John Thackara on Landscapes of Care

Video via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG5gEE_zCdY

Description

"This talk, Landscapes of Care, is my introduction to the Glasgow School of Art Winter School 2025. It explores how - in specific real-world contexts - design can enhance relationships between human beings, places, and living systems. I describe examples from India, China, and Scotland. In April, 90 students from these and other countries will meet at the GSA Highlands & Islands campus in Forres, Scotland, to work further on the theme. Our hosts there will be Irene McAra-McWilliam OBE, Professor Gordon Huff, and Dr Albert Fuster. "

Directory

Concepts and projects mentioned:

05:17 Depaving movement: “Free The Soil”

06:57 Microbial City

12:49 Natural Farming (agroecology) in India

16:15 Oyster reef restoration in China

21:47 Findhorn Watershed Initiative in Scotland

27:30 Ways of Knowing, Arts of Attention