During the International event of Science Shops in Europe, The Inspiration days 2012, an award will be given to the author of the best Science Shop report. The Wageningen Science Shop nominated 3 projects from Wageningen University. Lise Alix, completed the Master International Development Studies at Wageningen University with a thesis research on an allotment park in Ede at Rural Sociology commissioned by the Science Shop of Wageningen University. Lise Alix is one of the nominees. Her thesis is in Dutch and called “Zo tuinieren zij dus“ (That is how they garden), but has an English Summary. The thesis was examined as excellent. The research by Lise was part of a larger project on ‘Tuinenpark Koekelt’ (allotmentpark De Koekelt), see the project site for more information. The final Science Shop report “Welkom op Tuinenpark De Koekelt” is largely based on the nominated thesis. Below a clip of the allotmentpark ‘De Koekelt’:
Author Archives: Ina Horlings
New regional Network Participand will use international knowledge
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articipand is an initiative of COS Gelderland and OIKOS to organise (inter)national students, migrants, organisaties and companies in a network on international sustainable development. The network wants to give support, stimulate interaction and exhange knowledge between people to enhance better projects and products. The Science Shop in Wageningen has published a report about the need and possibilities for such a network. This report is based on research of the master students Robin Bukenya and Franziska Nath, supervised by Communication Studies and Rural Sociology. An ACT group has made suggestions how to organize this network. Continue reading
Students invited for the course ‘A Global sense of place’
For whom?
We invite all master students interested in sustainable development, spatial development, community building, place-based policy, rural socio-logy and anthropology for this course.
What?
This course gives an overview of place-based approaches in development. A relational place-based approach is key to the understanding of interrelated rural and urban transformation processes and sustainable development. Places are considered as contingent but in time and space differentiated outcomes of three interrelated, unbounded, transformative processes: political-economic, ecological and social-cultural.
We will have discussions about:
• Sense of place
• Places as sites of negotiation and power struggles
• The constitution of identities, subjectivities and difference.
• Politics of place.
Why should you follow this course?
• Interesting international guest lectures (if enough students attend the course)
• Inter-disciplinary approach
• Urban and rural cases
• Interactive discussions in small groups
Some practical information:
Course code: RSO 55306; ECTS: 6, When: Period 2;
Lectures and Workshops on: Monday-, Tuesday-, Thursday- mornings.
Interested? For more information on the course see the detailed Course outline RSO-55306 (2012-2013) final
Kunst en lokale gemeenschappen
Community Art Lab XL en academie/ laboratorium voor kunstjournalistiek Domein voor Kunstkritiek organiseren een masterclass Future Writing about Art & Local Communities i.s.m het kunstenaarscollectief PEERGROUP (Drente) en dansgroep DE DANSERS (Utrecht), Het Dagblad van het Noorden en De Groene Amsterdammer. Ze zijn daarvoor op zoek naar:
1. Onderwijzers en pedagogen met interesse in kunst en cultuur
2. Cultuurmakelaars
3. Ambtenaren met een passie voor kunst en cultuur in lokale gemeenschappen
4. Experts op het gebied van voeding en leefwijzen, ontwikkelingen in de landbouw, planologie, biologie
5. Alumni en studenten van de Wageningen UR Continue reading
The City 2.0: Global e-conference about Integral Cities
City 2.0 is a virtual innovative conference that starts on September 4th featuring 50 visionaries, designers, teachers, and leading edge practitioners from different industries, sectors and disciplines, from all over the world, for a conversation about the future of the city. I feel honoured that I have been invited to participate in the first session about the ‘eco-region’ together with prof. Karen O’Brien from Norway.
The conference organizers invite everyone interested in the future of cities: “We’ll dream, dialogue, and design together. We want your voice to be included. This groundbreaking event completely free because we believe it’s just that important. We hope you’ll join us and share in the learning, inspiration, and envisioning”. Continue reading
Rural Sociology Wageningen University 