A shifting role for the landscape practitioner

Bridging the divide between ecology, horticulture and landscape architecture

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ID11167691
AuthorsAnna Lena Hahn (Institute for Human Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume48
Issue8
Pages989-1003
Publication date2023-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLandscape Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-6397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9710
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01426397.2023.2233934
OpenAlexW4385199262
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This article looks at the ecological turn in the landscape professions and argues that such a shift requires a new conception of the role of the landscape practitioner: Drawing on ecology and phenomenology, I am proposing that landscape practitioners adopt the posture of participants within dynamic, evolving milieus. To this end, I offer two examples: Egbert Bodmann, from the landscape park Duisburg-Nord, and Cassian Schmidt, head of the garden Hermannshof. I argue that the way of seeing and working they embody requires capacities that are currently dispersed across different disciplines and roles within the professional field, such as ecology, horticulture, and landscape architecture. Drawing on practice-led research, I specify my proposal using detailed scenes that flesh out an approach that not only bridges, but mingles these disciplines, and is thus receptive to the dynamic development of ecologies

Archaeology · Civil engineering · Epistemology · Geography · Habitat · Landscape architect · Landscape architecture · Landscape design · Landscape ecology · Landscape planning · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Sociology · Architecture · Ecology · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Engineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental Science and Technology · Philosophy

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