PROKALO: An ESALA Postgraduate Lecture Series in partnership with the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities PhD Lab
10, 17, 24 April 2025
Since 2004 the seminar series titled 'PROKALO', which in Greek means 'to provoke' aims to promote stimulating discussions on issues relating Architecture and Landscape Architecture to the Environmental Humanities. PROKALO gives PhD students the opportunity to hear external lecturers that cross the disciplinary boundaries of architecture, landscape architecture and the humanities; for PhD students themselves to discuss their work amongst their colleagues; and finally, by providing a physical and virtual place of gathering.
The theme for 2025 was titled Encountering Place. During this three-part seminar series, we aimed to provoke how unique encounters with place can generate new meanings.
Lecture 1: Unexpected Encounters in Painting with Landscape by artist Amanda Watson and joined for the panel by Alice Barron-Eaves (PhD Creative Writing) and Jiaxin Li (PhD in Architecture and Fine Art)
Lecture 2: Hutting Culture: Encountering Access to Nature by Lesley Riddoch and joined for the panel by Adrian McNaught (PhD Architecture by Design) and Anna Stacey (PhD Art)
Lecture 3: Encounters in Our Built Environment: Walking as Noticing by Nohan ElHajj and joined for the panel by Rui Ma (PhD Architecture) and Priyanshu Thapliyal (PhD Geography)
