LED Online Seminar Schedule 2017
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 27, 2017
- Assignment 1 'Reading and Synthesizing Core Terminology' starts
- Submit your landscape democracy manifesto before April 5
A.1 Concepts of democracy: Evolution and perspectives
Session date: Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CET
- Introduction to the LED project and the seminar by project coordinator Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway
- Thematic input: 'Democracy theories and the increasing role of participation', Dr Ellen Fetzer, HfWU, Germany
- Assignment 2 'Your Landscape Symbols' starts
- Information on seminar sequence and upcoming assignments
A.2 Concepts of landscape: Emergence and perspectives
Session date: Monday, April 10, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CET
- Thematic input: The people-centred landscape concept
- Interactive part Reflection on the landscape democracy manifestoes
- Information on seminar sequence and upcoming assignments
A.3 Concepts of landscape: Conceptual connections
Session date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CET
- The 'right to landscape' approach lecture by Shelley Egoz, NMBU Norway
- Tutoring session: preparing the landscape symbols presentation
A.4 Group presentations: Your Landscape Symbols
Session date: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 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, Dr. Eva Schwab, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen + BOKU Vienna
B.1 Community design: Shades of participation
Session date: Monday, April 24, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- 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, April 26, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- Thematic input: Engaging the public. Theories and methods of public participation by Dr Deni Ruggeri
- Interactive discussion moderated by Dr Eva Schwab
- Information on seminar sequence and upcoming steps.
B.3 Role play with landscape democracy 'movers and shakers'
Session date: Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- 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, Dr. Eva Schwab, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen + BOKU Vienna
C.1 Linking identity and community
Session date: Monday, May 8, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- Recapitulation part B and introduction to part C.
- Thematic input: Evolution and perspectives of the concept of community.
- Interactive discussion: Interactive poll with short answers.
- Presentation of the Kassel Intensive Study Programme
- Instructions for upcoming group presentation.
C.2 Group presentations: Landscape democracy challenges
Session date: Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- Groups present assignment 4 'Your Landscape Democracy Challenge'.
- Information on seminar sequence and next steps.
Phase D: Designing
Phase C key lecturers: Associate Professor Deni Ruggeri, NMBU Norway, Dr. Eva Schwab, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen + BOKU Vienna
D.1 The craft of a participatory design process.
Session date: Monday, May 15, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- Recapitulation part C and introduction to part D.
- Thematic input: Community planning case study
- Interactive discussion: Community design processes.
- Assignment 5 'Your Democratic Change Process' starts.
- Information on seminar sequence, readings and upcoming assignments
D.2 Life broadcast from the LE:NOTRE Landscape Forum
Session date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 09 00 - 12 00 CEST.
- we will link to the keynote sessions of the landscape forum
- participation link will be commmunicated in the seminar
D.3 Stewarding the landscape: building resilient communities
Session date: Monday, May 22, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CEST.
- Thematic input: Community based planning: Stories from Budapest
- 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 Communicating complex landscape democracy visions: storytelling
Session date: Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 CET
- Recapitulation part D and introduction to part E
- Thematic input: Participatory art by Chrissie Tiller
- Interactive discussion
- Information on seminar sequence and upcoming final presentation
E.2 Group presentations: Democratic Change Models
Session date: Monday, May 29, 2017, 15 30 - 17 00 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 Kassel, Germany
- Kassel workshop starts on July 23, 2017