Digital Landscaping

28th IHC, Lisboa, 22-27 August 2010

Call for Abstracts still open

Seminar

Sm03 – PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH INFLUENCES ON GARDEN CULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT

WELCOME
Portuguese and Spanish influence on the development of cities and urban horticulture has been significant for many places around the world, particularly for the Americas. In some cases (for example South East Asia), this influence vanished over the time, or became modified within regional cultures. In other cases, the Muslim heritage became meaningful. Out of this came a complex system of multifaceted cross-cultural relations between the garden cultures of those countries.

The seminar will discuss recent scholarly studies addressing the questions of Portuguese, Spanish and Muslim influence on gardens, parks and open spaces, horticulture and use of plants, designed landscapes in the Americas -with a special emphasis on Brazil- and South East Asia from the 15th to the 21st centuries.

THEME & SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

Themes for the Seminar include:
1. Garden Culture, Landscape and Urban Horticulture in Portuguese and Spanish Speaking Countries
2. Exchange of Ideas on Landscape, Urban Horticulture and Garden Culture and Design between Portugal and Spain and Latin America, Africa and South East Asia
3. Islamic Influence on Urban Horticulture and Garden Culture in the Iberian Peninsula

Organized by ISHS – Commission Landscape and Urban Horticulture

Conveners
Gert Groening
Garden Culture and Open Space Development
Institute for History and Theory of Design
Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany

Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Institute for Architecture and Landscape
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Seminar will be held at the Lisboa Congress Centre as part of the 28th International Horticulture Congress, a world conference on horticultural sciences. Symposium participants must register to the Congress and will have full access to the Congress activities and scientific programme.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS STILL OPEN!

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Important Dates
January 31, 2010 – Deadline for abstract submission
April 30, 2010 – Advanced registration at lower fee

IHC Lisboa 2010 Secretariat for scientific programme

28^th International Horticultural Congress

Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa – Portugal

Tel. +351 961 068 237 / Fax. + 351 214 411 797

Email: info@ihc2010.org

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