Of plants, high lines and horses: Civic groups and designers in the relational articulation of values of urban natures

Aalto, Hanna; Ernstson, Henrik

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.018

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“…28 Within the more-than-human discourse, many voices argue for a different role in order for designers to co-author new socio-ecological configurations 66 in close collaboration with civic groups and stakeholders. 67 Interventions are rather situated in the complex interactions and dynamics between people and animals, taking into account a specific time-space dimension. Although the studio did not allow for close interaction with local stakeholders, many students tried to propose interventions that linked to the daily practices and interactions of different life forms.…”

Section: The Design Studiomentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multispecies Design Approach in the Eure valley. Three Lessons from a Design Studio in Landscape Architecture

Bracke¹,

Bonin²,

Notteboom³

et al. 2022

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The current state of our planet gives rise to a range of new perspectives in the environmental humanities that take “multispecies” viewpoints into account. These voices are often framed as “more-than-human” research, as they criticize the deeply anthropocentric worldviews that fuel environmental degradation and acknowledge the imbricated nature of humans and nonhumans. This article reflects on a design studio as an attempt to translate often complex and abstract conversations in more-than-human literature into concrete methods, plans and approaches for landscape architecture. The design studio at the École nationale supérieure de Paysage in Versailles (ENSP Versailles) exploring the Eure valley can be understood as a case study within a larger research interest area, as it tries to understand the role of landscape design in (re)shaping human-nature relations and to connect landscape architecture practices to ongoing conversations in more-than-human literature. In this paper, we describe three different lessons drawn from the student design studio as possible directions for multispecies approaches in landscape architecture.

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Section: The Design Studiomentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multispecies Design Approach in the Eure valley. Three Lessons from a Design Studio in Landscape Architecture

Bracke¹,

Bonin²,

Notteboom³

et al. 2022

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“…In the ARC process, we found that, as the proposal was developed and the number of stakeholders grew, the main narrative was expanded to include a wider range of perspectives. Erixon Aalto & Ernstson [99] propose that in order to assemble a multitude of actors, agendas, and sub-narratives, narratives need to be inclusive (open, broad, and general), yet specific (with a distinct character and direction). Similar observations are made by Binder and his colleagues [96] in relation to participatory design experiments, in which "the invitation" emerges as particularly important.…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards a Social-Ecological Urbanism: Co-Producing Knowledge through Design in the Albano Resilient Campus Project in Stockholm

2018

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If we are to promote urban sustainability and resilience, social-ecological knowledge must be better integrated in urban planning and design projects. Due to gaps in the two cultures of thinking that are associated with the disciplines of ecology and design, such integration has, however, proven to be challenging. In mainstream practice, ecologists often act as sub-consultants; they are seldom engaged in the creative and conceptual phases of the process. Conversely, research aiming to bridge the gap between design and ecology has tended to be dominated by a relatively static and linear outlook on what the design process is, and what it could be. Further, few concrete examples of the co-production of ecological and design knowledge exist. In this paper, we give an account of a transdisciplinary design proposal for Albano Resilient Campus in Stockholm, discussing how design-seen as a process and an assemblage of artifacts-can act as a framework for co-producing knowledge and operationalizing concepts of resilience and ecosystem services. Through a design-based and action-oriented approach, we discuss how such a collaborative design process may integrate ecological knowledge into urban design through three concrete practices: (a) iterative prototyping; (b) generative matrix models; and, (c) legible, open-ended, comprehensive narratives. In the conclusion, we sketch the contours of a social-ecological urbanism, speculating on possible broader and changed roles for ecologists, designers, and the associated actors within this framework.

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“…Land speculation can also transform landscape values which embody means of life, for instance, for farming communities living at the metropolitan urban-rural fringes (Gómez et al 2016). Although the articulation of values around urban nature (Ernstson and Sörlin 2013;Erixon Aalto and Ernstson 2017) and social production of urban ecosystem services (Ernstson 2013) have been studied, less attention has been paid to how peoples' daily actions produce diverse social movements in urban nature advocacy. The exercise of advocacy means how people can take action on behalf of nature, and how such action can become a legitimate vehicle in broader struggles for urban commons.…”

Section: Framing the Environmentalization Of Urban Social Movementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

People and urban nature: the environmentalization of social movements in Bogotá

Ruiz

2018

Journal of Political Ecology

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Using research conducted in Bogotá, Colombia, I discuss in this article how urban nature has been used as a vehicle by social movements to contest urban commons. The article explores the "environmentalization" of strategies and repertoires of social movements in urban struggles dating back to the 1980s, which developed in parallel with public urban planning debates. In recent years these were nurtured in turn by environmental discourse in a quest to change the city's growth paradigm. I suggest that the legitimacy of knowledge and law about urban nature advocacy is co-created by communities confronting institutions that are supposed to represent state power. This case study analyses conceptualizations of urban nature in and from Latin America, and shows that urban politics and environmental issues are part of a process in which political mobilization is a key element to overcome socio-ecological inequalities.Key words: urban social movements; political ecology of urbanization; situated knowledge; socio-ecological inequalities; Latin America

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Of plants, high lines and horses: Civic groups and designers in the relational articulation of values of urban natures

Cited by 80 publications

References 23 publications

A Multispecies Design Approach in the Eure valley. Three Lessons from a Design Studio in Landscape Architecture

A Multispecies Design Approach in the Eure valley. Three Lessons from a Design Studio in Landscape Architecture

Towards a Social-Ecological Urbanism: Co-Producing Knowledge through Design in the Albano Resilient Campus Project in Stockholm

People and urban nature: the environmentalization of social movements in Bogotá

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