LED Online Seminar 2017 - Working Group 8

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Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!

Assignment 1 - Reading and Synthesizing Core Terminology

  • You can read more details about this assignment here
  • Readings are accessible via the resources page

Step 1: Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes

  • Alessandro's manifesto

    Alessandro's manifesto

  • Fatma's manifesto

    Fatma's manifesto

  • Nawwar's manifesto

    Nawwar's manifesto

  • Xinqi's manifesto

    Xinqi's manifesto

  • Jorge's manifesto

    Jorge's manifesto

Step 2: Define your readings

  • Please add your readings selection for the terminology exercise before April 12:

A: Landscape and Democracy - Mapping the Terrain

  • Landscape Democracy Resolution (Nawar)
  • Directive providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment （Xinqi）*
  • The European Landscape Convention (Jorge)

Landscape Concepts:

  • Why is landscape beautiful?（Xinqi）
  • Constructing Landscape Conceptions (Fatma)

B: Concepts of Participation

  • Consensus Design (Jorge)

C: Community and Identity

  • Welk Von Mossner, Alexa (2014): Cinematic Landscape (Alessandro)
  • Spirn, Anne (2005): Restoring Mill Creek (Alessandro)

D: Designing

  • Designing with Immigrants (Nawar)
  • Places in the Making: How Placemaking Builds Places and Communities (Fatma)

E: Communicating a Vision

  • Online decision making with loomio (Nawar)
  • 'Reading the Landscape' by Simon Bell, EMU Tartu (Jorge)

Steps 3 and 4: Concepts Selection and definition

  • Each group member selects three relevant concepts derived from his/her readings and synthesize them/publish them on the wiki by April 30, 2017
  • Group members reflect within their groups and define their chosen concepts into a shared definition to be posted on the wiki by May 10, 2017.
  • Other group members will be able to comment on the definitions until May 20, 2017

Concepts and definitions

Nawar H.Sabeeleish

  • Concept 1 (Landscape Democracy Resolution {IFLA})
    • IFLA believes that Landscape has to be shaped for the benefit of all.They believe in the need to form a governance system that responds effectively to the Urban Growth. They urged the Council of Europe, the European Union and all IFLA Europe Member States to form an all-encompassing vision with respect to social, political, environmental and that supports cultural policies to enhance the education,and to develop the landscapes with the locals, and to promote financial tools.
  • Concept 2 (Loomio)
    • Loomio is an open source software, built by a worker-owned cooperative social enterprise. It makes groups practicing effective, also inclusive decision-making without a mess of emails or meetings and can change organisational dynamics at a global scale. It has different features from polling, surveys, or social networking.
  • Concept 3 (Designing with Immigrants(2015))
    • Since immigration gives rise to global and local changes, and therefore it is very important to include immigrants in participatory design processes in order to create feelings of reciprocity and empathy to the city where they live, and this can be a key to trans-formative actions capable of producing social change.


Fatma Bekar

  • Concept 1 Landscape Identity (Ana Kucan Constructing Landscape Conceptions)
    • The world we live in, changes easily today. Does the landscape identity continue this trend?
  • Concept 2 Virtous cycle (Places in the making MIT)
    • For better places we have to nourish communities, for better communities we have to make good places.
  • Concept 3 Collective understanding/acting (Places in the making MIT)
    • A collective understanding can be fostered in a community based on a learned lesson and then can be an essential tool for collective action.

Alessandro Plazzi:

  • Concept 1 (Cinematic Landscapes (Weik von Mossner, A.))
    • The cinematic environment provides the space in which the action takes place. They are not only a feature of narrative film, but in real life cinematic landscape means to live in a time of climate change and rising sea levels. Citizens lives a life that is in many ways dictated by their environment.
  • Concept 2 (Cinematic Landscapes (Weik von Mossner))
    • "Slow violence" is a process of delayed environmental destruction that is dispersed across time and space.
  • Concept 3 (Restoring Mill Creek (Whiston Spirn, A.))
    • Planners too often concentrate on narrowly defined problems and fail to see the connections among seemingly related phenomena. Designers tend to focus on physical form and fail to account for the process that will continue to shape their project over time. Planners and designers maps are usually static snapshots of current conditions, narrowly framed.

Jorge Dzib:

  • Concept 1 European landscape convention

The landscape is part of the land, as perceived by people or visitors, which evolves though time as a result of being acted upon by natural and human beings. One of the major motivations of the European Landscape Convention is the definition of “landscape quality objectives”, meaning for a specific landscape, the formulation by competent authorities of the aspirations of the public with the regard to the landscape features of their surroundings.

  • Concept 2 Consensus design by Christopher Day

The definition of consensus is “general agreement, collective opinion”. Consensus design is about everybody getting if not what they wanted what after working together and listening to the whole situation, they have come to want. To get consensus however, two things must happen: we have to give up rigid past positions and move forward with flexibility and we have to transcend our own individual gain outlooks to look at what is best for all.

  • Concept 3 “Reading the landscape” by Simon Bell

An important step before landscape planning or design is to understand the landscape, the process that formed it, and the processes for change. This include more than geographical information. Perception is important and visual and experiential aspects must be included.

Ji Xinqi:

  • Concept 1 Directive providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment

Effective public participation in the taking of decisions enables the public to express, and the decision-maker to take account of, opinions and concerns which may be relevant to those decisions, thereby increasing the accountability and transparency of the decision-making process and contributing to public awareness of environmental issues and support for the decisions taken.

  • Concept 2 Why is landscape beautiful?

To identify a landscape as charming is insofar synonymous with the endeavor to "filter our" whatever we actually do see in the place visited, so as to be able to integrate the outcome in our preconceived, idealized image of the charming place.

  • Concept 3 Why is landscape beautiful?

None of us is able to look at the landscape through anther person's eyes.

Step 5: Reflection

  • Please write, as a group, a 250 words reflection on your discourse and document it here


Step 6: Revised manifestoes

  • please look again at your initial manifestoes and update them with any new aspects/prespectives you have taken up during this seminar
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    xy's updated manifesto

  • Updatedmanifesto2.jpg

    xy's updated manifesto

  • Updatedmanifesto3.jpg

    xy's updated manifesto

  • Updatedmanifesto4.jpg

    xy's updated manifesto

  • Updatedmanifesto5.jpg

    xy's updated manifesto

Assignment 2 - Your Landscape Symbols

  • You can read more details about this assignment here

Nawar H.Sabeeleish's Symbols

  • This picture was taken in Jabal Amman in Jordan (31°57'03.1"N 35°55'39.2"E). It symbolizes the Urban sprawl in correspondence to the culture.The habitat clustered units reflect the social intimacy of a local Ammani society,simultaneously the openings within each building maintain a level of privacy and territoriality which originates from the Arab and the Islamic traditions, and since this was our faculty (Architecture) view it was perceived also as an educational symbol.

    This picture was taken in Jabal Amman in Jordan (31°57'03.1"N 35°55'39.2"E). It symbolizes the Urban sprawl in correspondence to the culture.The habitat clustered units reflect the social intimacy of a local Ammani society,simultaneously the openings within each building maintain a level of privacy and territoriality which originates from the Arab and the Islamic traditions, and since this was our faculty (Architecture) view it was perceived also as an educational symbol.

  • This picture was taken in Jabal Alweibdeh in Amman (31°57'35.3"N 35°54'41.6"E ). From my perspective, this picture has a religious and a socio-cultural symbolic meaning; the religious symbols can be seen in the Christian cross on a church and the crescent on the minaret of a Muslim mosque. The socio-cultural meaning can be perceived by the viewer according to the religious symbolism appearance; in which it emphasizes on the peaceful coexistence between the two religions in Jordan.

    This picture was taken in Jabal Alweibdeh in Amman (31°57'35.3"N 35°54'41.6"E ). From my perspective, this picture has a religious and a socio-cultural symbolic meaning; the religious symbols can be seen in the Christian cross on a church and the crescent on the minaret of a Muslim mosque. The socio-cultural meaning can be perceived by the viewer according to the religious symbolism appearance; in which it emphasizes on the peaceful coexistence between the two religions in Jordan.

  • This is the World's oldest purpose-built Christian church is in Aqaba, Jordan. Built in 293, and pre-dates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, Palestine and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. During the excavations which were held by Prof.Dr.Thomas Parker(NCSU) many evidences of the succession of civilizations in the area have been revealed, increasing the importance of the site in the eyes of the responsible governments after having it abandoned and covered with sand for more than 150 years, now a new Archaeological conservation plan is in process (by ASEZA) to promote it as a historical site with respect to educational, religious, cultural and social aspects. And i would like to inform you that this was my graduation project thesis, and i am contributing as well in the conservation plan and design.(29°32'01.3"N 34°59'57.3"E)

    This is the World's oldest purpose-built Christian church is in Aqaba, Jordan. Built in 293, and pre-dates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, Palestine and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. During the excavations which were held by Prof.Dr.Thomas Parker(NCSU) many evidences of the succession of civilizations in the area have been revealed, increasing the importance of the site in the eyes of the responsible governments after having it abandoned and covered with sand for more than 150 years, now a new Archaeological conservation plan is in process (by ASEZA) to promote it as a historical site with respect to educational, religious, cultural and social aspects. And i would like to inform you that this was my graduation project thesis, and i am contributing as well in the conservation plan and design.(29°32'01.3"N 34°59'57.3"E)

  • For me this picture is where a lot of symbolism appear. This is a Jordanian flag, located near a public park, which has a political, seignior, and power symbol to the visitors and since it rises 127 meter on a hill,it can be seen almost from everywhere in Amman, so this symbolism is spread all aroud the city. The Flag itself has different symbolic meanings; and this can be noticed with the different colors used in the Flag's design, these are the Pan-Arab Colors, representing the Abbasid (black band), Umayyad (white band), and Fatimid (green band) caliphates. The red chevron is for the Hashemite dynasty, and the Arab Revolt. (31°58'13.9"N 35°56'08.2"E)

    For me this picture is where a lot of symbolism appear. This is a Jordanian flag, located near a public park, which has a political, seignior, and power symbol to the visitors and since it rises 127 meter on a hill,it can be seen almost from everywhere in Amman, so this symbolism is spread all aroud the city. The Flag itself has different symbolic meanings; and this can be noticed with the different colors used in the Flag's design, these are the Pan-Arab Colors, representing the Abbasid (black band), Umayyad (white band), and Fatimid (green band) caliphates. The red chevron is for the Hashemite dynasty, and the Arab Revolt. (31°58'13.9"N 35°56'08.2"E)

  • Symbol yourname photovoice5

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

Jorge Dzib Landscape Symbols

  • This sculpture of crucified Jesus Christ is a religious and symbolic element located in the Bavarian country side. It is an ornamental element for the landscape and a remainder of the catholic faith of the local people. It is located in a crossroad where it can be seen by cars of people walking. (N 48°33’37.26” E 11°46’33.97”)

    This sculpture of crucified Jesus Christ is a religious and symbolic element located in the Bavarian country side. It is an ornamental element for the landscape and a remainder of the catholic faith of the local people. It is located in a crossroad where it can be seen by cars of people walking. (N 48°33’37.26” E 11°46’33.97”)

  • The catholic church of St. John the is located in the middle of the Hallertau in the municipality Haslach (200 inhabitants). It was built in 1875, instead of the old church, as a neo-gothic brick building with a polygonal choir. The church is surrounded by a small ecclesiastical cemetery with 35 tombs. This is the more important symbolic element of the area and have big importance for the identity and memory of the community. (N 48°33’33.44” E 11°46’43.61”)

    The catholic church of St. John the is located in the middle of the Hallertau in the municipality Haslach (200 inhabitants). It was built in 1875, instead of the old church, as a neo-gothic brick building with a polygonal choir. The church is surrounded by a small ecclesiastical cemetery with 35 tombs. This is the more important symbolic element of the area and have big importance for the identity and memory of the community. (N 48°33’33.44” E 11°46’43.61”)

  • The Hallertau in Bavaria is the largest single hop-growing region in the world with over 14,000 hectares and more than 1,300 hop farms. This structures are a symbol of the history and the economical activity of the area. In current times less people form the community work in hop production and is actually a place for seasonal work. (N 48°33’37.64” E 11°46’40.61”)

    The Hallertau in Bavaria is the largest single hop-growing region in the world with over 14,000 hectares and more than 1,300 hop farms. This structures are a symbol of the history and the economical activity of the area. In current times less people form the community work in hop production and is actually a place for seasonal work. (N 48°33’37.64” E 11°46’40.61”)

  • This picture is a new pine forest. Is a symbol of the interest of the local dwellers to recover their forest. (N 48°33’43.87” E 11°46’19.97)

    This picture is a new pine forest. Is a symbol of the interest of the local dwellers to recover their forest. (N 48°33’43.87” E 11°46’19.97)

  • Symbol yourname photovoice5

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

Landscape Symbols Fatma Bekar

  • This photo belongs to the Taksim İstiklal street that most of the postcards depicting İstanbul has it with its nostalgic tram running from Taksim to Tunnel. Today the tramline was removed and it will be redone after a short time period I think until then this photo has no voice.

    This photo belongs to the Taksim İstiklal street that most of the postcards depicting İstanbul has it with its nostalgic tram running from Taksim to Tunnel. Today the tramline was removed and it will be redone after a short time period I think until then this photo has no voice.

  • This collage shows a view from Galata tower to the seven hills of the İstanbul. Seven hills mean the historic peninsula that contribute to the İstanbul silhoutte with its landscape.

    This collage shows a view from Galata tower to the seven hills of the İstanbul. Seven hills mean the historic peninsula that contribute to the İstanbul silhoutte with its landscape.

  • This photo belongs to the Roma bostan which was designed near the Cihangir stairs that is often visited by the young people. The site with the Roma park beneath are the last green areas of Cihangir and always under threat. A group of people first started in 2013 and then invited people to desing the Roma bostan with the permaculture design principles. 41°01'44.3"N,28°59'00.1"E

    This photo belongs to the Roma bostan which was designed near the Cihangir stairs that is often visited by the young people. The site with the Roma park beneath are the last green areas of Cihangir and always under threat. A group of people first started in 2013 and then invited people to desing the Roma bostan with the permaculture design principles. 41°01'44.3"N,28°59'00.1"E

  • Taksim Square is one of the most important centers of İstanbul that is always visited by torists and citizens. On the west İstiklal Street is a famous shopping centre with having a nostalgic tram running from Taksim to Tunnel. Taksim Square is where Monument of the Republic, Atatürk Cultural Center, the old water resorvoir and Taksim Gezi park meet. Monument of the Republic was built in 1928, commemorating the Turkish Republic formation. The water resorvoir which gives name to Taksim was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan I. Mahmud. AKM Atatürk Cultural Center is one of the important buildings of modern Turkish architecture. Taksim Gezi Park is the last green area of Taksim Square. 41°2′13″N,28°59′9″E

    Taksim Square is one of the most important centers of İstanbul that is always visited by torists and citizens. On the west İstiklal Street is a famous shopping centre with having a nostalgic tram running from Taksim to Tunnel. Taksim Square is where Monument of the Republic, Atatürk Cultural Center, the old water resorvoir and Taksim Gezi park meet. Monument of the Republic was built in 1928, commemorating the Turkish Republic formation. The water resorvoir which gives name to Taksim was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan I. Mahmud. AKM Atatürk Cultural Center is one of the important buildings of modern Turkish architecture. Taksim Gezi Park is the last green area of Taksim Square. 41°2′13″N,28°59′9″E

  • Symbol yourname photovoice5

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

Landscape Symbols Alessandro Plazzi

  • This is the square of Bagnacavallo. In this picture we can see the Clock Tower, the main church of Saint Michael and also some little porticoes. The "democratic" parts and the religious parts here are close to each other.

    This is the square of Bagnacavallo. In this picture we can see the Clock Tower, the main church of Saint Michael and also some little porticoes. The "democratic" parts and the religious parts here are close to each other.

  • This is "Piazza Nuova" in Bagnacavallo. It could be considered as a prototype of a modern mall, here there were butcher shop, olive oil shop and the fish market. Today Piazza Nuova hosts a restaurant and a pub, it is highly frequented during the spring and summer season. Sometimes there are also shows and concerts.

    This is "Piazza Nuova" in Bagnacavallo. It could be considered as a prototype of a modern mall, here there were butcher shop, olive oil shop and the fish market. Today Piazza Nuova hosts a restaurant and a pub, it is highly frequented during the spring and summer season. Sometimes there are also shows and concerts.

  • This is the Ancient S.Francis Convent in Bagnacavallo, located in the town centre. It was founded in 1450 and it is a very big structure related to his surroundings. Today after a big intervention of restoration is in a semi-abandoned status. In the past it hosted a hostel and a restaurant, today is open for only short periods and host some exhibitions and discussions.

    This is the Ancient S.Francis Convent in Bagnacavallo, located in the town centre. It was founded in 1450 and it is a very big structure related to his surroundings. Today after a big intervention of restoration is in a semi-abandoned status. In the past it hosted a hostel and a restaurant, today is open for only short periods and host some exhibitions and discussions.

  • Symbol yourname photovoice4

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

  • Symbol yourname photovoice5

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

Landscape Symbols Ji Xinqi

  • This photo was taken in Tiananmen Square,Beijing,China. This square is the most important square for Chinese people. It represents the political and cultural center. In the picture, we can see there is sculpture with dragon symbol. In the ancient time, emperors were believed they are the son of the dragon. They were decided to be emperors when they born. In that time, people didn’t have democracy. But from ancient times to the present, we still use it our nation symbol.

    This photo was taken in Tiananmen Square,Beijing,China. This square is the most important square for Chinese people. It represents the political and cultural center. In the picture, we can see there is sculpture with dragon symbol. In the ancient time, emperors were believed they are the son of the dragon. They were decided to be emperors when they born. In that time, people didn’t have democracy. But from ancient times to the present, we still use it our nation symbol.

  • This photo was taken in Xinchuliao Village, Shantou, Guangdong Province,China. In most of the village, there are different kind of big trees in the important place of the village. Some are in the entance of the village. Some are in the center of the village. Children will play fun here, and the old will play chess here. And they are the democracy center of the village. Villagers discuss and decide important things here.

    This photo was taken in Xinchuliao Village, Shantou, Guangdong Province,China. In most of the village, there are different kind of big trees in the important place of the village. Some are in the entance of the village. Some are in the center of the village. Children will play fun here, and the old will play chess here. And they are the democracy center of the village. Villagers discuss and decide important things here.

  • This photo was taken in Flower City Square, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,China. On the left side of the picture, it is the Guangzhou Library. On the right side, it is the Guangdong Museum. Those buildings are the public fuction buildings. The government place this square in the city axis. Government hope people can spend their time in this square. But people do not like this square especially in the summer time. Guangzhou is in the subtropical area.This kind of square without tree shapes, people hope to pass it as fast as they can. It contrarys to democracy.

    This photo was taken in Flower City Square, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,China. On the left side of the picture, it is the Guangzhou Library. On the right side, it is the Guangdong Museum. Those buildings are the public fuction buildings. The government place this square in the city axis. Government hope people can spend their time in this square. But people do not like this square especially in the summer time. Guangzhou is in the subtropical area.This kind of square without tree shapes, people hope to pass it as fast as they can. It contrarys to democracy.

  • Symbol yourname photovoice4

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

  • Symbol yourname photovoice5

    add a caption (one paragraph max) description of the symbolism, interpretation, as well as geo-location

Assignment 3 - Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers"

  • You can read more details about this assignment here

Assignment 4 - Your Landscape Democracy Challenge

  • You can read more details about this assignment here
  • Each group member will specify a landscape democracy challenge in his/her environment

Landscape Democracy Challenge 1: Nawar H.Sabeeleish

  • The Lack of Public Spaces and the disrespect of the Environment
  • The Dead Sea Beach was mostly public, before it has become a huge investment zone for hotels and resorts to promote therapeutic tourism. After all these investments,the public beach was decreased to 9%, and was abandoned and dirty. Some developments has been made to a small part for the public but entrance fees apply.

    The Dead Sea Beach was mostly public, before it has become a huge investment zone for hotels and resorts to promote therapeutic tourism. After all these investments,the public beach was decreased to 9%, and was abandoned and dirty. Some developments has been made to a small part for the public but entrance fees apply.

  • Cutting down centennial trees and Ever green Oak in one of Jordan’s shrinking forests "Bergesh" in Ajloun,Jordan, has sparked a controversy among Environmentalists, activists and locals and described it as a flagrant violation of the laws.

    Cutting down centennial trees and Ever green Oak in one of Jordan’s shrinking forests "Bergesh" in Ajloun,Jordan, has sparked a controversy among Environmentalists, activists and locals and described it as a flagrant violation of the laws.

  • The issue is that in the middle of several condensed neighborhoods in Beirut, this is the only aperture to an open public space, but the government did not take the communities' need into consideration. They came up with an order to close the Horsch for 50 years, and after that it was open on Saturdays and for the non-locals only. Several protests took place until 2014, where it was open on Saturdays but for Everyone.

    The issue is that in the middle of several condensed neighborhoods in Beirut, this is the only aperture to an open public space, but the government did not take the communities' need into consideration. They came up with an order to close the Horsch for 50 years, and after that it was open on Saturdays and for the non-locals only. Several protests took place until 2014, where it was open on Saturdays but for Everyone.

  • Furn El Chebbak Municipality, City Council and of course Beirut Municipality on top of these actors, have taken the decision -and without any respect to locals and the Environment-to build a highway that actually passed through residential buildings and demolished others, also this bridge was constructed on agricultural lands, which led to the displacement of farmers and the evanescence of agricultural land.

    Furn El Chebbak Municipality, City Council and of course Beirut Municipality on top of these actors, have taken the decision -and without any respect to locals and the Environment-to build a highway that actually passed through residential buildings and demolished others, also this bridge was constructed on agricultural lands, which led to the displacement of farmers and the evanescence of agricultural land.

Your references:

Landscape Democracy Challenge 2

  • Give a title to your challenge
  • The mangrove is a dense, tree or shrub-like formation of woody vegetation of 1 to 30 meters in height. It is composed of one or more species of mangrove and contains few herbaceous or climbing species. Coasral wetlands, especially mangroves, provide a wide variety of environmental services: they are sites of nourishment, refuge and growth of juvenile crustacea and fish, and as such they sustain a large part of fishery production, but are also used as a fuel (firewood), have a high aesthetic and recreational value, act as a natural flood control mechanism and as barriers against hurricanes and saline intrusion, control erosion and protects the coasts.

    The mangrove is a dense, tree or shrub-like formation of woody vegetation of 1 to 30 meters in height. It is composed of one or more species of mangrove and contains few herbaceous or climbing species. Coasral wetlands, especially mangroves, provide a wide variety of environmental services: they are sites of nourishment, refuge and growth of juvenile crustacea and fish, and as such they sustain a large part of fishery production, but are also used as a fuel (firewood), have a high aesthetic and recreational value, act as a natural flood control mechanism and as barriers against hurricanes and saline intrusion, control erosion and protects the coasts.

  • Soldiers guarded and anti-riot elements surrounded the zone, as 150 truks and cranes cleared the Tajamar mangrove without saving flora and fauna. All this was confirmed by Aracely Dominguez, president of the Mayab Ecologist Group (GEMA, Grupo Ecologista del Mayab), who witnessed what happened. “As Mexicans, it hurt us to witness that instead of using the public force against criminals, they are using it against citizens and against the environment. It is truly embarrassing to see that the government is doing this, to see that it does not have neither political nor social sensitivity”, complained Domíngez in an interview for Mongabay. A Catholic Chorch basilica –the biggest in Latin America-, shopping malls, offices and more than 3,000 homes plan to be built in the area. This puts the survival of crocodiles, snakes, herons and plant species under risk. One of this species is the white mangrove, which is listed as a threatened species under Mexican law MOM-059.

    Soldiers guarded and anti-riot elements surrounded the zone, as 150 truks and cranes cleared the Tajamar mangrove without saving flora and fauna. All this was confirmed by Aracely Dominguez, president of the Mayab Ecologist Group (GEMA, Grupo Ecologista del Mayab), who witnessed what happened. “As Mexicans, it hurt us to witness that instead of using the public force against criminals, they are using it against citizens and against the environment. It is truly embarrassing to see that the government is doing this, to see that it does not have neither political nor social sensitivity”, complained Domíngez in an interview for Mongabay. A Catholic Chorch basilica –the biggest in Latin America-, shopping malls, offices and more than 3,000 homes plan to be built in the area. This puts the survival of crocodiles, snakes, herons and plant species under risk. One of this species is the white mangrove, which is listed as a threatened species under Mexican law MOM-059.

  • According to an announcement by Quintana Roo State governor, Roberto Borge, the National Trust for Tourism Development (Fonatur), which is charge of the project, has had since 2005 the necessary licenses for tourist development in the area. This mean that the construction work were carried out according to an agreement, but without having appropriately rescued the animals and plants, as required by law. However, Dominguez has accused Fonatur of committing a seious crime – giving false information to the environmental authorities, falling to comply with conditions laid down for the conservation of flora and fauna, and working alongside developers in the destruction of a mangrove. According to witnesses, two days after the mangrove clearing started, several people entered and watched living animals such as crocodiles, boas, eagles, herons, frogs, squirrels and iguanas as they fled the area. At that moment, truks arrived “expecting to refill the mangrove and bury those animals alive”, but Dominguez and other activist stopped them.

    According to an announcement by Quintana Roo State governor, Roberto Borge, the National Trust for Tourism Development (Fonatur), which is charge of the project, has had since 2005 the necessary licenses for tourist development in the area. This mean that the construction work were carried out according to an agreement, but without having appropriately rescued the animals and plants, as required by law. However, Dominguez has accused Fonatur of committing a seious crime – giving false information to the environmental authorities, falling to comply with conditions laid down for the conservation of flora and fauna, and working alongside developers in the destruction of a mangrove. According to witnesses, two days after the mangrove clearing started, several people entered and watched living animals such as crocodiles, boas, eagles, herons, frogs, squirrels and iguanas as they fled the area. At that moment, truks arrived “expecting to refill the mangrove and bury those animals alive”, but Dominguez and other activist stopped them.

  • The local government, the investors, Fonatur, activist and local population.

    The local government, the investors, Fonatur, activist and local population.

Your references:

Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

  • Give a title to your challenge
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    caption: why did you select this case?

  • Yourname challenge 2.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (1)

  • Yourname challenge 3.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (2)

  • Yourname challenge 4.jpg

    caption: who are the actors?

Your references:

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Landscape Democracy Challenge 4

  • Give a title to your challenge
  • Yourname challenge 1.jpg

    caption: why did you select this case?

  • Yourname challenge 2.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (1)

  • Yourname challenge 3.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (2)

  • Yourname challenge 4.jpg

    caption: who are the actors?

Your references:

  • ...
  • ...


Landscape Democracy Challenge 5

  • Give a title to your challenge
  • Yourname challenge 1.jpg

    caption: why did you select this case?

  • Yourname challenge 2.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (1)

  • Yourname challenge 3.jpg

    caption: what is the issue/conflict (2)

  • Yourname challenge 4.jpg

    caption: who are the actors?

Your references:

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Assignment 5 - Your Democratic Change Process

  • You can read more details about this assignment here
  • After documenting and reflecting on your challenges you will continue jointly with one of these challenges and design a democratic change process

Your Democratic Change Process

  • Add the title of your project
  • Yourgroupname 2017 powermap.jpg

    a power map identifying who is affected by the challenge and who is influencing it

  • Yourgroupname 2017 change process (1).jpg

    Look at the various methods and tools available and think how they can be applied creatively. Think about the needs of different stakeholder groups - you may need a methodical mix to address them all. Illustrate graphically how these methods/tools might be applied in a short, medium and long-term perspective.

  • Yourgroupname 2017 scenario.jpg

    a scenario illustrating how these tools can be applied within a short, medium and long term perspective involving the groups you want to address, this should include a process timeline

Reflection

  • Evaluate in the group how far your ideas either built on the theoretical frame that has been introduced to you during this seminar or react to this by filling a potential gap (approx 150 words)

Your references

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