A Transdisciplinary Approach to Uncertain Landscapes

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-38030-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Landscape Series

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Uncertain Landscapes explores the concept of landscape as a site of dialogue among heterogeneous and discontinuous “critical zones,” drawing on Bruno Latour’s framework of spaces where epistemological conflicts converge. It examines how such landscapes make visible what is often overlooked: variability, multiplicity, and the interplay of different scales, temporalities, and disciplines.

Approached as transversal mediators, it reveals complexity through accessible forms, shifting emphasis away from a purely visual definition toward experience, collective processes, and the intersection of diverse forms of knowledge. The provisional nature of uncertain landscaepes raises the question of whether they will persist or be supplanted by more instrumental frameworks.

The book positions landscape as a conceptual tool for rethinking human relationships with inhabited environments. It seeks to disrupt disciplinary boundaries in order to address contemporary challenges, and proposes landscape as a means of engaging past knowledge while supporting the construction of diverse and environmentally conscious futures.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanco-Rotea, Rebeca

Labastida Juan, Marta

Queiroz, Ana Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Bachelor Machine.- A (Political) Chronicle Of A Journey Along The Boundaries Of The 43 Parallel.- Flood Adaptation.- A Transcription Essay.- Post Industrial Landscapes.- Learning Trough Rejection Landscapes.- Toronto’s Interzone.- Neom Barren Landscape Of 21 Century Virtual Utopia.- A Worn Out Architecture, A Plausible Territory, A Disoriented Human Being.- The Literary Arsonist.- Landscapes Dreamed Of And Designed By Children.- Uncertainty Between Event And Fragment.- Exploring Liminal Spaces.- Imagery Resources Of A Landscape.- Ecologies Of Change In Co Responding Global Landscapes.- Seascape Visualization As A Tool To Support Ocean Literacy.- Fading Myths Reading The Landscape Through Serpent Tales.- Via Xix A Public Space For Landscape Interpretation Between Braga And Cávado River.- Unvealing Marranas.- Transdisciplinary Perspectives And Theoretical Reflections On The Mathematical Landscapes Of Modern Warfare.- The Uncertain Future Of The Witwatersrand.- Stone As A Raw Material, Product And Process.- Ceramic Waste And Opportunities.- Legal Person Rights For Nature And An Analytical Critique Of Anthropocentrism And Anthropocene.- A Way Of The Human Trace.- Architecture In Cohabitation.- Representing Uncertainty Within A Lived Experience In Temporary Emergency Solutions.- Traditional Public Participation Is No Longer Enough To Drive The Shift Towards Decarbonization.- Placing The Walking Body.- Walking As A Catalyst For The Emergence Of A Network Of Public Spaces In Neglected Urban Areas.- Crossing Boundaries On Landscape Cognition And Embodiment.

Über Autor(innen)

Rebeca Blanco-Rotea (Vigo, 1973) is an archaeologist specialising in landscape and architecture. She is a Assistant Researcher at the Laboratory of Landscapes, Heritage and Territory (Lab2PT) at the University of Minho (Portugal) and at IN2PAST — the Associated Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory. Trained in art history and archaeology, she holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of the Basque Country (2017). Her research focuses on historic architecture, cultural landscapes, and the socialisation and management of heritage. She has held research posts at the University of Santiago de Compostela and at the CSIC in Spain. She has coordinated the Heritage and Cultural Assets Section of the Galician Council for Culture (Spain).

Marta Labastida (Barcelona, 1972) is an architect and landscape architect with a PhD in Architecture. She teaches at the School of Architecture, Art and Design at the University of Minho, where she coordinates courses on territory, landscape, and public space. A researcher at Lab2PT and IN2PAST, her work focuses on landscape as an operative tool for territorial planning and resilience. She has also been involved in editorial, academic, and professional initiatives in architecture and landscape

Ana Isabel Queiroz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH), and researcher in the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) and in the In2Past -  Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory . With a background in biology, ethology, and landscape architecture, she works at the intersection of environmental humanities, history, and socio-ecological systems. Her research addresses landscape, land use, and sustainability, and she has published widely on environmental history.