LED Online Seminar Schedule 2018

LED seminar schedule and assignments 2018

• Seminar timing: Wedneday, 14 00 - 15 30 CET, check this link for time zone conversion

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.0 Activities before the first session

Start: Monday, March 19, 2018

• Submit your landscape democracy manifesto before March 28

A.1 Concepts of democracy: Evolution and perspectives

Session date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Introduction to the LED project, the seminar and the certification process by project coordinator Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway
• Thematic input: 'Representative vs. deliberative democracy', Dr Ellen Fetzer, HfWU, Germany
• Interactive part discussion on democracy challenges, link to students manifestoes
• 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: Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Thematic input: The people-centred landscape concept by Prof. Dr. Diedrich Bruns, Kassel University, Germany and Dr. Luigi Bartolomei, University of Bologna, Italy
• Interactive part ‘Selfie-Landscapes’ Exercise
• Reflections on the landscape symbols exercise and further information

A.3 Concepts of landscape: Conceptual connections

Session date: Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• The 'right to landscape' approach lecture by Prof. Dr. Diedrich Bruns, Kassel University, Germany
• Interactive part Favorite landscape democracy experience
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming assignments
• Tutoring session: preparing the landscape symbols presentation

A.4 Group presentations: Your Landscape Symbols

Session date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

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

Phase B: Concepts of Participation

Phase B key lecturers: Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway

B.1 Community design: Shades of participation

Session date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Recapitulation part A and introduction to part B.
• Thematic input: What is community design? An exploration of different understandings of the concept of participation.
• 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: Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Thematic input: Engaging the public. Theories and methods of public participation by Dr Deni Ruggeri Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway
• Interactive discussion Reflection, discussion and introducing the role play
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming steps.

B.3 Role play with landscape democracy 'movers and shakers'

Session date: Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Group presentation of assignment 4 'Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers" '
• Role play 'movers and shakers' in virtual roundtables.

Phase C: Community and Identity

Phase C key lecturers: Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway,

C.1 Linking identity and community

Session date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Recapitulation part B and introduction to part C.
• Thematic input: Evolution and perspectives of the concept of community.
• Presentation of the Törökbalint Intensive Study Programme in Budapest
• Instructions for upcoming group presentation.

C.2 Group presentations: Landscape democracy challenges

Session date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Groups present assignment 4 'Your Landscape Democracy Challenge'.
• Information on seminar sequence and next steps.

Phase D: Designing

Phase C key lecturers: Stefan Köder, Germany

D.1 The craft of a participatory design process.

Session date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Recapitulation part C and introduction to part D.
• Thematic input: Community planning case study of Olvenstedt by Stefan Köder
• 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: Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Thematic input: Zingonia: Long term Benefits of community planning by Dr Deni Ruggeri Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway
• Interactive discussion: Group discussion on the topic.
• Information on seminar sequence, readings and upcoming assignments

Phase E: Communicating a vision

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

E.1 From participation to owning a story

Session date: Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 CET

• Recapitulation part D and introduction to part E
• Thematic input: Communication methods and tools for community-based planning and design, storytelling method by Anna Szilagyi Nagy, LE:NOTRE Institute, and Federica Fuligni
• Interactive discussion
• Information on seminar sequence and upcoming final presentation

E.2 Group presentations: Participation change scenarios

Session date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 14 00 - 15 30 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 Törökbálint, Hungary

• Törökbálint workshop starts on June 24, 2018