscape, situated in coastal Bangladesh. Passing through densely populated central areas, the canal holds significant importance in maintaining the city’s hydrological balance and supporting its environmental infrastructure.''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-07T17:33:42Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ik4qjgc4JSnQ22qbJxcyCEBKLZ3bJ74g/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-07T16:30:01Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PbMYhHOQ5aaWT483GyYyluVMnAcdL_D/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-07T16:27:29Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from '''Bangladesh'''. I have complited my '''Bachelor in Architecture''' from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my '''Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS)''' at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of '''Lecturer of the Architecture Department''' of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including '''Urban public space''', '''Riverfront public space''', '''Affordable housing''', and '''Sustainable water and sanitation'''.
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-07T16:25:28Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*'''Md. Irfan Hossain''', I am from Bangladesh. I have complited my Bachelor in Architecture from '''Khulna University, Bangladesh'''. I am currently pursuing my Master of Science in Human Settlement (MScHS) at the same institution. In addition to my academic pursuits, I hold the position of Lecturer of the Architecture Department of '''Gopalganj Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh'''. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have been actively engaged in diverse research areas, including Urban public space, Riverfront public space, Affordable housing, and Sustainable water and sanitation.
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-04T13:00:53Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMjUCJeOYOX6B7UcV-HgnGWj7tWpPjA6/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-04T09:58:20Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated) */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''',
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Community map gr12.jpg
File:Power map gr12.jpg
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===
<gallery>
File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|Ahmad's concept map
File:Tien's concept map.jpg|Tien's concept map
File:Keida map.jpg|Keida's concept map
File:Vishnu map.jpg|Vishnu's concept map
File:Irfan map.jpg|Irfan's concept map
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Power map gr12.jpg

2025-07-04T09:54:28Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

roleplay 21052025

File:Community map gr12.jpg

2025-07-04T09:53:33Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

roleplay21052025

File:Irfan map.jpg

2025-07-04T09:41:02Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

concept map

File:Vishnu map.jpg

2025-07-04T09:40:34Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Concept

File:Keida map.jpg

2025-07-04T09:39:22Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

Concept

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-04T09:22:38Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Background of your team */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', I am from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am currently studying ''International Master's in Landscape Architecture'' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I bring a Southeast Asian perspective to the team — particularly from Vietnam, a place shaped by cultural intersections and spatial as well as material diversity. My native language is Vietnamese, and I am fluent in English and conversational in Chinese. I hold a Bachelor's degree in ''Landscape Architecture'' and am especially interested in sustainable design, as well as flexibility in spatial use and function.
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-IWU9t3kQhAYzZTqmMyFKSbuwqabNIf/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*'''Nguyen Kieu Tien Le''',
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your landscape and community map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your power map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Tien's concept map.jpg

2025-07-04T09:17:08Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

The relation between landscape and democracy, and the vision and mission of democratic landscape transformation.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-02T22:13:30Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated) */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your landscape and community map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your power map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4" caption="[[File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg|thumb]]">
File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:POSTER DESIGN.jpg

2025-07-02T22:12:52Z

Ola seminar25 team12:

I have described the concept map of how landscape democracy works in the world, highlighting a few key elements.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-02T22:07:32Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*'''Ahmad Raza,''' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsiWOsUMq_tLQXV8YwZNjcJHc_et8V-c/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your landscape and community map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your power map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-02T21:14:37Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Background of your team */

'''>>> Back to [[Working_Groups_Democratic_Landscape_Transformation_2025|working group overview]]'''

'''>>> Back to [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|seminar reading list, session materials & recordings]]'''

'''>>> go to the [[Editing Help]]

==Seminar process at a glance ==

[[File:Ola seminar programme overview 2025.png|500px|none|thumb|'''Seminar process:''' Click to enlarge. We meet weekly online at 18 pm CET on Wednesday from April 2 to July 2, an additional meeting opportunity is weekly from 12 00 - 13 00 pm CET]]

==Background of your team==
''Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team? Note: if you prefer to stay anonymous on this wiki, you can also use initials only or a nick name''

*'''Keida Kasa''', originally from Tirana, Albania. Currently pursuing a 2-year master’s degree in ''Architecture and Creative Practices for the City and the Landscape'' at the University of Bologna. I bring a Southern European and Balkan cultural perspective to the team, with native knowledge of Albanian and fluency in English and Italian. My academic background is in architecture and urban planning, and I’m particularly interested in adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and how architecture can respond to social and cultural contexts.
*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I am pursuing '''''an International Master's in Landscape Architecture''''' at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen, Germany. I introduce the social value, beliefs, and cultural values of India (More specifically Southern India), with a native language of Tamil and fluency in English. I believe "'''''the space we live in has a greater impact on our quality of life'''''" With this intention, I completed my Bachelor's in Architecture(B.Arch) in India.
*'''Ahmad Raza,'''I am a Pakistani landscape architect who is presently enrolled at '''Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),''' Germany, to pursue a Master's degree in '''International Landscape Architecture'''. In addition to my '''professional background''' in site '''planning''', '''sustainable design''', and '''3D visualisation''', I hold a '''Bachelor''' of Science in '''Landscape Architecture'''. Ecological integration, '''community-based design''', and '''GIS-based spatial planning''' are the main topics of my research and freelancing. I have a strong desire to '''design green, welcoming areas''' that tackle social and '''environmental issues.'''
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

==Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) ==
''Here you can add here the links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 23. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.''

*'''Keida Kasa''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LuS7aLFoQuxf_mZUzu_Xy3jog4tTIbLa/view
*'''Vishnu Priyaa Adhi Sundar Rajan''',https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IXvkIZ6zzUP-_oy5PLHsYNWuLmBluuP/view
*Ahmad Raza,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVZlYhknvATi9rfDzeOegsjxkATCkzPq/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) ==
=== Global Landscape Democracy Role Models and Design Activism===
*Due: May 14

At the beginning of phase B we ask you to identify people who are already active for democratic landscape transformation. These can be planners and designers, NGOs, collectives or activists, or people operating creatively at the interface of these categories. 'Design activism' is a possible overarching category. We created [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy#Short_List_of_Landscape_Democracy_'Movers_and_Shakers'_(to_be_extended)|a list]] some time ago, but it has a very US/European focus, due to the history of our project. We really want to expand this and hope you can bring in new people and movements from around the globe.

On May 14, every team member introduces a landscape democracy activist/or design activist individual or group. Please add the people you introduced, you may also add the presentation material used with a downloadable link:

*'''Vishnu Priyaa A''', https://drive.google.com/file/d/13IDoRpa0dzZEnpaSpz_KX7a4sVeeI6xG/view?usp=sharing
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
''Briefly describe here the context the landscape democracy challenge you selected on April 23, 2-3 sentences, you may add the link to the manifesto that already exists''

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''Present here a visual representation of the landscape and community context of the area. What are the main spatial features? Which actors can you identify and how are they related to the area? Which values exist and for whom? What is at risk and why? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

=== Power Map ===
''Based on the landscape and community context depicted above: How is power distributed? Who and what has a lot of power? Who and what has no power? Who and what is strongly affected by the landscape democracy challenges? Who and what is less affected? Are these actors connected or disconnected? Any veto-players known? Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your landscape and community map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your power map_1.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Vision and Ideas (Phase C) ==
* Due: June 18

=== Collective Vision ===
''If you were to redesign the power map of your area and start a process of democratic landscape transformation: Which long term-goal could keep the process going? What could be a collective vision that integrates the goals of your team? Give a name to your vision. Try to generate creative/conceptual/synthetic representation.''

=== A prototype of the first step ===
''How would you enter the process? Which prototype could activate it? How would you introduce the prototype to the community?''

'''You can present your results in this gallery:'''

<gallery caption="" widths="500px" heights="200px" perrow="1">
File:your vision_1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 1.jpg|''add caption here''
File:your prototype_example 2.jpg|''add caption here''
</gallery>

== Cross-cutting activity: Readings, concepts and definitions (Phases A - D) ==
*Due: July 2, 2025

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a '''shared concept map''' that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

=== About concept mapping ===

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about [http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them]. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:
* [http://cmap.ihmc.us Cmap Tools] >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
* [http://vue.tufts.edu VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment]
* Use a '''shared whiteboard''' to develop your integrated concept map, such as [http://miro.com/ MIRO] or [http://mural.co/ MURAL]

=== How to present your concept maps ===
* Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
* We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
* You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map '''or''' your present individual ones '''and''' the integrated one.
* add as many additional materials as you need

===Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
File:yourfilename.jpg
</gallery>

== Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) ==
Due: July 9, 2025

* What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
* In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
* What will you take home from this seminar?

[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-02T21:09:23Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-07-01T16:00:08Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Role Model and design Activist Vishnu PriyaaA

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-04-26T07:47:14Z

Ola seminar25 team12: Team Member Information

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 12

2025-04-25T18:49:00Z

Ola seminar25 team12: /* Background of your team */