Abstract
The workbook is an experiment of practicing new vocabulary on landscape with the help of post-anthropocentric thinking. Drawing from the work of scholars working in the field of multispecies thinking, the workbook experiments discussing landscape with the language of living arts. The workbook is written in the framework of the research project Beyond Sustainability 2.0. run by the Landscape Laboratory of Aalto University in 2023-2026. The project aims to enhance understanding about the deep mutual connection that we humans have with the living world with the tools of landscape architecture.
The workbook is a heterogeneous collection of experiments on cartography, illustration and landscape architectural graphics. The illustrations of the workbook answer the call of creating new cosmograms and representations of landscape. They are glimpses to the more-than-human processes of the landscape, encouraging residents to live with heightened attention to the more-than-human worlds present in Saari during their time of their residency. The drawings are experiments of repurposing landscape architects’ representational tools for revealing the multispecies entanglements of the landscape.
The workbook invites the residents to be both an audience and participants in the more-than-human play, to observe, to play along, to perform with. The workbook unravels some of the entanglements present in the landscape, leaving further exploration for the users of the workbook.
The workbook is a heterogeneous collection of experiments on cartography, illustration and landscape architectural graphics. The illustrations of the workbook answer the call of creating new cosmograms and representations of landscape. They are glimpses to the more-than-human processes of the landscape, encouraging residents to live with heightened attention to the more-than-human worlds present in Saari during their time of their residency. The drawings are experiments of repurposing landscape architects’ representational tools for revealing the multispecies entanglements of the landscape.
The workbook invites the residents to be both an audience and participants in the more-than-human play, to observe, to play along, to perform with. The workbook unravels some of the entanglements present in the landscape, leaving further exploration for the users of the workbook.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Aalto-yliopisto |
| Number of pages | 84 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-952-64-2039-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-952-64-2038-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| MoE publication type | D4 Published development or research report or study |
Publication series
| Name | Aalto University publication series ART + DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE |
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| No. | 5 |
| Volume | 2024 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1799-4853 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1799-4861 |
Keywords
- landscape architecture
- post-anthropocentric thinking
- art of noticing