LED Online Seminar 2018 - Working Group 13
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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
Step 2: Define your readings
- Please add your readings selection for the terminology exercise before April 18:
A: Landscape and Democracy
- Burckhardt, Why is Landscape beautiful (Simon Minz)
- The european landscape convention (2000) (Benoit Zachelin)
B: Concepts of Participation
- Hester, Randolph (2005): Whose Politics, Landscape Architecture (Andrea Haave Jenssen)
- Arnstein, Sherry R.(1969): A Ladder of Citizen Participation, JAIP, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Benoit Zachelin)
C: Community and Identity
- Welk Von Mossner, Alexa (2014): Cinematic Landscapes, In: Topos, No. 88, 2014.(Andrea Haave Jenssen)
- Hester, Randolph (2006): Design for Ecological Democracy, The MIT Press. (Simon Minz)
D: Designing
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013): Places in the Making: How Placemaking Builds Places and Communities (Andrea Haave Jenssen)
- Smith, Nicola Dawn(2012): Design Charrette: A Vehicle for Consultation or Collaboration (Simon Minz)
E: Communicating a Vision
- Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR). Flyer about their activities connected to the river. City walk, environmental education, and other water-related activities could be searched on their websites. (Benoit Zachelin)
A: Landscape and Democracy
- Lynch, Kevin. (1960): The Image of the City, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. (Louis Chiteri)
B: Concepts of Participation
- Burckhardt, Lucius (1957): Urban Planning and Democracy in: Fezer/Schmitz (Eds.) Rethinking Man-made Environments (2012). (Louis Chiteri)
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 May 9, 2018
- Group members reflect within their groups and define their chosen concepts into a shared definition to be posted on the wiki by June 6, 2018.
- Other group members will be able to comment on the definitions until June 12, 2018
- Each group will also report on their process to come to a set of shared definitions of key landscape democracy concepts on the wiki documentation until June 20, 2018
Concepts and definitions
Author 1: Andrea
- Cinematic landscape (Alexa Weik von Mossner, cinematic landscapes, topos 2014, 88)
In film, landscapes can act as symbols to underline a point, make you think of a place or event, or be used to enhance a feeling or mood through its role as "setting" or "backdrop" for the narrative, and it that way also becomes a part of it.
- Placemaking (Places in the making, MIT,2013)
The practice concerns the deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community’s quality of life. Stresses the importance of the process of "making" to empower communities.
- Political style - as a designer (Randy Hester, whose politics, 2005)
There are different types of designers, the blissfully naïve, the savvy naïve, servants, contextualists & catalysts. As a designer you have a political style wether you belong to the blissfully naive, who design with no concern or understanding of larger impacts and connections, or if you belong to the catalysts, who purposely act and design in order to address bigger issues and prompt change.
Author 2: Benoit
- Local Self-government (European landscape convention, 2000)
This approach recognizes the possibility to the local people to be organized and protect the landscape. This theme appears in the European convention and develops the local power to protected and improve the landscape.
- Tokenism (Sherry Arnstein, A ladder of citizen participation, 1969)
This is a ladder of the ladder of the participatory process. It is ladder where the participation start to be real. This ladder is divided in 3 parts Informing, consultation placation. That gather 3 steps and each one evolve in the participatory process.
- River Community (Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR).)
There are different people in different territories which share a common good, the River. That opens a community life which is organized around the river and them people accept to protect the river this is for the common good. This community organizes the life, they promote, the protection around the river.
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- Burckhardt, Lucius, Why is Landscape beautiful: Burckhardt formed the science of strollology (Wanderlust) as a means of perceiving a landscape. The basic idea is ["landscape as a construct"].The perception of a landscape is the observers Idea or what he constructs out of the environment. Its a creative act which is also influenced by a persons educational background."Landscape Exists in the Mind's Eye".
- Hester, Randolph (2006): Design for Ecological Democracy, The MIT Press.: "Make a City to touch the peoples heart" Landscape as an Ecosystem which is formed and governed by people emphasizing direct involvement. The combination of direct democracy and applied ecology is seen when implemented as a way to overcome the challenges of the life today and represents the best possible life we can achieve.
- Smith, Nicola Dawn(2012): Design Charrette: A Vehicle for Consultation or Collaboration: 'working in collaboration with others on projects that involve design input' the 'Charette' is a tool wich contains and uses different methods to collaborate with akteurs of a design project. It gives the opportunity of a multiperspective and creative way to approach design tasks. It involves drawing supported by documents and knowledge exchange, guidance by professional Designer who is the key educator and faciliator as well as stakeholders. It is communicated with support of multimedia and very colaborative.
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Step 5: Reflection
Reflection on our process to come to a set of shared definitions of key landscape democracy concepts:
1.LANGUAGE BARRIERS. Not sharing the same language has been a challenge when it comes to having discussions about concepts and definitions. Some are less comfortable with english, and bad audio and poor computer microphones has further made communication and understanding take more time than we would prefere. Taking time away from what we most would like to focus on. It is also a different task to discuss terminology than it is to have an everyday conversation in a different language, so this has been a challenge, but also a big learning-experience that we are sure will benefit us all in our working lives later on when needing to communicate in english.
2.PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND CULTURE. Our personal preferances, experiences and culture are a contributing factor to all our discussions. What we think is most important, how something can be applied and how we immedeately respond to different themes and concepts is all coloured by this. It is perhaps in our different responses and reactions that the most interesting interactions take place, being able to listen to why and how other group members argue their point of view, and gaining insight and bigger ability for understanding other also later in the process.
3. COMMON GROUND. We were in many cases met with a revelation that we share more common ground, more of the same experiences, understandings and similarities across different cultures and countries that we had counted on. This was helpful in regard to the task of comming to shared definitions, and some times a source of bonding and creating a group/togetherness feeling within the group.
4. OBJECTIVITY WITHIN THE DEFINITIONS AS A HELPFUL GUIDELINE. Within the concepts there was often a big element of objectivity in how to precieve them, and these were easier to discuss, as it became more about what was most important within the set definition rather than also trying to discuss what the definition itself implies.
5. GETTING TO KNOW EACHOTHER. Once the group became stabile, and the same of us were there each meeting and group task, we began getting to know eachother more. This made it increasingly easier to open up about opinions without being afraid to say something wrong, made us less selfconcious about our english skills, and also made us all feel it was easier to voice our opinions. It also became easier to cummunicate and plan, because we knew more about how this worked best for us a a group
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
Assignment 2 - Your Landscape Symbols
- You can read more details about this assignment here
Landscape Symbols Author 1: Andrea Haave Jenssen
The brand of the coffeeshop starbucks, A symbol of commersialization, homogenization and beginning gentrification in the old city of oslo, when the chain first opened in the area the glass to the shop was broken several times in the first period it was present, now it is actively being used by the multicultural inhabitants of the area and in a way represents both resignition to the ongoing processes and a will to keep the particularness of the area by taking ownership of the place and making it their own, picture from Oslo
Landscape Symbols Author 2: Benoit Zachelin
Landscape Symbols Author 3: Chiteri Louis Faber
UHURU GARDENS,Mzee Jomo Kenyatta,first president of Kenya, was inaugurated here, and so was the first instance of hoisting the Kenyan flag. It is the only memorial park that symbolizes Kenya’s struggle for independence. The site still remains a unifying emblem among the residents of the country with it’s monuments that stand in the garden to date. In present day, the park is seen as a place to seek refuge away from the city’s buzz and hostility. The park is a symbol peace, love and unity
NAIROBI BOMB BLAST MEMORIAL GARDEN. The park stands on the site of the former US embassy and serves to commemorate the dead and the survivors of the bomb blast of 1998. In it is a wall with the names of the victims of the tragedy as the main monument. The park also features a designed landscape currently permitted to users at a small cost. It currently serves as a place for relaxation away from the city’s chaotic atmosphere
MOUMT KENYA.Mt. Kenya is a snow capped volcanic mountain in the equitorial of the earth, located in the cetral region of kenya, Nanyuki to be precise. The mountain holds symbolic value in that during the precolonial period, the tribe living adjecent to it, the Kikuyu, attached their religious belief to the mountain. According to their history, the mountain wa their place of origin and belived that God resided there. The mountain was a shine and they prayed facing it. Currently, the mountain acts as a tourist attraction site and still an important feature in the history of the still existing Kikuyu tribe
Landscape Symbols Author 4: mozhdeh jalili
Freedom Tower or Sha'yad,One of the main symbols of Iran and the city of Tehran where significant events occurredIn this building the main arc of the middle of the tower is symbol of the Kasra arc the arch of the pre-Islamic period.The architect intended to raise his head upward when someone approaches the buildingThe internal roles of the tower are an integral part of tradition and modernism The most important event around it is the gathering of people after the victory of the Islamic Revolution
Water is the origin of all creatures, the great mother is in the rainThe symbolic meanings of water can be summarized in three main themes: the source of life is the means of cultivation and the center of revitalization . these three themes intersect in the oldest traditions and beliefs.There is always water in Iranian architecture, and it is a symbol and a symbol of clarity and creates a sense of calm.
the light.Traditional architecture in Iran has been continuously influenced by climatic factors. Sunlight can beconsidered as the most influential climatic factor affecting urban texture and the formation of traditional architecture. Due to the location and intensity of radiation in the four regions of Iran, the organization of space and the development of appropriate strategies for Controlling and guiding is normal. As a result, it is possible to observe various elements such as lattice , Orsy windows in architectural spaces that have been exposed to interaction with light.The allegory of light has the oldest mean in Iranian belief. The most basic foundation of the thought of Suhrawardi's illumination is on light.
Landscape Symbols Author 5: Simon M.
Kassel, Wilhemshöher Allee. The picture shows magnificent and to look upon something, the Hercules statue represents strenght and power. In Addition the public transport tram tracks represent a more democratic way for transportation. In addition you see the paved road as a more individualistic way of transportation means
Assignment 3 - Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers"
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Assignment 4 - Your Landscape Democracy Challenge
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- Each group member will specify a landscape democracy challenge in his/her environment
- Each Landscape Democracy Challenge should be linked to two or three of UN's 17 sustainable development Goals
Landscape Democracy Challenge 1
- Energysources vs. Landscape usage
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Landscape Democracy Challenge 2
- Development of the old city in Oslo- Profit, homogensization & gentrification or inclusivity by building on existing culture & diversity?
- In Oslo, there are ongoing gentrification processes in the Old city. There is a renewed interest for this area that seems to have been forgotten for years. It is one of the parts of Oslo with the most diverse population where young couples and singles with high education and the poorest families in oslo live side by side. Around half of the ihabitants here are immigrants. The challenge is to be able to keep the social and ethnical diversity of the neighborhood thoughout the changes the area will go through, to adapt not only for growth and earnings from raised property prices and wealthier inhabitants, but also for the existing community.
- One area in the old city that is being developed is 'landbrukskvartalet', they are planning to raise new highrise-buildings with big rooftop gardens and a sleek modern design based on the history of norwegian agriculture, with cafes and some urban farming on the ground floor. My fear is that the design and prices of the apartments and shops will further participate in the gentrification process, and only attract ethnically norwegian, weathier inhabitants, and participate in changing the identity of the area in a way that drives out or excludes big parts of the existing inhabitants there today.
- The poor families and immigrants might not afford or feel welcome to live or stay in the new 'landbrukskvartalet', as the plan shows a lack of free activities and the shaping of those that do exist might not be something everyone recognized as norwegian agricultural history is the inspiration. The area has the potential to be a pilot-project for how to further develop good, inclusive, and green spaces and residential areas so that we can move forward but also keep in mind and take care of the existing socially diverse and multicultural inhabitants and culture.
- The norwegian 'bondelag', bydel gamle oslo, growlab, and inhabitants of Grønland all have interests in developing this space. But no bigger participation has been done so far, and the developers and kommune are the ones out of all the stakeholders who are shaping the plan. This picture is from the website of the upcoming landbrukskvartal to tell people who are developing the area and is called "who are we?", it shows the point clearly, as all the people in this picture are white middleaged men in nice clothes and glasses. I hope they are openminded, middleaged white men, but a little diversity wouldnt hurt, and the way they choose to portray themselves in this process i think says a lot
- The UN goal for cities and communities is relevant for this challenge, because among other things as they say; inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning is a target, which in this case is not fulfilled. The development is taking care of the cultural heritage of norway, but looking away from the existing and new culture that has grown and taken root in the area, and big discussions can be made on how inclusive the space will be.
- UN's Sustainable Development Goal about reduced inequalities is clearly to be dicussed in connection to this landscape democracy challange. Because for this to be fulfilled the UN wishes for social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
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Landscape Democracy Challenge 3
- Agriculture production & democracy
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Landscape Democracy Challenge 4
- Give a title to your challenge
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caption: why did you select this case?
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caption: what is the issue/conflict (1)
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caption: what is the issue/conflict (2)
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caption: who are the actors?
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caption: UN's Sustainable Development Goal?
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caption: UN's Sustainable Development Goal?
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Landscape Democracy Challenge 5
- Give a title to your challenge
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caption: why did you select this case?
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caption: what is the issue/conflict (1)
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caption: what is the issue/conflict (2)
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caption: who are the actors?
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caption: UN's Sustainable Development Goal?
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caption: UN's Sustainable Development Goal?
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Assignment 5 - Your Democratic Change Process
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- 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
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Reflection
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Conclusion:
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