Minutes May 18, 2010

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Introduction

In the beginning, Heike pointed out the schedule of this session according to the seminar structure and process.

Presentation of Concept Maps (Reading exercise)

The following Concept Map from an article was presented:

All concept maps of the Reading exercise are listed here

Expert Presentation

The case study presentation by Aycim Turer Baskaya, TU Istanbul was about Istanbul - A City which turns its Face to the Sea , dealing with

• famous aspects of Istanbul
  • definition of a city
  • location
  • SWOT
• Factors Effective on Coasts of Istanbul
  • Threat of Earthquake
  • Transportation Policies
  • Planning Process of Istanbul
  • Globalization
• Cities, Magnets of Hopes
  • Citizenship
  • Potentials of Historical Coasts
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Conclusion

The slides are downloadable from the password-protected Moodle webpage from the link below, the password has been given to the seminar participants per e-mail.

Aycim Turer Baskaya: Istanbul: a City which turns its Face to the Sea

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Student Case Studies (Publishing exercise)

In the first two seminar sessions the students had been requested to think about an appropriate case study for their online documentation among the Student Case Studies. As soon as they had selected a familiar or well-known cultural landscape project or site (desirably in relation to a metropolitan area), they were to list it among the thematic fields by student name and project title.

Now...

Land8Lounge discussion group (Analysing exercise)

In the following, Heike reminded the participants to sign up in Land8Lounge and the specific discussion group as well as to register in the seminar WIKI with full name and a password free of choice as soon as possible in order to be able to upload and edit their contributions.

Next steps until May 25

A short question round proved that students had basically understood the next steps.

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