Democratic Landscape Transformation 2024 - Team 17

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Background of your team

Please present your team briefly. Which linguistic and cultural perspectives does each member bring in? Which disciplinary backgrounds are present in your team?

• Eleni Filippa, Athens, Greece. Architect engineer National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), graduated in 1998, “Environment and Development” Interdepartmental Programme of Postgraduate Studies NTUA (2018-2021), currently a studen at the postgraduate programme “Landscape Architecture” at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). I returned to the classroom in an attempt to understand the nuances of the human/non-human interactions, in order to 'give back' to nature. To establish a more democratic "give and take"
• Yudai Seike, Nara, Japan. One-year exchange student from Nagoya University (NU), Japan, to the University of Bologna, Italy. I study architecture and urban design and planning, specialising in urban regeneration using industrial heritage. I am also familiar with many projects that aim to strengthen communities in the face of Japan's declining birthrate and ageing population.
• Kuna Máté, Budapest, Hungary. I am a landscape architecture student at the Budapest University of MATE, specializing in landscape planning. Although I've seen a few community-involved projects, which were also great experiences, I'm not familiar with too many truly realized best practices for social engagement. So, I'm very interested in how this is done elsewhere, how it works, and what the best practices and experiences are.
• Mohadeseh jaberi, Isfahan, Iran. Architect engineer of Semnan university in Iran, graduated in 2018 and now a master's student of landscape architecture at HSWT university in Germany. I have professional experience in architecture and landscape architecture for 4 year in my country. I am very interested in landscape and democracy works because the issue of democracy is completely violated in our country and I personally am very interested in learning and experiencing in these projects.

Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes

Here you can add links to the manifestoes you have presented on April 24. Please make sure that the links are accessible. You can also add them directly here on the wiki, they need to be png or jpg format then.

• Eleni Filippa : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ny-d1xzPpfGZzWzNpO_jfkR9Ex4ubXZE/view?usp=drive_link
• Yudai Seike: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aofBCLeDSj1J1jzhobyUUBliKgMbO1DV/view?usp=drive_link
• Kuna Máté: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cdwyeiRV5-fAHEUHbpCjBB3KXaU3TFe0/edit#slide=id.p1
• Mohadeseh Jaberi : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t3_ky0kV4orPlAH3LUj7xmyVe9nTNjHe/view?usp=drive_link

Readings, concepts and definitions

• Start: April 3, 2024
• Due: July 2, 2024

While working in your group, please start to express your personal understanding of the relation of landscape and democracy in the form of a concept map with linking words or any other diagrammatic representation. Please make your maps very visual and not just verbal. Think critically about why one map differs from another.

The final product is a shared concept map that integrates the various understandings present within your team.

About concept mapping

Before starting the exercise you can read this article by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them. This paper gives a good explanation of how concept maps are conceived and developed.

You can use any tool you like for producing your concept map. However, since the result needs to be submitted digitally we recommend the following open source software for producing your maps:

• Cmap Tools >>> you can also work with your group on the Cmap cloud doing a shared map
• VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment
• Use a shared whiteboard to develop your integrated concept map, such as MIRO or MURAL

How to present your concept maps

• Possible format: JPG (for wiki upload) or link to any other resource
• We give you below a draft image gallery where you can add pictures of your map (in JPG or PNG format)
• You can present your integrated understanding as one concept map or your present individual ones and the integrated one.
• add as many additional materials as you need

Overview of your concept maps (individiual and integrated)

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Please finish with a short reflection

• What are the similarities and differences in your team regarding your understanding of what democratic landscape transformation is?
• In how far did the seminar lectures and readings help you to clarify this?
• What will you take home from this seminar?