| Kommentar |
This course explores how nature conservation, participatory community practices, and intercultural exchange can foster social cohesion and ecological awareness within the Thuringian region. It focuses on the socio-ecological relationships that shape local landscapes and communities while creating opportunities for residents, migrants, and international students to collaboratively engage in ecological stewardship and shared cultural practices. In collaboration with local organisations and communities, students will participate in conservation activities, workshops, excursions, storytelling sessions, gardening, harvesting, and community exchanges while learning about traditional ecological knowledge and sustainable land management practices. Interdisciplinarity | The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach by combining perspectives from environmental sciences, social sciences, cultural studies, media, and design.Students from different academic and cultural backgrounds work together through conservation activities in Thuringia, campus mapping, documentation, and the development of interventions for green spaces on the Bauhaus campus.
The course develops competencies in interdisciplinary collaboration, integrating different forms of knowledge, intercultural communication, participatory approach, and translating ecological and social observations into practical interventions. This connects theoretical reflection with practice-based learning. Learning Objectives | After successfully completing the seminar, students will understand the connections between ecological stewardship, participation, and social inclusion. They will develop skills in interdisciplinary collaboration, participatory observation, intercultural communication, documentation, and collaborative problem-solving. Students will also learn to transfer knowledge from field experiences into practical, inclusive, and sustainable interventions for campus transformation. Didactic Concept | The course follows a participatory and practice-based approach, combining theoretical discussions, experiential field learning, collaborative reflection, and creative documentation. Students engage directly with conservation practices and local landscapes, then transfer their observations and knowledge to the university campus through mapping, interdisciplinary group work, and the development of campus transformation interventions. The methodology builds on previous community-based workshop experiences and uses shared practical activities, peer learning, and public-facing outputs to foster intercultural dialogue, interdisciplinary collaboration, critical reflection, and socially engaged learning. |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Students are assessed through a final group presentation and public exhibition, in which they develop and communicate a campus transformation intervention based on their field experiences and course reflections. The assessment considers the integration of ecological and social perspectives, collaboration, critical reflection, feasibility, and communication. Bachelor students are expected to demonstrate a clear understanding and practical application of course concepts, while Master students are expected to show greater theoretical depth, methodological independence, and critical justification of their approach. |
