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Seminar "Special Issues of Landscape Development": Planning ethics
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| Number | 0000001472 |
| Type | seminar |
| Duration | 3 SWS |
| Term | Sommersemester 2026 |
| Language of instruction | English,Deutsch |
| Position within curricula | See TUMonline |
| Dates | See TUMonline |
Admission information
See TUMonline
Note: The module is primarily aimed at students enrolled in the Master's programmes in "Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning" and "Engineering Ecology". Further participants from other degree programmes may be accepted upon consultation.
Note: The module is primarily aimed at students enrolled in the Master's programmes in "Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning" and "Engineering Ecology". Further participants from other degree programmes may be accepted upon consultation.
Description
Ethical aspects and questions of justice are rarely addressed explicitly in planning, and the values and norms underlying planning decisions usually remain hidden. Yet spatial planning in particular always raises moral questions. What goals and ideals should guide us in landscape development? What (moral) responsibility do we bear as professional planners? What issues of social justice are involved? And should we not also include other living beings in these considerations, beyond humans?
In this course, we will discuss norms, values and morals using selected spatial planning case studies. The aim is to analyse the current situation, identify the moral issue underlying the conflict, and analyse, evaluate and weigh up the existing arguments. In a final step, questions of implementation in planning will be examined with a view to ethical decision-making.
In this course, we will discuss norms, values and morals using selected spatial planning case studies. The aim is to analyse the current situation, identify the moral issue underlying the conflict, and analyse, evaluate and weigh up the existing arguments. In a final step, questions of implementation in planning will be examined with a view to ethical decision-making.
Teaching and learning methods
According to the Modul description WZ6313 Spezielle Fragen der Landschaftsentwicklung ("Special Issues of Landscape Development")
The course takes place in seminar form as an interactive course and enables in-depth examination of the content through discussions, group work and presentations in smaller groups. Students will be provided with preparatory texts for each session, which will be critically discussed in the seminar. Students take it in turns to present topics or case studies, including independent material research and literature study. They have the opportunity to reflect on their own work as well as the contributions of others, to discuss them together and to develop them further through constructive criticism. At the end of the course, the results developed during the course are prepared in writing in the form of a podcast script and presented as a recorded podcast episode.
The course takes place in seminar form as an interactive course and enables in-depth examination of the content through discussions, group work and presentations in smaller groups. Students will be provided with preparatory texts for each session, which will be critically discussed in the seminar. Students take it in turns to present topics or case studies, including independent material research and literature study. They have the opportunity to reflect on their own work as well as the contributions of others, to discuss them together and to develop them further through constructive criticism. At the end of the course, the results developed during the course are prepared in writing in the form of a podcast script and presented as a recorded podcast episode.