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This post is likely to diverge into multiple ways of knowing regions and territory. Paul Carter’s Ground Truthing: Explorations in a Creative Region poses an alternative idea of ground truthing to shift it from its technical application. He proposes an alternative that is “a philosophy of creative regions. If it succeeds it shows that the […]
November 18, 2022
At this stage, I am orienting my work towards reporting findings and making conclusions. This project was always focused on writing and publishing with a view to imprinting some alternative approaches to rural and regional planning and design and garnering interest in rural design. There are many competing claims on land and landscapes in this […]
November 17, 2022
It still rings true today. Posted by FarmingUK on facebook.
November 17, 2022
Just scanning twitter to see a tweet from Andres Rodriguez Pose saying “The multiple times highly cited Ron Boschma —recognised once again by @ClarivateAG yesterday— emphasises that, to have a successful #GreenTransition, we must fully grasp the complex geographical interactions that tinkering with specific sectors will entail.” Yep. Changing one thing will impact other systems […]
November 14, 2022
In an earlier post, I noted that Australian ideas of the rural tend to be encapsulated by references to ‘the bush’ as a locus for Indigenous, ecological and agricultural activities. In many ways, that remains problematic in that ‘the bush’ is very much a colonial imposition. Bromhead’s semantic study of the term ‘the bush’ in […]
November 13, 2022
Having undertaken various workshops and intensives on Design Futures with Tony Fry, it’s interesting to span design futures and rural design. In much of my reading, concerns are expressed about ‘balance’ – getting the balance right, balancing sustainability. In practice, that tends to mean trade offs rather than other relational propositions like integration, caring, equality, […]
November 11, 2022
Regions are complex systems in which wicked problems are evident. Linear processes of planning and development are not likely to succeed. The relational always needs to be embedded in the rural design process. The earlier mapping of the rural design process was a first draft to foreground Indigenous knowledge and experience. Shifting the priority in […]
November 7, 2022
Paying respects Several maps and sources indicate the Traditional Owners across South East Queensland and their relationships. According to Moreton Bay Regional Council, “the traditional custodians of the Samford Valley are of the Yuggera nation. Clan relations may well have extended into and from the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi and Waka Waka clans neighbouring this region […]
November 4, 2022
There’s no shortage of frameworks in design and planning, but this process is focused on strengthening the rural design framework and creating a bridge to ‘Connecting to Country’ and similar frameworks. Each iteration needs to be responsive to the people involved. There are a few options for approaching this and the outline below foregrounds the […]
October 31, 2022
Another principle of rural design is designing for climate change. In Thorbeck’s book, published a decade ago, responses to climate were far ranging and include many of the possibilities explored in Australia such as transition to renewable energy, restoring ecosystems and adopting sustainable or regenerative approaches to agriculture. More broadly, a Climate Council report published […]
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November 20, 2022
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