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Browsing Author: Ilaria Vanni

Who is the best PhD supervisor?

By: Ilaria Vanni Mar 06 '22 Date: March 6, 2022 Comments: 0

  The answer is ‘Ilaria’. So, I won the University of Technology Sydney Research Excellence Award for Supervisor of the Year and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than inviting new graduate students to come and work with Alexandra Crosby and me. If you have a project in mind that addresses environmental […]

Place-based Methodologies

How do we research place? A podcast series on place-based methodologies

By: Ilaria Vanni Oct 09 '21 Date: October 9, 2021 Comments: 0

How do we research place? Place as a concept has been the subject of multiple debates, reflecting arts, humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines’ increasing interest in space and place. Because of these debates, there are multiple definitions of place and multiple ways to study place. There are also many different place-based approaches. In this […]

The Plantiness of Bankstown, a video invitation

By: Ilaria Vanni Oct 28 '20 Date: October 28, 2020 Comments: 0

Bankstown Arts Centre produced this short video of us introducing The Plantiness of Bankstown. The video is part of a YouTube series presenting all the artists in Symbiosis, the inaugural Bankstown Biennale. There are important tips, such as finding mulberries and spotting ibis.

The Planty Atlas of UTS

By: Ilaria Vanni Aug 15 '20 Date: August 15, 2020 Comments: 0

The Planty Atlas of UTS mapped the local environment of the UTS neigbourhood to draw attention to – and spark curiosity about – the role of plants in our day-to-day lives. By engaging UTS staff and students, we conducted a series of mapping walks at and around UTS to expore the local plant life and observe, interact, reflect and accept feedback from our chosen routes. Coupled with a curated installation of plants and books at the the UTS Library and the production of seed balls, maps and photographs of our findings, this project urged participants to consider how our understanding of the world can shift when we let ourselves be guided by plants. Funder: UTS Library

Planty maps as treasure maps: Mapping Edges at TeachMeet

By: Ilaria Vanni Oct 25 '19 Date: October 25, 2019 Comments: 0

How to make seed balls

By: Ilaria Vanni Sep 24 '19 Date: September 24, 2019 Comments: 0

Kangaroo Grass

By: Ilaria Vanni Sep 21 '19 Date: September 21, 2019 Comments: 0

You can make seed balls using just about any type of seeds. We chose kangaroo grass for our workshop because of what we knew about its significance to Aboriginal farming practices and because its ability to ‘wiggle’ was very appealing to us. Themedatriandra, commonly known as kangaroo grass, is a native perennial grass that grows […]

Yellow envelops containing seeds.

The Haberfield Street Seed Library

By: Ilaria Vanni Apr 14 '19 Date: April 14, 2019 Comments: 0

Haberfield gardening: a conversation with Jeff Maylon

By: Ilaria Vanni Oct 14 '18 Date: October 14, 2018 Comments: 0
Bee Urban, Kennington Park in spring

Spring gardens: as above, so below.

By: Ilaria Vanni Jun 10 '18 Date: June 10, 2018 Comments: 0

This spring I visited a variety of gardens in UK, from grand National Trust estate properties to council estates plots. Everywhere I saw plant-human collaborations to green our environment and lives.

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