Course Schedule Seminar Assessing Everyday Landscapes 2011

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Part A: Introduction to Landscape Assessment

October 25, 2011 / 6 pm CET / Adobe Connect Room

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Activities:

• Overall Seminar Introduction
• Round of Introductions: Team and Participants
• Lecture by Kathryn Moore' | IFLA Towards an International Landscape Convention
• Introduction to the Seminar WIKI
• Finding study areas

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

November 1 2011

• Lecture by Kati Susi-Wolff'|Helsinki History and Background of Landscape Assessment

November 8 2011

• Lecture about 'Sketching the Landscape

November 15 2011

• Presentation of analytical sketches of study area

November 22 2011

• Lecture by Simon Bell'EMU Tartu/EstoniaReading the Landscape

November 29 2011

• Group work: Presentation of Landscape layers and elements (parallel groups)

Assignment I: Analytical Drawing

Time frame: October 25 - November 15, 2011

Student activities:

• Students identify their area of study, creation of wiki pages for each area
• Creation of analytical drawings of these areas
• Presentation of drawings

Assignment II: Landscape Layers and Elements

Time frame: November 15 - 29, 2011

Student activities:

• Classical analysis: topography, open spaces, built, green, traffic and water structures on different layers. *Definition of zones with coherent character
• Description of this character.

Part B: Behaviour Patterns

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

December 5 2011

• Lectures by The Sociotop Model and The Promenadology Model

December 12 2011

• Group work: Presentation of behaviour patterns in parallel working groups

December 19 2011

• Theory lecture: to be defined
• Additional student presentations
• Introduction to part III of the seminar

Assignment III: Behaviour Patterns

Time frame: December 5 - 19, 2011

Student activities:

• How do people behave in this area? How do they use the space? What is important for them?
• Observation of study area, interviews with local people and mapping of use patterns.
• Preparation of short presentation

Part C: Awareness Rising

Plenary Meetings at 6 pm German Time / Adobe Connect Room

January 9 2012

• Theory input (to be defined)

January 16 2012

• Presentation of student results

January 23 2012

• Eventually additional theory input
• Presentation of student results

January 30 2012

• Presentation of student results
• Seminar evaluation, feedback and outlook

Assignment IV: Awareness Rising

Time frame: December 19 2011 - January 16 2012

Student activities:

• Based on the different landscape assessment approaches students will develop a communication concept for their area of study
• Which measures would be necessary for enhancing the awareness for the area?
• Students are free to choose their method.