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More-Than Methodologies: Explorations in Landscape and Urban Research
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Abstract
This seminar explores innovative methodologies in landscape and urban research, aiming to transcend disciplinary boundaries by focusing on mobile, embodied, participatory, and artistic approaches. The "more-than" concept reflects our commitment to expanding and critically examining these methodologies as we address complex, contested issues.
Objective
This seminar explores innovative methodologies beyond conventional approaches in landscape and urban research. Participants engage with critical, artistic, mobile, and participatory practices—such as drawing, filmmaking, walking, and mapping—that cross disciplinary boundaries. In parallel, the course examines pioneering lines of inquiry, including the urbanisation of the sea, land abandonment, action research, critical publishing, and queer creative methods. The “more-than” in the title signals our commitment not only to explore and expand emergent methodologies but also to question and trouble them in relation to complex, contested, and multi-layered issues. By engaging with these methods and themes, contextualising them through key texts, and reflecting on their implications, participants will develop their own situated and innovative research approaches.
Content
Each seminar session will start with an introduction to the selected methodological theme. This will be followed by a presentation from a guest lecturer who is an expert on the topic. The session will conclude with a discussion round, where volunteering doctoral candidates will serve as respondents. The format may vary depending on the specific methodology being explored.
Resources
Lecture Notes
19.09. Introduction: More-than Methodologies | Nazlı Tümerdem26.09. From Ocean Literacy to Ocean Blindness: researching in reverse | Nancy Couling03.10. Toward cross-epistemic studies of abandoned landscapes | Alexander Vorbrugg10.10. Table of Contents as Method | Luca Can & Raquel Jerobon17.10. The Art of Doing Fieldwork: moving beyond conventional approaches | Asebe Regassa24.10. NO CLASS31.10. Action research: On gaining access and building relationships | Ina Valkanova07.11. Disturbing the Poetics of Ethnography via Photography | Lindsay Vogt14.11. Researching With Rather Than About: Combining Archival Encounters with Weeding | Gianna Ledermann21.11. Publishing as Research Practice | Lucie Kolb28.11. Queer Creative Methods? | Haiyan Huang05.12. Doc Crits @L200 Guest Reviewers: Charles Heller, Lindsay Bremner
Learning Materials (Links)
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General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DR , MSC
- Frequency
- Semesterly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| colloquium |
More-Than Methodologies: Explorations in Landscape and Urban Research
No course on 24.10.2025 (seminar week) and in the last to weeks of the semester.
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Doktorat Architektur (Mehr Informationen unter: )
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Kernfächer (Die Kernfächer bauen auf den Grundlagenfächern auf und vermitteln grundlegendes, breites Wissen in den Kernbereichen der Landschaftsarchitektur in Relation zum Entwurfsunterricht. Die Kernfächer sind teils obligatorisch zu absolvieren, teils frei wählbar. Weitere Einzelheiten, namentlich über das Belegen dieser Fächer, für die Leistungskontrollen und zur Kompensation nicht bestandener Fächer, sind in Art. 27 und Art. 31 Abs. 4 geregelt.)
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