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Acknowledgements
Now, everybody has reeched his home but it is not a reason to forget all those who have supported our project. First of all, this seminar couldn't have been possible without the support of ERASMUS founds. This agreement as an intensive program is also...
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travel back home
The Swedes started their travel very early in the morning (6.30 am) . Then all the others took the bus offered by Montemor municipality and at 10.15 am we wer all at lisbonn airport. I t was difficult to leave us but as frenchies had a very short time...
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Day 3 : upper part of the valley
new day, new adventures at half past eight, we started the lectures by 2 presentations : different ways of landscape representations by Jean François Rodriguez and how to use landscape scenarios as a tool to facilitate the local participation. A litlle...
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start again
today is a great day the new landscape ambassador course has started again in a very nice place "Pagelsborg". it is an unbelievable countryside in the middle of the typical swedish Blekinge. Around 30 students from 6 countries, 5 discplines, 1 professor...
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last day evening
After the last debreefing, all students had free time. Some went in the town, others rented horses to ride on the countryside. At the same time, the professors met to discuss about the future landscape ambassador course that will be organised by Roland...
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Another secret
yesterday it was Sylvane's birthday and I everybody wished her an happy birthday at the dinner (and certainly after at the discothec). Form more details, you will have to ask her directly. And during the same dinner, we wanted to thank the ladies who...
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last day
Morning started later and it was necessary after these intensives days of work. As an encouragement the the leasure, the weather was wonderful, hot and sunny and it's clear now that spring has started. For all who come from mountaineous regions or from...
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final presentation
At 2.00 pm, the students who will have to present the work went down and started a last repetition The place was very nice, old building from the XVII th century as you can see on the photo As they had so many thngs to say, the students decided to put...
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D11 : preparing the final presentation
The whole day has been dedicated to the preparation of the final presentation Each group now knows rather well that he has to do and the group that combine all the approaches has started to conceive some trends and challenges for the future. group farm...
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D10 : first debriefing
Today started by a general meeting with all the students, in order to define which topics they had developed and what was their production. It took more that one hour an half but it was a necessity. That permit everybody to be better involved in the process....
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Became an insider - living as part of the landscape
Coming from Switzerland the swiss-portugaise couple Cathrine Henke Jose Cid live in a traditional countryhouse near to Montemor since more than 20 years. Their symbiosis with their surrounding landscape is a rare and extraordinary positive example. They...
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Some reflections on what landscape architects can learn from this landscape
Paintings by the norwegian painter Nicolai Astrup who wa sraised as a farmer but had to become a poor artist. Thinking about this landscape in Montemor and the Landscape Ambassador course as part of a landscape architecture education, I associate with...
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A landscape dice
Theresa has built a super funny dice, concerning some landscape subjects. This weekend she and some other students tried it in the local market of Montemor-o-Novo and in the street. The results were great! In the beggining people seemed a little suspicious...
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A partner in Landscape Ambassador 2008
This year the Landscape Ambassadors count with CEAI (Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica) as a partner. CEAI is developing the Ecoserviços project in the are of Monfurado and for that reason was able to provide some base information and knowledge about...
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D 8 : On the field
This morning the weather was fine, sunny and not to cold. A good thing after the sunday storm. The day started by a presentation of Isabel Ramos, about agricultural public policies in Europe and their consequences on the landscape. A very interesting...
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D9 :On the field (2)
As a habit now, the day started by Julia Carolino’s presentation about how to access local identity related to the perception of the landscape. This ethnological approach was a good frame to help students t drive better their enquiries and interviews...
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Recreation in the Montada today: be prepared to cross fences!
This landscape is made for walking This morning, I went out for a walk in the surroundingsof the Hotel da Ameira, walking first on the road going south. After a while though, i thought it would be more interesting to walk in the "fields". I climbed a...
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D7 : social break
After the nice evening spent in Evora with local food and specific songs, it was a necessity to have a rest. The morning was free and everybody took profit of this break to recharge their power and to treat little personal affairs. After a short lunch,...
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day 6 : it works!
Ths morning, it was freezing but it doesn't stop anybody to work Jean François Rodriguez from Bordeaux started the day by his presentation about the different ways to represent the landscape and how these representations can be used. It permit the non...
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PHOTOGRAPHERS CHALLENGE
Representing landscape dynamics needs to find documents that can show changes. We found some old views from Montemor-o-Novo and we started to reproduce them nowadays. We placed those pictures in the blog. We propose to you a “treasure hunting”. You could...
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D 5 building the methodology
After Anne-Katrine lecture about aesthetic in the landscape, each group summed up its investigations and presented his tasks and the basis of the methodology to the others. Even if it takes time for 5 groups to explain their expectations, this period...
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Representing land-use practices
Could these pictures inspire someone to make some contemporary ones? Representations of land-use practices today: birdwatching, hunting, cycling, modern farming practices, ...? I found these on the outside of the market-place building in the center og...
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D 4 (afternoon) : work on the field
After all these discussions, it was really useful to have a better idea of how the landscapes look like on the field. Fortunately, rain stopped at the end of the morning and a nice sunshine warmed the atmosphere washed by the previous rain. At 6.00 pm,...
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Welcome Catherine Henke
This morning we were visited by Catherine Henke, an artist that had born in Switzerland but lives in Montemor-o-Novo for a long time. For this reason she has a special inshight in this landscape. She left us a book with some of her artwork and a text...
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Day 4 (morning) landscape character assessment
New lecture this morning at 9.00 am as usual. Today we delt with "landscape character assessment" with Eva's conference. After an overview of the theoretical frame about the landscape, she developped the method elaborated by the Scotts and english research...