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Draft Seminar Schedule (Status: 16.09.08)

Seminar Pre-phase

Time frame: 15. - 28.10.08

Activities:

• Think about a case study you would like to work on during this seminar
• Localise your case study on the urban landscapes topic map

Contact persons: Ellen Fetzer + seminar tutors

Week 1: Introduction and Plenary 1

29.10.08 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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Activities:

• Introduction to the seminar
• participants present themselves
• identification of groups
• organisation

Moderation: Ellen Fetzer

N.B.: All plenary sessions will be recorded.

Week 2: Case Study Identification

Time frame: 29.10. - 11.11.08

Student activities working phase 1:

• Case study identification
• Preparation for JoLA Symposium

Week 2: JoLA Symposium and Plenary 2

12.11.08 / 10 am CET / Virtual Team Room

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Activities:

• Symposium with JoLA authors of fall issue

Speakers:

• Planning by Design - Landscape architectural scenarios for a rapidly growing city.

Richard Weller, University of Western Australia

• Beijing´s New Urban Countryside – Designing with complexity and strategic landscape planning

Antje Stokman et al.: , University of Hannover, Germany

• Aranjuez, A Cultural Landscape in a Process of Revitalisation.

Miguel A. Aníbarro, Joaquín Ibáñez and Darío I. Gazapo, Madrid

External links:

• Journal of Landscape Architecture

Week 3: Case Study Detailing

Time frame: 13.11. - 25.11.08

Student activities2:

• 1. Answer question one "Rationale - Why is this case study interesting?" before November 21
• 2. Add a representative image to your case study before November 21 - this image will be the basis for the first working group online meeting on December 3rd
• 3. Add first keywords to each chapter of your case study template before November 25 (n.b.: these do not need to be full / final texts - be iterative, otherwise your group remains without information!)
• 4. Read the rationales of your group members before December 3rd
• 5. Attend the first working group meeting on December 3rd on VITERO - these will be moderated small group sessions. N.B.: this is an additional meeting, it has been added today to the course schedule.

Week 4: Bogota and Plenary 3

26.11.08 /18 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

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• Urban Landscape Bogota, Colombia
• Speakers: Martha Fajardo and Victoria Solis

Week 5: Case Study Indicators + Working Group Meeting

Time frame: 27.11. - 09.12.08

Student activities working phase 3:

• Case study indicators
• Small groups agree on a joint set of indicators

03.12.08 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

• Plenary with working group discussions

Week 6: Focus New Zealand and Plenary 4

10.12.08 / 10 am CET / Virtual Team Room

• Case Studies from New Zealand
• Simon Swaffield /Paul Wilson, Lincoln University

Week 6: Case Study Comparison

Time frame: 11.12. - 16.12.08

Student activities working phase 4:

• Case study comparison

Week 7: Focus United States and Plenary 5

17.12.08 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

• Contributions by colleagues from Penn State University
• Speaker: Stuart Echols on Design with Water in the Urban Context

Week 8: Detailing and Preparation of Presentations

Time frame: 18.12.08 - 06.01.09

Student activities working phase 5:

• Preparing Presentations

Week 9: Case Studies from Asia and Plenary 6

07.01.09 / 10 am CET / Virtual Team Room

• Case Study Asia (to be defined)
• Student presentations

Week 10: Case studies from Europe and Plenary 7

14.01.09 / 18 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

• Case Study Europe (to be defined)
• Student presentations

Week 11: Case studies from China/Europe and Plenary 8

21.01.09 / 10 pm CET /Virtual Team Room

• Case Study China / Europe
• Student presentations

Week 12: Finishing Reports

Time frame: 21.01.- 30.01.09

• Finishing presentations
• Finalising encyclopedia entries on the LE:NOTRE web page

Draft Seminar Schedule (Status: 21.09.08)