Cultural Landscape Insights is a multidisciplinary journal that explores and understands the complex interplay between culture, organization, society, and physical environments. This journal provides a platform for researchers, scholars, and practitioners to delve into the rich tapestry of cultural expressions, traditions, and their dynamic relationship with the landscapes they inhabit.
Dr. Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra, a lecturer, Architect, Researcher, Author, Urban Planner, Interior Design, Landscaper, Designer, and Yoga Teacher, was born on June 3, 1971, in Bangli Bali, with expertise in architecture, design, urban planning, and yoga teaching. Holds degrees in architecture, art, and philosophy. Joined Udayana University in 1997, published 19 books, and held 56 intellectual property rights. Founder of Goldmonk Architect and Goldmonk Yoga, actively involved in professional associations, with 15 Certificates of Expertise. Completed over 60 design projects, recognized as Asia's Best Architect in 2018. An award-winning yoga teacher since 2003. Champion of Outstanding Lecturer at Udayana University in 2018.
Dr. Patrizia Violi, Full Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna. is director of VS. Quaderni di studi semiotici, and Former Director of the International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities `Umberto Eco` and of TraMe - Centro di Studi Semiotici sulle Memorie Culturali. Among other publications, Patrizia Violi is the author of Meaning and Experience (Indiana University Press, 2001], Landscapes of Memory. Trauma, Space, History, (Peter Lang, 2017). She was PI of two Marie Curie EU exchange projects on memory and trauma in Europe and Latin America.
Dr Paraskevi Eleftheriou holds a Ph.D. in Pedagogy from the University of Athens. The object of her study is intercultural education, the integration policies for students with heterogeneous cultural backgrounds, and the formation of the institutional framework for the education of students with heterogeneous cultural characteristics. Currently, she collaborates with the Intercultural Education Laboratory of University of Athens. She completed postgraduate studies in the postgraduate program "Theory, Practice and Evaluation of the Educational Process" at the Philosophical School of Athens. She is a graduate of the Athens School of Philosophy and has been working as a secondary education philologist since 2010. She has participated in research projects for the Intercultural Education Laboratory of the University of Athens. Her research interests are educational research as an axis of intercultural education, critical research in relation to the institutional framework, the education of immigrants and refugees, the application of critical pedagogy, and critical discourse analysis. Based on these interests, she has published articles, presentations and chapters in collective volumes in international and domestic publications.
Jaime Correa is the Director of the Undergraduate Program, an Associate Professor in Practice, and the former Director of the Master of Urban Design (aka: Suburb and Town Design) at the School of Architecture of the University of Miami (position held from 1996 to 2014) where he was also the Knight Professor in Community Building. He currently teaches design, theory, and representation in the Miami and Rome programs of the University of Miami. In 2018, he was a Visiting Professor at Zhuhai College of Jilin University, in China. His paper Practice of Unbuilt Projects (Jaime Correa and Associates) explores the intersection between architecture, art, philosophy, culture, and urbanism. He is one among the 14 architects and town planners who launched the American New Urbanism movement, one of its most important promoters in Latin America and Europe, and one of its most significant critics. From 2013-2017, he served as a Climate Reality Mentor under the tutelage of former Vice-President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore. He is the author of “Unbuilt Intentions: towards a new phenomenology of cities and architecture”, “Redacted Distillations: Le Corbusier’s transformative erasures”, “Seven Recipes for the New Urbanism”, “Self-sufficient Urbanism”, “Tales of the Departed” and “New Harmony: a counterproposal to Charles Fourier’s Phalanstery”, approximately 17 book chapters, and many articles and papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, newspapers, and magazines.
Dr. Luciano Micali is a researcher in the field of the History of Philosophy, with a focus on late ancient and medieval philosophy. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Freiburg Breisgau (Germany) with a dissertation on Heymericus de Campo. Afterward, he carried out research activities at the Charles University of Prague and at the University of Helsinki, where he currently works. He taught courses on the History of Philosophy at the Universities of Freiburg, Prague, and Helsinki. His interests are interdisciplinary and touch upon philosophy, theology, classical and medieval philology, history, and intellectual history.
Luciano Micali published several scientific contributions in renowned academic journals and collective volumes. Throughout the years, he disseminated his research in international conferences and research colloquia, as well as invited lecturer in various universities and research institutions.
Óscar Cabral is a Portuguese granted doctoral fellow and researcher at Basque Culinary Center, Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences, Mondragón University (San Sebastián, Spain], with a public PhD grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal. He holds a BSc in Public Administration, an MSc in Administration and Public Management, and minors in Public Policy and European Studies at the University of Aveiro, respectively. Óscar also holds a Technological Specialization Course in Culinary Arts from the Hospitality and Tourism School of Lisbon (Hons Degree).
Óscar used to work with public policy implementation, e-government and government relations. After a career change, Óscar worked as a gastronomic consultant, Chef instructor and consultant Executive Chef in hotels and restaurants. He also worked in gastronomic and culinary communication (MasterChef Portugal and Teleculinária).
Óscar researches gastronomy, cultural diplomacy, identity, gastronomy as heritage and as a touristic asset, political use of gastronomy, nation branding, food promotion, traditional foodways, food products, rituals, techniques, and culinary practices.
Dr. Wang Fengyan is a Professor at the School of Psychology of Nanjing Normal University and serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Moral Education, which is recognized as a Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education. His primary research focuses on Chinese cultural psychology and wisdom psychology.
Dr. Wang is credited with pioneering the study of Chinese cultural psychology and has significantly contributed to its advancement. He authored the first domestic monograph on Chinese Cultural Psychology, enhancing its prominence and vitality within academic discourse. Additionally, he authored the inaugural research monograph on wisdom psychology in China, titled 'Theoretical Exploration and Application Research of Wisdom Psychology,' wherein he introduced the innovative concept of 'The Wisdom Theory of an Integration of Virtue and Cleverness.'
Throughout his career, Dr. Wang has published over 70 academic papers in internationally renowned journals dedicated to moral education research. His scholarly contributions have garnered recognition, including the prestigious third prize of the Science Research Famous Achievement Award in Higher Institution (Humanities and Social Sciences) awarded by the Ministry of Education.
Nurul Huda Hamzah is a Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She received her PhD at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom in 2018. As an educator, she has been teaching primarily in the Sociolinguistics area. As an administrator, she has always been enamored with the idea that international collaboration and cooperation are one of the underused tools that promote the linguistic and cultural enhancement of learners. For this reason, she has promoted international teaching exchange programs and committed a great deal of time and effort to start such programs. Her most recent interest involves investigating various ways to enhance the visibility and salience of languages on public and commercial signs around Malaysia.
Dr. Yifan Zuo is an accomplished researcher and educator with a rich academic background and diverse professional experiences on tourism management from Jinan University, China. Dr. Zuo explored the intricacies of destination vibrancy and its impact on tourists' behavioral intentions in their doctoral research.
With a Master's degree in Physical Education from Shenzhen University, where the focus was on traditional sports and games, Dr. Zuo delved into the identity of digital media communication in sports intangible cultural heritage for their M.Ed. dissertation.
In the realm of academic publishing, Dr. Zuo has an impressive portfolio, contributing to over 30 journal articles, co-authoring a textbook, and co-editing numerous books.
Graduating with a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Nanjing Tech University and a master's degree in Urban Environmental Design from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Xie Jiangtao brings a solid educational background to the current role. Currently employed at Yangzhou Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., his primary focus lies in urban studies, cultural landscapes, spatial econometrics, and related areas. Alongside his professional commitments, he has founded the XG Research Group, a research studio where he collaborates with esteemed professors from various universities.
Ahmadreza Mohebbi has a Ph.D. in Education with a focus on language, culture, and society at the University of Auckland. His research interests include Cultural Linguistics, Linguistic Landscape, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL], Materials and Curriculum Development for English Language Teaching and Learning, and Mixed methods studies. He has served as a reviewer for the Cogent Arts & humanities, Scientometrics, and Ampersand Journals. He has published several papers in international journals such as the International Journal of Multilingualism, The Reading Matrix, TESL-EJ, and Ampersand.
Dr. Zhuo grew up in Guizhou, China, and has lived abroad in the United Kingdom and the United States. As a fourth-generation teacher, she inherited the desire to pursue a career as an educator and has been working as a language instructor for over ten years. She got her doctoral degree in literacy, culture, and language at Oakland University, and now she is teaching Chinese at Calvin University.
As a professor, she encourages students to use language in meaningful contexts, introduces Chinese cultural literacy, and inspires students to understand Chinese culture from various perspectives. As a researcher, her academic interests are English as a Second Language and Chinese as a Foreign Language pedagogical approaches, Pragmatics and strategic usages of Chinese, Chinese history, culture, and calligraphy. Dr. Zhuo enjoys traveling, reading, films, and music, especially singing Chinese folk songs, but Chinese calligraphy is one of her favorite hobbies. She enjoys giving Chinese calligraphy demonstrations at cultural festivals and helping people appreciate the beauty of traditional Chinese characters.
Dr. Teiborlang T. Kharsyntiew is an Assistant Professor of European Studies at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Before Joining JNU, he taught in the Department of International Relations at Sikkim University, Gangtok. In 2017, he was awarded a month-long Research Stay fellowship at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin as part of the University Grants Commission, India and the DAAD, Germany’s project on Indo-German Partnership in Higher Education. In 2022, he was awarded the EU visitor programme. Besides research on issues of European Security, his research interest includes borderland studies and India’s north-eastern region. He holds an MA in Politics from JNU, and M.Phil and Ph.D from the Centre for European Studies, JNU.
Professor Hamid Zargham Borujeni has been a distinguished faculty member at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran since 1982, renowned as the 'father of scientific tourism in Iran.' He has shaped the academic program of tourism management in the country and taught courses such as 'Tourism Policy' and 'Tourism Development Planning.' With over 80 research papers and 16 textbooks to his name, Professor Borujeni's contributions to the field are extensive. He has also consulted on tourism development projects for over 30 years, earning recognition for his practical research achievements. Currently serving as the chief editor of the 'Quarterly Journal of Social Studies in Tourism' and a member of editorial boards for prominent journals, Professor Borujeni continues to influence the scholarly discourse on tourism management.
Dr. Dionysis Mourelatos read History and Archaeology at the University of Athens. He was awarded an M.A. in Byzantine Art and Archaeology and a Phd (2009) in the same field also at the University of Athens. His PhD Thesis was entitled 'Icon: its placement and function. Developing an electronic thesaurus of terms'. Since 2009 he teaches or has taught in several universities in Greece and Cyprus. He has worked on many research projects for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Athens, the Ionian University, the Mount Sinai Foundation in Athens and the Monastery of Saint Catherine's at Sinai. He has written and presented several papers, mostly on art history and archaeology of Sinai and the Historiography of Byzantine Art and Archaeology. He was the editor of the volume 'Art and Archaeology in Byzantium and Beyond' (B.A.R., Oxford 2021) and the curator of the exhibition “Smyrna in the early 20th century: through the eyes of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis” at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens (December 2022-April 2023).
