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Americas

Connecting research across North, Central and South America, with participation spanning universities and institutions throughout the Americas and wider international collaborations.

Region North, Central and South America
Languages English
Coordinator Zannah Matson
Contact sarah.lawton@landscaperesearch.org
Join Open to LRG members
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Overview

About this Network

The Americas Landscape Research Network connects researchers and practitioners working across North, Central and South America, providing a platform for exchange on shared landscape challenges, research approaches and regional contexts. The network supports dialogue across countries, disciplines and traditions, recognising the diversity of landscapes across the Americas and the value of cross-regional collaboration.

The network currently centres on informal coffee hour discussions that bring together participants from across the Americas to share research, ideas and emerging themes. These sessions provide a flexible space for cross-regional exchange and act as a starting point for broader collaboration. There is strong potential to develop this activity further through additional discussions, collaborative initiatives and shared research themes as the network grows.

This network operates alongside the Latin American Landscape Research Network, with complementary roles. The Latin American network supports Spanish and Portuguese language exchange, while the Americas network enables broader cross-regional dialogue. Participants are welcome to engage in either or both networks.

As the network develops, there are opportunities to expand activity through collaborative exchanges, thematic discussions, and connections between institutions and researchers across the Americas. The network therefore offers scope for participants to help shape its future direction and contribute to building a stronger cross-regional community.

Participation is open to anyone interested in landscape research across the Americas.

We welcome researchers and practitioners working across Latin America to connect with others, share ideas and contribute to regional dialogue. To join in and participate with this networks’ informal gatherings, please sign up to the Americas Coffee Hour mailing list. To express your interest or learn more about how you can help us develop this network, please contact LRG directly.

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Coordinators

Network Leadership

Zannah Matson

Zannah Matson

Coffee Hour Host
University of Colorado Boulder
Focus Areas

Research Themes

  • Landscape and embodiment
  • Analogical and transdisciplinary design approaches
  • Landscape and mental health
  • Autonomous and experimental design methods
  • Models, representation and landscape thinking
Publications

Spotlight Outputs

Public History and Outdoor Recreation: A Landscape Perspective
Article
Public History and Outdoor Recreation: A Landscape Perspective
Mary T Biggs · 2023
This article explores heritage and outdoor recreation in a North American context, relevant to cross-regional landscape discussions across the Americas network.
Legacies of Violence: Land, Law, and Indigeneity in the American West
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Legacies of Violence: Land, Law, and Indigeneity in the American West
Danika Cooper · 2021
This recorded event examined land, indigeneity and landscape history in the American West, relevant to cross-regional discussions across the Americas network.
Staying with the trouble: critical and creative approaches to the climate and biodiversity crises
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Staying with the trouble: critical and creative approaches to the climate and biodiversity crises
Vanessa Lastrucci · 2019
This short blog series by Vanessa Lastrucci accompanies our Landscape Symposium 2019, entitled Staying with the trouble: critical and creative approaches to the climate and biodiversity crises.
Activities

Roadmap & Activities

The Americas Coffee Hour series

Hosted by Zannah Matson, these online events provide an informal space for landscape researchers and practitioners across North, Central and South America to connect and share ideas. Sessions typically feature short presentations followed by open discussion on emerging research themes, from landscape and embodiment to design methods and mental health. The series offers a welcoming entry point for new participants.

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The Americas Coffee Hour series

Get Involved

Participation is open to anyone interested in landscape research in this region. You do not need to be an LRG member to take part.

LRG membership is encouraged for those wishing to connect more closely with the wider international community, funding opportunities and publications.

We welcome researchers and practitioners working across Latin America to connect with others, share ideas and contribute to regional dialogue. To join in and participate with this networks’ informal gatherings, please sign up to the Americas Coffee Hour mailing list. To express your interest or learn more about how you can help us develop this network, please contact LRG directly.

Join mailing list for Americas Coffee Hour Contact LRG directly