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Towards Inquiry-Based Learning in Spatial Development and Heritage Conservation: A Workshop at Corviale, Rome
Full text linkSituated local knowledge and co-evolutionary processes overtake certitude and formal planning, challenging the way (cultural) heritage is produced in terms of both space and knowledge. This article contributes to the debate surrounding planning education and research by exploring the potential of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in spatial development and heritage conservation. The main argument is that the IBL format presented herein enables interaction and cooperation between various groups and their diverse sets of knowledge. To that end, the IBL approach was implemented both through project work and by creating a specific learning environment encompassing theory, exhibition, places, and people, and in which a research process was realised by students through iteration and reflection. The contribution systematises the results of a 2021 workshop held in Venice and Rome, including at the Corviale housing complex (Rome). In seeking to respond to the title-theme of the Venice Biennale, How will we live together?, initial evidence shows that educational activities stemming from clear research questions and “embedded” ways of inquiry-based learning present remarkable opportunities for participants to improve their ability to navigate into fragile and uncertain futures of the territory, engaging students in a wider process of knowledge-building
Wertschätzung des Bestandes
Full text linkBauen im Bestand und Denkmalpflege leisten seit vielen Jahrhunderten einen substanziellen Beitrag zur Erhaltung des gebauten Bestandes und reflektieren seit gut 100 Jahren ihre Ansätze systematisch. Dabei werden Transformationen als Umbauten und Überformungen unserer gebauten Umwelt verstanden. Die für die Denkmalpflege spezifische Wertschätzung des Bestandes gewinnt gesamtgesellschaftlich durch die Klimakrise zunehmend an Bedeutung. Im Kern der Denkmalpflege stehen Abwägungsprozesse zwischen der substanzorientierten Erhaltung, dem Schutz des Erscheinungsbildes und den Eingriffen von Veränderung und Entwurf. Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie in der Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis der Denkmalpflege diese Prozesse und ihre inhärenten Konflikte geformt worden sind. Die These ist dabei, dass mit Alois Riegl (1903) Ansätze für Abwägungen einer – offenen – Denkmalpflege formuliert worden sind, die heute für die Wertschätzung des Bestandes fruchtbar gemacht werden. Die Argumentation plädiert für eine offene Denkmalpflege und eine behutsame Transformation: offen für die Verformungsgeschichte und Polyvalenz der Objekte und offen für die Teilnahme unterschiedlicher Akteur_innen und ihrer Perspektiven – bei gleichzeitiger präziser Erfassung und Erhaltung der Werte und Qualitäten des Bestandes
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Using vernacular architecture! perspectives on conservation of wooden farming buildings in the alpine region Rax
Full text linkDie im Selbstbau errichteten, nutzungsgebundenen Wirtschaftsgebäude, welche einst die Existenzgrundlage einer in Subsistenzwirtschaft lebenden Gesellschaft bildeten, haben durch den Wandel unserer Lebensweise ihre originale Funktion verloren. Um dem aktuellen Leerstand und dem damit einhergehenden Verlust des Baubestands entgegenzuwirken, bedarf es an Erhaltungsperspektiven. Für einen diesem Bautypus entsprechenden denkmalpflegerischen Umgang ist eine praxisbezogene, handwerkliche Herangehensweise erforderlich.Die vorliegende Arbeit testet ob und wie diese vernakulären Holzbauten, an denen über Generationen weitergebaut wurde, durch das Anwenden der eigenen Arbeitskraft wieder instandgesetzt werden können. Deren typisches Erscheinungsbild, welches je nach Region variiert, wird im waldreichen Alpenraum von Holz und seinen unterschiedlichen Bearbeitungstechniken geprägt. Mittels traditioneller Handwerkstechniken, wie das händische Spalten von Holzschindeln, soll deren regional typischer Charakter erhalten bleiben.Im Fokus stehen Bewusstseinsbildung und das Aufzeigen von Alternativen zu Verfall und Abriss. Auf Grundlage umfassender Untersuchungen dieser identitätsstiftenden Bauten, werden Hilfestellungen zu erhaltenden Maßnahmen im Selbstbau erarbeitet. Im Sinne des Weiterbauen am Bestand, kann die historische Bausubstanz anschließend sensibel transformiert und mit, auf individuelle Bedürfnisse abgestimmten, verträglichen Nutzungen bespielt werden.These buildings were constructed by their owners with their own hands and used for specific agricultural purposes, such as stables. They once were the basis of existence for a society, which lived as self-sufficient farmers. Due to social and economic change, these buildings have lost their original function. To counteract the current decay of the traditional building stock, appropriate conservation perspectives must be developed. An approach focussing on traditional construction methods and techniques is required to ensure the preservation of this type of building.The thesis examines whether, and how these vernacular wooden buildings, which have been expanded and adapted for generations, can be restored by using one‘s own hands. In the Alpine region their typical appearance, which varies from region to region, is characterised by wood and its different processing techniques. Traditional craftmanship techniques, such as the splitting of wooden shingles by hand, are used to preserve their typical regional character.It focuses on raising awareness and demonstrating alternatives to decay and demolition. Based on a detailed analysis of these identity-forming buildings, preservation measures are developed to provide assistance and give references for interventions on other buildings. Continuing to build on existing structures offers the possibility of sensitively adapting and utilising historic buildings with compatible uses, which can be adjusted to individual needs
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