Finding common ground: use of a geographically-framed landscape template as an integrating platform for an international education initiative. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brierley, Gary; Li, Xilai; Qiao, Youming; Huang, He Qing; Wang, Zhaoyin
• Is Part Of: Journal of geography in higher education. Volume 42:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: International cooperation in higher education -- environmental science -- environmental management -- landscape -- collaboration -- partnership; Geography -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Periodicals; 910.711
• DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2017.1334193
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-8265

Abstract

Abstract: This situated case study outlines how a place-based landscape template provided an integrative platform for the environmental arm of a cross-disciplinary international education initiative, the Three Brothers Project, wherein geographers at the University of Auckland worked alongside engineers at Tsinghua University in Beijing to support collaborative research with grassland and agricultural scientists at Qinghai University in western China. These collaborative efforts built upon strategic leadership at government and university level, an appropriate resource base and engaged practitioners who developed and embedded research opportunities that built upon a shared commitment to research on environmental values in the source zone of the Yellow River. We highlight how a landscape framing brought together divergent mindsets, methodologies and practices in this collaborative research, providing an effective platform to share experiences, discuss perspectives and develop research outcomes.