Relational Placemaking: The Emerald Necklace (MTL-0187)

Fall 2026 · MTL 0187 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Using the Emerald Necklace park system as a point of reference and response and drawing from principles of relational aesthetics, human ecology, and land acknowledgement, students will be invited to explore practices of cultivation, care and placemaking in connection with Emerald Necklace sites of their own choosing. Studio/seminar course introduces a variety of interconnected concepts and questions related to environmental studies, landscape history, Indigenous technology, sustainability, ecology, migration, mythology, as well as examples of corporeal and collaborative approaches to the land including: community gardens, walking meditation, foraging, ethnobotany, and shinrin-yoku or forest bathing.

Course codes: MTL-0187, MTL 0187, MTL0187, MTL-187, MTL 187, MTL187

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