Assignment 4: Role Play on Landscape Democracy Personalities
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Time frame
Weeks 5 – 6: 28.04. - 05.05.2016
Task description
- Each group will be asked to role-play and present the work/life/theories/beliefs of a designer or planner who has been active in promoting democratic work. In depicting the designer/planner, think of his/her personal background and history, the ethical challenges they have faced, the type of processes they engaged in, and who they worked with.
- You may choose to represent their work either from their own personal perspective or through the perspective of the communities and places they worked on.
- The objective of this assignment is to make learning more active and to increase your awareness of the interconnectedness of knowledge, personal history, skills and attitudes needed to someone interested in landscape democracy and planning for democratic cities.
- You are invited to expand your personal experience by simulating a situation.
Submission format and presentation
- Group work:
- Personalities and references will be introduced in the first session of phase B 'Concepts of Participation' on 28th of April.
- The groups select their personalities (one per group) and reflect on their value schemes, theories and approaches.
- The group prepares for the role play which will be organized in the form of ‘virtual roundtables’ on 5th of May 2016.
Evaluation criteria
- Relevance and comprehensiveness of aspects derived from the analysis
- Quality of oral presentation (i.e. keeping time limits, clarity)