Course Schedule Seminar Concepts of Landscape 2010

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Working Phase: Assignment I

Time frame: until October 12

Student activities:

• Study individual texts
• Transform the main contents into a concept map
• You may use open source tools such as VUE or Cmap
• Upload and publish your concept map according to the thematic field among the [http:// Resources] with your full name, title and explanatory text
• Tutor feedback

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Block I: Theories and Concepts of Landscape

October 12, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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General questions:

• What is a landscape, how did the term and interpretation develop over time?
• What forces shape a landscape?
• Which ideals guide our perception and evaluation of landscapes?

Mutual activities:

• Seminar background: LE:NOTRE
• Seminar contents, structure + schedule
• Expectations + learning objectives

• Introduction of all participating teams: Each group brings pictures (3 max.) from the region the university is in; the other participants “read the pictures” before these get explained by the group which brought them – what can we see, what do we think to see;
• Assignment 1: group introduces ‘their’ landscape along the three pictures they chose; no clear guidance of explanation – let students decide what is important to mention;
• After all five/six ‘introductions’ joint discussion about defining, crucial elements, aspects of a ‘landscape’; What makes it distinct from other landscapes? What can we understand from the pictures / what not, and how can we learn about these other aspects (approaches, tools, methods)?

• Introduction to the Seminar WIKI
• Short explanation of Transect exercise based on the reading by Corner/McLean (2006) “Taking measures across the American Landscape” and further literature;

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Working Phase: Assignment II

Time frame: until October 26, 2010

Student activities:

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October 19, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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General questions:

• Landscape term / theory /concepts

Mutual activities:

• Lecture by Galen Newman | Clemson University, North Carolina / USA:
• Lecture by Dóra Drexler | Corvinus University, Budapest / Hungary:

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Block II: Reading the Local Landscape

October 26, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

Mutual activities:

• transect of the landscape of the university town from the town/city centre to the edge (interpretation of the current state, what ‘shaped’ it? (natural forces, historic development, regulations, overall societal trends, economy …)

• 2 Student presentations with a 10‐15 minutes video added by a ppp or other form of presentation including section, maps, text; file summarizing the analysis – available for all participants)

• Assignment 2: walk of the transect and video documentation, additional analysis of this landscape with maps, literature, …,

interpretation; analysis done by each group individually along a joint assignment; cut of a 10‐15 minutes video and preparation of presentation; Clemson students could go first as their semester starts earlier and they would have time to start their analysis earlier;

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Working Phase: Assignment III:

Time frame: until November 23, 2010

Student activities:

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Seminar Break

November 02, 2010 No seminar session!!!

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November 09, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

Mutual activities:

• transect
• 2 Student presentations

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November 16, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

Mutual activities:

• transect
• 1 Student presentation
• After last presentation: brainstorming what recent issues these different landscapes illustrate / stand for;

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Block III: Future Landscapes

November 16, 2010 /6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

General questions:

• What is a desirable landscape for the future?
• How does it look like?
• How can we get there?
• What is the role of the landscape architecture profession?

Mutual activities:

• Lecture by | University, /  : OR 1 Student presentation
• Discussion of recent and upcoming approaches, problems, phenomena, policies, goals;

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November 23, 2010 / 6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

Mutual activities:

• Lecture by | University, /  :
• Short student presentation (statements) or discussion; student presentation should include an explicit description of approaches / methods / tools; illustration along cases / examples
• Assignment 3: mix of students – two universities jointly prepare a comparison of recent approaches along one case study from

each of the countries they represent; 5‐10 minutes statement; preparation with selected readings – selection by individual teachers for their group;

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