ABSTRACT
This investigation is a case study of landscape
architectural design education in South Africa. Current
forms of landscape architectural education are
influenced by Global North perspectives and often, if
not consciously, privilege particular ways of meaningmaking,
and exclude or marginalise experiences or ways
of knowing that are different. The aim of this research
is to develop a landscape architectural pedagogy
for diversity that fosters multiple perspectives and
valorises resources that students bring to their learning
environment, in order that students may both access
and challenge the dominant landscape educational
discourse. In grappling with these concerns, this
research finds resonance with a multimodal social
semiotic approach. Instead of labelling students as (in)
competent or (under)prepared, a multimodal social
semiotic approach emphasises the interest, agency and
resourcefulness of the student as meaning-maker. The
research thus reframes landscape architectural design
processes through a multimodal social semiotic lens,
providing new insights and clarity to these processes.
The approach foregrounds interpersonal and social
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Price, Christine "Redesigning landscape architecture in higher education: a multimodal social semiotic approach" Afribary. Afribary, 15 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/redesigning-landscape-architecture-in-higher-education-a-multimodal-social-semiotic-approach. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
Price, Christine . "Redesigning landscape architecture in higher education: a multimodal social semiotic approach". Afribary, Afribary, 15 May. 2021. Web. 15 Jan. 2025. < https://afribary.com/works/redesigning-landscape-architecture-in-higher-education-a-multimodal-social-semiotic-approach >.
Price, Christine . "Redesigning landscape architecture in higher education: a multimodal social semiotic approach" Afribary (2021). Accessed January 15, 2025. https://afribary.com/works/redesigning-landscape-architecture-in-higher-education-a-multimodal-social-semiotic-approach