Course Schedule Rural Landscapes 09
Seminar Pre-phase
Time frame: 22.04. - 05.05.09
Activities:
- Think about a case study you would like to work on during this seminar
- Localise your case study on the rural landscapes topic map
- Take part in the technical pre-meeting
Contact persons: Ellen Fetzer + seminar tutors
Technical pre-meeting: Monday, 27th of April, 18 pm Berlin time
- Introduction to VITERO
- Introduction to the seminar WIKI
Week 1: Introduction and Plenary 1
06.05.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
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Activities:
- Introduction to the seminar
- participants present themselves
- identification of groups
- organisation
Moderation: Ellen Fetzer
Working Phase 1: Case Study Identification
Time frame: 06.05. - 14.05.09
Student activities working phase 1:
- Case study identification
- Completing case study list on the WIKI
- Getting to know the WIKI
Week 3: Plenary 2, Thailand and Group Formation
13.05.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
~ We will hear about landscape transformation in Thailand and start with the formation of working groups
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Working Phase 2: Case Study Detailing
Time frame: 14.05. - 26.05.09
Student activities for this phase:
- Answer question one "Rationale - Why is this case study interesting?" before May 19
- Add a representative image to your case study before May 19 - this image will be the basis for the first working group online meeting
- Add first keywords to each chapter of your case study template before end of May (n.b.: these do not need to be complete / final texts - be iterative, otherwise your group remains without information!)
- Read the rationales of your group members before the first group meeting
Week 4: Plenary 3, Group Work and Focus South America
27.05.09 /18 p.m. Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
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Working Phase 3: Cross cutting themes + Small Group Meeting
Time frame: 28.05. - 04.06.09
Student activities working phase 3:
- Case study cross cutting themes
- Small groups agree on a joint set cross cutting themes
03.06.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
- Extra speaker: Marlies Brinkhuijsen, Wageningen Univesity, NL
- Plenary with working group discussions
Week 6: Plenary 4, Working Group Meeting
10.06.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
Working Phase 4: Preparation JoLA Symposium
11.06. - 16.06.2009
- Continue discussion on cross cutting themes
- preparation of JoLA Symposium
Week 7: Plenary 5, JoLA Symposium
17.06.09 / 1o am Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
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Working Phase 5: Case Study Comparison
Time frame: 17.06. - 01.07.09
Student activities working phase 5:
- Analysis of cross-cutting themes and case study completion
Week 9: Plenary 6, Focus The Netherlands
24.06.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room Speaker: Adri van den Brink, University of Wageningen, NL
Working Phase 6: Prepare synthesis
01.07.-07.07.2009
Week 10: Plenary 7, Focus Middle East
01.07.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
- Perception of Landscape Change in the rural areas of Artas Palestine by Samar Nazer
- Draft presentation of case study synthesis
Week 11: Detailing and Preparation of Presentations
Time frame: 01.07.- 15.07.09
Student activities working phase 6:
- Preparing synthesis presentations
Week 11: Plenary 8, Focus Case Study Synthesis
08.07.09 / 18 pm Berlin time/ Virtual Team Room
- synthesis presentations
Week 12: Plenary 9, Focus Europe
15.07.09 / 18 pm Berlin time / Virtual Team Room
- Harun Ekinoglu: Evaluation of the green system of Istanbul
- synthesis presentations
Week 12: Working Phase 7: Finishing Reports
Time frame: 15.07.- 25.07.09
- Finishing presentations
- Finalising encyclopaedia entries on the LE:NOTRE web page