Webinar: Introduction to Afrocentric Design Principles in Landscape Architecture

This two-hour webinar offers an opportunity to learn landscape design principles through the lens of Afrocentric worldviews. Landscape architecture, often dominated by colonial and Eurocentric narratives, can instead become a powerful site for reclamation, honoring cultural identities, and preserving meaningful place-based practices.

In this session, we will center African cosmologies that highlight the interconnectedness of all life. These traditions view the land as a living, dynamic being that reflects and embodies natural, cultural, and spiritual values. This webinar will cover the foundations of Afrocentric principles in landscape design and the placekeeping values and practices that sustain African/ African-descendant cultural landscapes.

You are invited to move beyond Eurocentric ideologies and reimagine landscapes that celebrate a sense of place and design practices rooted in honoring places, histories, and culture.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• An overview of Afrocentric design principles throughout history and across geographies.
• Insights into ethnobotany from an Afrocentric perspective.
• Methodologies and approaches for applying these principles in contemporary design.

This webinar offers a chance to reconnect with ancestral wisdom, challenge dominant narratives, and envision landscapes that honor truth, justice, and care through Afrocentric worldviews.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Those interested in learning Afrocentric design principles in landscape architecture.
• Anyone curious about sustainable models for preserving African and Afro-descendant cultural landscapes.
• Spatial designers looking to expand their understanding and practices from an Afrocentric perspective.
• Curious minds passionate about rethinking the built environment.

Instructor: Lys Divine Ndemeye

Date: March 1st, 2025

Location: Online (zoom)

Time: 1PM- 3PM

The webinar is offered on sliding scale: $100- $200

• Webinar info will be sent after purchasing.