Participatory Landscape Design with Urban Minority Teens: Building Collective Efficacy for Landscape Stewardship.

participatory design;collective efficacy;urban minority teen;Landscape Architecture;Arts;Social Sciences;Landscape Architecture

Bartlett, M'LisGrese, Robert E ;

University of Michigan

关键词: participatory design;    collective efficacy;    urban minority teen;    Landscape Architecture;    Arts;    Social Sciences;    Landscape Architecture;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

Participatory landscape design has the potential to build an ethic of care and community capacity for local landscape stewardship by providing an opportunity to build participants’ collective efficacy for future landscape stewardship efforts. Drawing from three fields of study –landscape architecture, environmental education and environmental justice, and their respective practices regarding community stewardship—participatory design, stewardship education and activism, this dissertation seeks to understand how participatory design practices can support the stewardship of local landscapes. Utilizing a school based participatory design project in which teens of color, living in a low income, post-industrial community built a new outdoor classroom and garden this dissertation examines how participation in such a project contributes to collective efficacy for landscape stewardship. The study employs quantitative and qualitative methods to a) understand the contributing factors of such an experience to collective efficacy construction for landscape stewardship; b) explore teen’s perceptions of their local landscapes as a basis for understanding efficacy for making landscape changes and c) provide suggestions to practitioners and educators working in similar communities for enhancing teens’ collective efficacy for landscape improvements through participatory processes.Three studies were conducted in conjunction with a seven month participatory design project. The first study examined changes in self and collective efficacy during the early phases of the participatory design program based on student responses to pre and post program surveys. The second study used photographs of landscapes similar to those found in the teens’ community to guide interviews that asked a) what kinds of outdoor spaces the teens preferred and why b) their suggestions for improvements and c) who could help them make these changes. The third study combines a description of students’ participation in the summer program with their reflections on the experience to explore how participating in the physical construction of one’s school yard may influence efficacy construction.Findings across these studies enhance our understanding of efficacy construction through participatory design programs promoting environmental action and landscape stewardship. Furthermore they suggest that collective efficacy for the often simple interventions of local landscape stewardship may enhance community pride, build community capacity and resilience.