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Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-20T08:34:16Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual and integrated) */

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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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation|none]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components|none]]

== 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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
File:Index.php?title=File:Integrated-map-core-pillars.jpg|Integrated teamwork map
File:Screenshot 2025-07-20 155548.png|Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo - Democratice Landscape Transformation 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?

# '''Similarities and differences in understanding of Democratic Landscape Transformation'''

As a team, we shared a common understanding that democratic landscape transformation is about '''inclusive, participatory, and just planning of public spaces''' that reflect the voices and needs of diverse communities. We all emphasized '''accessibility''', '''equity''', and the need to '''reshape power dynamics''' in landscape decision-making.

However, our interpretations varied based on our disciplinary backgrounds and cultural perspectives. For instance:

* Some members emphasized '''ecological and spatial design''' (e.g., Ömer and Teresa from architecture).
* Others (like Daniel and Nyaz) focused on '''policy, environmental justice''', and '''community agency'''.
* Cultural context also shaped our lens - for example, navigating '''informality and marginalization in Nairobi''' brought different dimensions to the discussion compared to more structured urban settings in Europe.

These differences enriched our collective understanding, showed us that landscape democracy is context-specific, and must reflect local socio-political realities.

'''2. Role of Seminar lectures and readings'''

The lectures and readings were pivotal in clarifying and grounding our conceptual thinking. Key insights came from:

* Role models and activist case studies, which displayed real-world applications and innovative participatory methods.
* The Charta for Democratic Landscape Transformation, which gave us a shared framework for values like transparency, justice, and co-creation.
* Sessions on power mapping and community engagement helped us move from abstract ideas to practical tools and strategies.

These resources allowed us to critically examine our own biases and blind spots, especially regarding power asymmetries and inclusive governance in urban green space planning.

'''3. Takeaways from the Seminar'''

This seminar transformed how we think about space, power, and participation. We leave with:

* A deeper understanding that landscapes are political, i.e; they reflect who has voice, access, and agency.
* Practical tools like community mapping, power mapping, and prototyping, which we can use in our own contexts.
* The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, cultures, and geographies, appreciating difference as a source of strength.

Above all, we take home the belief that landscape transformation must be democratic by design, driven not only by professionals, but co-created with the communities who live in, care for, and belong to these spaces.
[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Screenshot 2025-07-20 155548.png

2025-07-20T08:08:05Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T15:04:12Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
File:Integrated-map-core-pillars.jpg|Integrated teamwork 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?

# '''Similarities and differences in understanding of Democratic Landscape Transformation'''

As a team, we shared a common understanding that democratic landscape transformation is about '''inclusive, participatory, and just planning of public spaces''' that reflect the voices and needs of diverse communities. We all emphasized '''accessibility''', '''equity''', and the need to '''reshape power dynamics''' in landscape decision-making.

However, our interpretations varied based on our disciplinary backgrounds and cultural perspectives. For instance:

* Some members emphasized '''ecological and spatial design''' (e.g., Ömer and Teresa from architecture).
* Others (like Daniel and Nyaz) focused on '''policy, environmental justice''', and '''community agency'''.
* Cultural context also shaped our lens - for example, navigating '''informality and marginalization in Nairobi''' brought different dimensions to the discussion compared to more structured urban settings in Europe.

These differences enriched our collective understanding, showed us that landscape democracy is context-specific, and must reflect local socio-political realities.

'''2. Role of Seminar lectures and readings'''

The lectures and readings were pivotal in clarifying and grounding our conceptual thinking. Key insights came from:

* Role models and activist case studies, which displayed real-world applications and innovative participatory methods.
* The Charta for Democratic Landscape Transformation, which gave us a shared framework for values like transparency, justice, and co-creation.
* Sessions on power mapping and community engagement helped us move from abstract ideas to practical tools and strategies.

These resources allowed us to critically examine our own biases and blind spots, especially regarding power asymmetries and inclusive governance in urban green space planning.

'''3. Takeaways from the Seminar'''

This seminar transformed how we think about space, power, and participation. We leave with:

* A deeper understanding that landscapes are political, i.e; they reflect who has voice, access, and agency.
* Practical tools like community mapping, power mapping, and prototyping, which we can use in our own contexts.
* The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, cultures, and geographies, appreciating difference as a source of strength.

Above all, we take home the belief that landscape transformation must be democratic by design, driven not only by professionals, but co-created with the communities who live in, care for, and belong to these spaces.
[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T15:01:14Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
File:Integrated-map-core-pillars.jpg|Integrated teamwork 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?

# '''Similarities and differences in understanding of Democratic Landscape Transformation'''

As a team, we shared a common understanding that democratic landscape transformation is about '''inclusive, participatory, and just planning of public spaces''' that reflect the voices and needs of diverse communities. We all emphasized '''accessibility''', '''equity''', and the need to '''reshape power dynamics''' in landscape decision-making.

However, our interpretations varied based on our disciplinary backgrounds and cultural perspectives. For instance:

* Some members emphasized '''ecological and spatial design''' (e.g., Ömer and Teresa from architecture).
* Others (like Daniel and Nyaz) focused on '''policy, environmental justice''', and '''community agency'''.
* Cultural context also shaped our lens - for example, navigating '''informality and marginalization in Nairobi''' brought different dimensions to the discussion compared to more structured urban settings in Europe.

These differences enriched our collective understanding, showed us that landscape democracy is context-specific, and must reflect local socio-political realities.

'''2. Role of Seminar lectures and readings'''

The lectures and readings were pivotal in clarifying and grounding our conceptual thinking. Key insights came from:

* Role models and activist case studies, which displayed real-world applications and innovative participatory methods.
* The Charta for Democratic Landscape Transformation, which gave us a shared framework for values like transparency, justice, and co-creation.
* Sessions on power mapping and community engagement helped us move from abstract ideas to practical tools and strategies.

These resources allowed us to critically examine our own biases and blind spots, especially regarding power asymmetries and inclusive governance in urban green space planning.

'''3. Takeaways from the Seminar'''

This seminar transformed how we think about space, power, and participation. We leave with:

* A deeper understanding that landscapes are political, i.e; they reflect who has voice, access, and agency.
* Practical tools like community mapping, power mapping, and prototyping, which we can use in our own contexts.
* The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, cultures, and geographies, appreciating difference as a source of strength.

Above all, we take home the belief that landscape transformation must be democratic by design, driven not only by professionals, but co-created with the communities who live in, care for, and belong to these spaces.
[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

File:Integrated-map-core-pillars.jpg

2025-07-09T14:58:25Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Integrated map (Team-4)

Talk:Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T14:04:52Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

- Democracy is not just about voting but about how we live together in a space.
- Whose voice is heard in power and representation?
The balance of power between stakeholders, government and citizens is crucial. Minority and Aboriginal representation should be considered.
- Transforming landscape democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. 
- Whether it’s a public park, a rural area, or a smart city project, democratic transformation means:  Engaging diverse communities in decision-making,  Protecting ecological and cultural values, and  Balancing power between stakeholders, government, and citizens.
In my opinion the concept of landscape of peace is very important in democratic landscape transformation as well, especially when aiming for inclusive, sustainable, and equitable development.
Therefore, the landscape of peace is essential in democratic landscape transformation as it fosters inclusive dialogue, trust-building, and collaborative decision-making necessary for sustainable and equitable land governance.

Nyaz Othman.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T13:51:02Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Please finish with a short reflection (Phase D) */

'''>>> 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
</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?

# '''Similarities and differences in understanding of Democratic Landscape Transformation'''

As a team, we shared a common understanding that democratic landscape transformation is about '''inclusive, participatory, and just planning of public spaces''' that reflect the voices and needs of diverse communities. We all emphasized '''accessibility''', '''equity''', and the need to '''reshape power dynamics''' in landscape decision-making.

However, our interpretations varied based on our disciplinary backgrounds and cultural perspectives. For instance:

* Some members emphasized '''ecological and spatial design''' (e.g., Ömer and Teresa from architecture).
* Others (like Daniel and Nyaz) focused on '''policy, environmental justice''', and '''community agency'''.
* Cultural context also shaped our lens - for example, navigating '''informality and marginalization in Nairobi''' brought different dimensions to the discussion compared to more structured urban settings in Europe.

These differences enriched our collective understanding, showed us that landscape democracy is context-specific, and must reflect local socio-political realities.

'''2. Role of Seminar lectures and readings'''

The lectures and readings were pivotal in clarifying and grounding our conceptual thinking. Key insights came from:

* Role models and activist case studies, which displayed real-world applications and innovative participatory methods.
* The Charta for Democratic Landscape Transformation, which gave us a shared framework for values like transparency, justice, and co-creation.
* Sessions on power mapping and community engagement helped us move from abstract ideas to practical tools and strategies.

These resources allowed us to critically examine our own biases and blind spots, especially regarding power asymmetries and inclusive governance in urban green space planning.

'''3. Takeaways from the Seminar'''

This seminar transformed how we think about space, power, and participation. We leave with:

* A deeper understanding that landscapes are political, i.e; they reflect who has voice, access, and agency.
* Practical tools like community mapping, power mapping, and prototyping, which we can use in our own contexts.
* The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, cultures, and geographies, appreciating difference as a source of strength.

Above all, we take home the belief that landscape transformation must be democratic by design, driven not only by professionals, but co-created with the communities who live in, care for, and belong to these spaces.
[[Category:OLA Working Group 2025]]

Talk:Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T13:50:54Z

Ola seminar25 team4: Created page with "- Democracy is not just about voting but about how we live together in space. - Whose voice is heard in power and representation? The balance of power between stakeholders, government and citizens is crucial. Minority and Aboriginal representation should be considered. - Transforming landscape democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion.  - Whether it’s a public park, a rural area,..."

- Democracy is not just about voting but about how we live together in space.
- Whose voice is heard in power and representation?
The balance of power between stakeholders, government and citizens is crucial. Minority and Aboriginal representation should be considered.
- Transforming landscape democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. 
- Whether it’s a public park, a rural area, or a smart city project, democratic transformation means:  Engaging diverse communities in decision-making,  Protecting ecological and cultural values, and  Balancing power between stakeholders, government, and citizens.
In my opinion the concept of landscape of peace is very important in democratic landscape transformation as well, especially when aiming for inclusive, sustainable, and equitable development.
Therefore, the landscape of peace is essential in democratic landscape transformation as it fosters inclusive dialogue, trust-building, and collaborative decision-making necessary for sustainable and equitable land governance.

Nyaz Othman.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T13:30:21Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
</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 4

2025-07-09T13:26:16Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA
</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 4

2025-07-09T13:21:45Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===
[[File:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png|thumb|Daniel Okumu - comcept.map-IMLA]]
<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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 4

2025-07-09T13:18:56Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

'''>>> 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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:Daniel Okumu - Concept.map IMLA.png

2025-07-09T13:18:02Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

This concept map indicates my understanding of the democratic landscape transfomation, from the OLA Seminar.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T13:16:46Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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 4

2025-07-09T13:12:30Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - Concept Map
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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 4

2025-07-09T13:07:52Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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 4

2025-07-09T12:48:40Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa - Democratic Landscape Transformation - 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 4

2025-07-09T12:44:15Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=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]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T12:40:50Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (Nyaz)
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg|Teresa_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 4

2025-07-09T12:39:07Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* A prototype of the first step */

'''>>> 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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:'''
[[File:Impact evaluation.png|thumb|Impact evaluation]]
[[File:Our prototype mapping.png|thumb|Interactive pop-up model with modular components ]]
<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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=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:Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Index.php?title=File-Teresa concept map.jpg

2025-07-09T12:35:14Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-09T12:34:57Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (Nyaz)
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
</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 4

2025-07-09T12:29:33Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (Nyaz)
</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 4

2025-07-09T12:26:19Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Index.php?title=File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
</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 4

2025-07-09T12:21:43Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
File:Nyaz Othman.jpg|This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. (NYAZ)
</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 4

2025-07-09T12:15:08Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir
</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:Impact evaluation.png

2025-07-09T12:14:21Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Promote inclusive and participatory planning

File:Nyaz Othman.jpg

2025-07-09T12:10:30Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

This map shows that transforming landscapes democratically isn’t just about design or nature ...................... it’s about justice, identity, voice, and inclusion. 
Whether it’s a public park, a rural area, or a smart city project, democratic transformation means: - Engaging diverse communities in decision-making, - Protecting ecological and cultural values, and - Balancing power between stakeholders, government, and citizens.

File:Our prototype mapping.png

2025-07-09T12:04:29Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Interactive pop-up model with modular components   Publicly displayed diagrams or perspective sketches encouraging feedback  A temporary installation or life-size simulation in a public space

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-02T17:06:04Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=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]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-02T17:03:28Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
File:Index.php?title=File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation Map
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=File:Index.php?title=File:Yourfilename.jpg
File:Index.php?title=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]]

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-07-02T17:00:10Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 (individual and integrated)===

<gallery widths="200" heights="150" perrow="4">
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
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation 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 4

2025-07-02T16:59:42Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Overview of your concept maps (individual 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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: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
File:Ömer Cakir concept map.png|Ömer Cakir HfWU IMLA - Democratic Landscape Transformation 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:Ömer Cakir concept map.png

2025-07-02T16:57:59Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

This is how I conceptualised the democratic landscape transformation.

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T17:14:35Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Green Generation Initiative]

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 4

2025-05-28T16:59:50Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*Teresa L., MA Architect Student

==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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/view?usp=sharing
*Teresa L., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtPDgCOfx46pGdp7rbk1XjlDysqxBPwL/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*Teresa L., https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoGGdcL-E/7F6ZQYv_1A1KaBDu8iDY7w/edit?utm_content=DAGoGGdcL-E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 4

2025-05-28T16:28:40Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Bulacan State University Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 4

2025-05-28T16:27:39Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Landscape and Community 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''

*Ömer C., MSc Architect
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, Student
*Daniel Okumu, MSc Environmental Planning
*Nyaz Othman, IMLA student.
*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.''

*Ömer Cakir., https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nf7e3tRFegBGiYDjjXF7NAf4CPyNo_z/view?usp=sharing
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a7sAWt_n-q6L7MJf63rCUZCpEVIF1bh7?usp=drive_link
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link
*Nyaz Othman, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9CmsjkCTnzc8yYVO76oewUatknnep1U/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:

*Ömer Cakir, [https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoBDBMsgY/-kGV2MHRj1XVdQSbdYZyqg/edit?utm_content=DAGoBDBMsgY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Turenscape, Kongjian Yu]
*Mark Kristofer R. Fajardo, https://www.canva.com/design/DAGoF-VXJo0/Jjy5rgoqCsj1tCUhetJdjQ/view?utm_content=DAGoF-VXJo0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h299bb4a10e
*Daniel Okumu, https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yX9LakSIM7I4kS7hhiOE7oenNV2p9wn/view?usp=drive_link
*Atefeh Kheradmand, Vandana Shiva
*Nyaz Othman, https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/jala-makhzoumi-interview/
*team member, xxx

== Your Team's Landscape Democracy Challenge (Phase B) ==
* Due: May 21
=== Context and Location ===
The team's landscape democracy challenge is rapid urbanization and unequal access to urban green spaces in Nairobi in Kenya. Urban development planning in

Kenya often excludes input from residents in informal settlements, leading to non-inclusive green space distribution. Our vision is to advocate for sustainable urban growth for Nairobi that integrate green infrastructure (such as urban forests, playgrounds and public parks) across all urban citizens including those from informal settlements.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pSYn7i42QazPplMLePUY3uZrCMFcRXe-/view?usp=drive_link

=== Landscape and Community Map ===
''This processed community map visually represents the spatial organization and stakeholder dynamics in Nairobi’s urban landscape, highlighting the unequal distribution of green infrastructure and the exclusion of informal settlement residents from urban planning decisions. The map illustrates how government agencies, investors, and developers hold the greatest influence in shaping land use, while grassroots organizations, environmental activists, and marginalized communities have minimal representation. These disparities contribute to limited access to public parks, playgrounds, and ecological corridors, reinforcing social inequality and environmental degradation across different urban zones.''

''To promote sustainable and inclusive urban development, this map serves as a strategic advocacy tool, enabling policymakers, community leaders, and urban planners to visualize gaps in access and foster participatory planning. By integrating green infrastructure equitably, Nairobi can ensure that all citizens, including those from informal settlements, benefit from recreational and ecological spaces. Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders and implementing community-led initiatives will be essential in addressing urban disparities and advancing environmental justice within the city’s rapid urbanization framework.''

=== Power Map ===
''Kenya’s urban development often prioritizes infrastructure expansion over equitable access to green spaces, leaving informal settlement residents marginalized in planning decisions. Despite constitutional guarantees for environmental rights, government agencies, investors, and developers hold the most power, making decisions that favor commercial interests while environmental activists, civil society groups, youth, and women’s organizations struggle to have their voices heard. As a result, these groups face displacement and exclusion, while high-ranking officials and investors remain largely unaffected. Though local chiefs and community elders may help mediate concerns, the imbalance in influence leaves community needs overlooked.''

''To achieve sustainable urban growth in Nairobi, green infrastructure, including urban forests, playgrounds, and public parks, must be integrated across all communities, ensuring inclusivity for residents in informal settlements. This requires participatory planning and advocacy, where historically excluded groups are given decision-making power alongside dominant stakeholders. By fostering an approach that values both development and environmental justice, Nairobi can work toward an urban future that serves all citizens, not just those with economic or political influence.''

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

<gallery widths="500" heights="200" perrow="1">
File:Team 4 community map 2025.png|This image visually represents the spatial relationships and stakeholder dynamics within the urban landscape, emphasizing local interactions, resource distribution, and community influence on development and environmental conservation.
File:Team 4 Power Map.png|The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.
</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 4

2025-05-28T16:14:44Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:13:52Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes (Phase A) */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:13:31Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:11:24Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Entering the Process: Activism, Community and Power (Phase B) */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:07:26Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Power Map */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:07:04Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Power Map */

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T16:06:45Z

Ola seminar25 team4: /* Background of your team */

File:Team 4 Power Map.png

2025-05-28T16:04:45Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

The bottom image visually represents the interaction between urban development and green spaces, highlighting areas of environmental concern and stakeholder influence.

File:Team 4 community map 2025.png

2025-05-28T16:03:59Z

Ola seminar25 team4:

Team 4 Community Map (2025)

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T15:56:33Z

Ola seminar25 team4: context

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T15:49:24Z

Ola seminar25 team4: manifesto

Democratic Landscape Transformation 2025 - Team 4

2025-05-28T15:43:02Z

Ola seminar25 team4: team description