Post-War Visions for Tomorrow’s Landscape by Professor Luca Csepely-Knorr
5.30-7pm, 16th November 2023, Fine Art Lecture Theatre, Newcastle University
Booking link: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/events/item/luca-csepely-knorr/
In this lecture, Professor Luca Csepely-Knorr will discuss her ongoing Arts and Humanities Research Council-supported research project ‘Women of the Welfare Landscape’, focussing on the vital role of landscapes in the manifestation of the ideals of the British Welfare State and the yet unappreciated but indispensable contribution of women to this process. The talk will use networks and collaborations of female landscape architects as a lens through which broader questions such as professionalisation, international professional organisations and the role of education, policy and advocacy in the development of post-war landscape architecture can be explored. The lecture will ultimately ask: what can we learn from the recent past – and the work of women – that will help us tackle the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.
