Sara Jensen Carr

"Landscapes of Uncertainty" is the first issue of the "student-initiated and curated" journal of the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. The issue was assembled against the backdrop of last year's global uprisings, so the uncertainty addresses the "tension between these societal shifts and the physical landscape that we both inherit and construct." Essays and projects are split into three sections: Unclaimed Territories, Temporal Environments, and Pop Up; I'm guessing that the theme of subsequent issues will find relevant threads to group contributions. Issue 01 is a solid collection that gives a good snapshot of how landscape architects and students are addressing important issues today. The next topic is "Grit," and for those interested the call for submissions deadline is January 4, 2013.… (mehr)