Working Group 4

Communication & Dissemination

Mission

WG4 ensures that the Action’s goals, outputs, and resources reach a wide audience, including researchers, professionals, policymakers, and the public, through targeted communication and open-access dissemination. It uses both centralised and distributed platforms to share knowledge and foster engagement across disciplines and borders.

Key Activities

1. Action Website & Social Media Strategy

Creating and managing a central knowledge hub and developing public outreach.

Activities:

  • Developing and maintaining the website.
  • Implementing a social media strategy.

2. Developing a Multilingual Archival Glossary

Creating a collaborative, Wiki-based glossary of archival terms and landscape architectural terms translated by Action members to support cross-disciplinary understanding.

Activities:

  • Wikithons to define and translate key terms and concepts of archival science and landscape architecture.

3. Draft Policy Recommendations

Proposing policies to preserve LA archival heritage for future generations.

Activity:

  • A workshop to formulate actionable policy guidance.

4. Sharing Research Outputs

Promoting the Action’s findings through scholarly channels.

Activities:

  • Produce at least 3 academic papers.
  • Present at a minimum of 3 conferences, including the Action’s final conference.

5. Public Outreach & Engagement

Engaging the wider public – NGOs, governments, schools, professionals – through various media and public events.

Activity:

  • Publish online content, run an online exhibition.
  • Invite public bodies to participate in the final conference.

Recent Activites of Working Group 4

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All WGs, WG 3
Joint WG3 Seminar: Gaps, Needs and Wishes of Using Archival Materials in Teaching
A Madrid meeting hosted by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos advanced plans for a new landscape architecture archive, confirming institutional support and progress toward implementation with partners including ETSAM School of Architecture and the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects.
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All WGs, WG 3
2026 WG3 Regional Workshop Copenhagen: Archives as Learning Settings
A Madrid meeting hosted by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos advanced plans for a new landscape architecture archive, confirming institutional support and progress toward implementation with partners including ETSAM School of Architecture and the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects.
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All WGs, WG 3
2026 WG3 Regional Workshop Lisbon: Archives in the Classroom: Barriers, Wishes, and Needs
A Madrid meeting hosted by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos advanced plans for a new landscape architecture archive, confirming institutional support and progress toward implementation with partners including ETSAM School of Architecture and the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects.