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== Collaborating for Democratic Landscape Transformation ==
== Collaborating for Democratic Landscape Transformation ==


The landscape belongs to everyone. We should all have equal access to it and a voice in how it is used, valued and maintained. However, spatial planning education rarely includes considerations of democratic processes, participatory planning, community design and landscape stewardship. Furthermore, it does not fully prepare young practitioners to become leaders in promoting democratic landscape change and work effectively in partnership with communities.
Democratic Landscape Transformation is a semester-long international online seminar presented by a team of practitioners from universities and NGOs across Europe and the U.S. with presentations, discussions, and multimedia resources from around the world.  


The idea behind this course is to promote awareness and empower young design and planning professionals to become more active in shaping democratic change. Our goal is to fill a gap in design and planning education and give students the opportunity to confront themselves with pressing issues of landscape democracy, right to the landscape and participation.
It is one of three components of Open Landscape Academy, a participatory action research project on landscape democracy.
 
The other two parts of OLA are:
Intensive summer onsite workshops that test what you learned in the seminar
Local Living Labs at several European sites where ideas, experiences and methods are tested, assessed, re-interpreted, and documented
 
The question driving the project is how we co-create a model for democratic landscape transformations -- grounded in theory, practices of landscape democracy and participation. Landscape democracy is an emergent aspect of our profession at the intersection of landscape and human rights. The OLA's biggest goal is to prototype a model that engages academic and local knowledge, professionalism and creativity, giving privilege to the perspectives of the historically underserved communities who have not had access to landscape democracy. We seek to think truly globally and apply local solutions.
 
The course is open to all but designed for students of the planning professions who want the tools and skills for how to create a more democratic, equitable, just, and sustainable world.

Revision as of 09:55, 5 April 2023

Dear landscape democracy enthusiasts,

We invite you to another journey across landscape, democracy, co-creation and collective visioning!

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1FlOjd1bG8&feature=youtu.be |alignment=right |dimensions=400 |description= You want to learn more about the LED programme? Please have a look at the video documentation of our online seminar and intensive study programme 2016. }} Are you a planning or design student interested in learning how to create more inclusive, open and democratic landscapes?

Then participate in the Open Landscape Academy: an exciting way to earn credits and strengthen important professional skills.

  • Our next open online seminar will start on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 and finishes on July 5, 2023
  • Sessions will be on Wednesdays from 18 00 - 19 30 CET
  • The 2023 onsite programme will take place in Ravenna, Italy, from July 24 to August 1, 2023
  • We invite interested universities to join our annual platform together with their students and local communities.
  • For any further information please email us under info(at)led-project.org
  • For more details and an overview of the program, see another section of this Wiki: Towards the Open Landscape Academy


>>> Register here


Collaborating for Democratic Landscape Transformation

Democratic Landscape Transformation is a semester-long international online seminar presented by a team of practitioners from universities and NGOs across Europe and the U.S. with presentations, discussions, and multimedia resources from around the world.

It is one of three components of Open Landscape Academy, a participatory action research project on landscape democracy.

The other two parts of OLA are: Intensive summer onsite workshops that test what you learned in the seminar Local Living Labs at several European sites where ideas, experiences and methods are tested, assessed, re-interpreted, and documented

The question driving the project is how we co-create a model for democratic landscape transformations -- grounded in theory, practices of landscape democracy and participation. Landscape democracy is an emergent aspect of our profession at the intersection of landscape and human rights. The OLA's biggest goal is to prototype a model that engages academic and local knowledge, professionalism and creativity, giving privilege to the perspectives of the historically underserved communities who have not had access to landscape democracy. We seek to think truly globally and apply local solutions.

The course is open to all but designed for students of the planning professions who want the tools and skills for how to create a more democratic, equitable, just, and sustainable world.