This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday 24 June at 8am NZ time (or 23 June – 1pm Los Angeles, 4pm New York, 9pm London). 

Abstract:

This lecture will explore recent projects at various sites in the postcolonial and Islamic worlds, thorough two questions. First, how can theoretical, educational, and design possibilities be expanded and diversified through working in societies where there is no formal landscape architecture discipline? Second, how can landscape architects more sensitively work outside of their social contexts with respect and deference for others’ values and ways of life?

Bio:

Gareth Doherty is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Doherty’s contributions invoke theoretical insights from anthropology to learn from people’s daily landscape practices, and designed landscapes, always asking how people-centered fieldwork can inform landscape architectural innovations.

About:

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

To attend this lecture, please register through this weblink 👉 https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItf-qppj4pGNAlrlDPwFOLZhs4cmJQ7ot1