LED Online Seminar Schedule 2016

LED seminar schedule and assignments 2016

Phase A: Landscape and Democracy - Mapping the Terrain

Phase A lecturers: Prof. Dr. Diedrich Bruns, Kassel University, Germany, Dr. Ellen Fetzer, HfWU, Germany and Dr. Luigi Bartolomei, University of Bologna, Italy

A.1 Concepts of democracy: Evolution and perspectives

Session date: Thursday, 31st of March 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Introduction to the LED project and the seminar by project coordinator Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway
• Thematic input: 'Representative vs. deliberative democracy', Dr Ellen Fetzer, HfWU, Germany
• Interactive discussion with political scientist Dr André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Assignment 1 'Reading and Synthesizing Core Terminology' starts
• Assignment 2 'Your Landscape Symbols' starts
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming assignments

A.2 Concepts of landscape: Emergence and perspectives

Session date: Thursday, 7th of April 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Thematic input: The people-centred landscape concept (1)
• Exercise: 'Selfie-Landscapes'
• Thematic input: The people-centred landscape concept (2)
• Reflection on assignment 1 'Your Landscape Symbols'

A.3 Concepts of landscape: Conceptual connections

Session date: Thursday, 14th of April 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Thematic input
• Exercise: Favorite landscape democracy experience. Each participant describes one 'democracy experience' where landscape plays a significant role
• Interactive discussion
• Outlook on upcoming session and next steps

A.4 Group presentations: Your Landscape Symbols

Session date: Thursday, 21st of April 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Groups will present their findings from the landscape symbols exercise.
• Details a given in 'Your Landscape Symbols'

Phase B: Concepts of Participation

Phase B lecturers: Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway, Dr Kristin Faurest, HfWU and Szent István University, Hungary

B.1 Community design: Shades of participation

Session date: Thursday, 28th of April 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.

• Recapitulation part A and introduction to part B.
• Thematic input: What is community design?
• Interactive discussion: Group discussion and identifying landscape democracy challenges.
• Assignment 3 Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers" starts.
• Assignment 4 'Your Landscape Democracy Challenge' starts.

B.2 Engaging communities: theories and tools for public participation.

Session date: Thursday, 5th of May 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.

• Thematic input: Theories and methods of public participation.
• Interactive exercise: Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers".
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming steps.

Phase C: Community and Identity

Phase C lecturers: Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway, Dr Kristin Faurest, HfWU and Szent István University, Hungary

C.1 Linking identity and community

Session date: Thursday, 12th of May 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.

• Recapitulation part B and introduction to part C.
• Thematic input: Evolution and perspectives of the concept of community.
• Interactive discussion: Interactve poll with short answers.
• Instructions for upcoming group presentation.

C.2 Group presentations: Landscape democracy challenges

Session date: Thursday, 19th of May 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.

• Groups present Assignment 4 'Your Landscape Democracy Challenge'.
• Introduction to the Zingonia case by Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway,and Dr. Luigi Bartolomei, University of Bologna, Italy.
• Information on seminar sequence and next steps.

Phase D: The Design Process

Phase D lecturers: Associate professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway, Dr Kristin Faurest, HfWU and Szent István University, Hungary

D.1 The craft of a participatory design process.

Session date: Thursday, 26th of May 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.

• Recapitulation part C and introduction to part D.
• Thematic input: Community development; the case of Westport, CA
• Interactive discussion: Community design processes.
• Assignment 5 'Your Democratic Change Process' starts.
• Information on seminar sequence, readings and upcoming assignments

D.2 Stewarding the landscape: building resilient communities

Session date: Thursday, 2nd of June 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Thematic input
• Interactive discussion
• Information on seminar sequence, readings and upcoming assignments

Phase E: Communication

Phase E lecturers: Anna Szilagyi Nagy, LE:NOTRE Institute, Dr. Ellen Fetzer

E.1 Communicating complex landscape democracy visions: storytelling

Session date: Thursday, 9th of June 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Recapitulation part D and introduction to part E
• Thematic input: Communication methods and tools for participatory planning and design
• Interactive discussion
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming final presentation

E.2 Group presentations: Democratic Change Models

Session date: Thursday, 16th of June 2016, 15 30 - 17 00 CET

• Groups present their 'Your Democratic Change Process' for the challenges identified in their environments
• Farewell and outlook

Phase F: On site Intensive Programme/Workshop in Zingonia, Italy

• Zingonia workshop starts on June 19th, 2016