Global
Study
ProgramCollaborative Learning Abroad

2018

Horticulture & Gardens
in Urban Society
Chiba University, Japan
Dresden University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Topic & Research Questions
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he topic of the 2018 Global Study Program (GSP) at
the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden

ultiple aspects can be regarded from the point ofview of different disciplines, for example natural(HTW) was ”Gardens and Horticulture in Urban Society“.

sciences and botany, engineering and technology,

Our concept aimed to take a holistic view on the topic

economy and social sciences, the arts and design.

by exemplarily looking at the city of Dresden, that ishorticulture with its various orientations and the planning

to use Dresden as a case study for our inquiries. Thusand layout of green elements and open spaces for

Dresden's land use patter n, historical, current andrecreation, contemplation and education just because of

future challenges relating to horticulture in and aroundthat involve various disciplines. It is not only among thethe city and problems concerning Dresden's manifold

populace, but especially also true among stakeholders

gardens and other green spaces such as parks wereand academics that there is a growing consciousness

to be taken into consideration by the students. Theseof the significance of green spaces in urban areas, andquestions related to the introductions of issues by"green options“ for future urban development become

various stakeholders, scientific and professional, publicwidely considered.

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and private, commercial and voluntary. The students all
brought in their respective fields, and also the involved

requently settlement patter ns relate directly toforms of historic landscapes, horticultural and green

professors all came from a different background, so a

open space structures. Protection and development ofmulti-facted approach to the overal topic was granted.

productive areas, gardens and parks, trees and other

Further, the professors from Dresden introduced theforms of vegetation are highly relevant in urban societies:

students to selected academic disciplines involved in

Issues include the allocation of private, common andstructuring the analytical, conceptual and informational

public land, professional production in small or large

process related to the topic.

firms, technologies ranging from closed systems indoorsWh e n t a l k i n g a b o u t g a rd e n s a n d o t h e r g re e n

to retrofitting cities with forms of socially oriented

spaces, it is not only about nature itself but

cultivation. Questions of resilience in times of social

the relationship to the people using such areas. The

and environmental change have to be discussed andrelationship between plants and mankind is permanently

transformed in concepts for the future as well of course.

subject to change and transformation. With this in mind,

t is for this outlook that issues which had to beIseveral subtopics and methodologies were introduced

tackled during this year's GSP included: A) Researchand teaching on botanical resources, horticulturalduring the preeducation sessions held prior to going toDresden and further elaborated during the introductory

technologies, parks and gardens; B) Reflections in thepart at the beginning of our stay in Dresden. The hopearts, historical and contemporary forms of garden andwe had in organizing the program this way was topark design, construction and management; C) the

see whether the differing background in Asia/Japansignificance of open space for horticulture, gardens,

and Europe/Germany can be transformed into criticalparks, woodlands and trees as elements of green

approaches and innovative suggestions for the future in

infrastructure in spatial planning; D) Environmental,

both parts of the world.

economic and social sustainability in horticulture,1

s u s t a i n a b i l i t y i n h o r t i c u l t u re , m a r k e t g a rd e n i n g ,horticulture and urban green spaces and how can theylandscape construction and management; E) the role

be connected to contribute to an environmentally andof allotments and community gardens, educational andsocially responsible urban society?

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children’s play areas, recreational values and potentials
of urban green spaces; and F) the political relevance

he overall didactic concept stayed in line withthe overall GSP standard. Based on a continuousof horticulture, gardening and green open spaces inprocess of information in individual research, work

future cities, stakeholders and decision-making in urban

i n s m a l l t e a m s a n d p l e n a r y s e s s i o n s , i d e a s w e resocieties. Of course this is not an exhaustive list, andconsolidated using practical examples on site and thenprofessors were keen to see which ideas the students

reflected. The individual and collective learning process

would come up with. Next to these issues, students had

is complemented by insights in Japanese/Asian andto grasp the width of the topic by considering further

German/European culture, sciences and politics. Results

questions such as the following:

are made available in presentations and documented in aWhich functions do plants and vegetation havesummary report. The student participants from Chiba andfor biodiversity, food and medicine as technical

Dresden represented a range of faculties and academic

materials and inspiration for engineering, as aprograms, for example in natural and social sciences,

constitutive urban element, as topic for the arts andhorticulture and business, environment, engineering andelement of design?

landscape planning. We were also happy that this year

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here and by whom can areas for the development

again pariticpants from all years, undergraduate andof vegetation, cultivation, harvesting, recreation,

graduate, were present. (C.Scherzer/J.Biontino)s o c i a l , c u l t u r a l a n d e n v i ro n m e n t a l e x p e r i e n c e b eprotected, planned, organised, designed and managed?

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hat are activities of academic, professional,
institutional and voluntary stakeholders related to

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門分野や年齢が様々な学生が協働学習を行うプログラムが GSP です。今回の GSP はドイツのドレスデン応用科学大学で行われました。千葉大学から工、理、園芸、看護、国際教養学部から 19 人、ドレスデン応用科学大学からは 10 人の学生が参加しました。約 2 週間のプログラムで、講義やフィールドワー

ク、グループごとのディスカッションを踏まえてプレゼンテーションを実施します。全て英語で行います。今

回のテーマは ”Urban Planning and Horticulture”。 持 続 可 能な社 会を作るためにどのような策をとる

べきかについて都市計画や園芸という観点から考えました。それぞれの専門分野を活かし、テーマについて
多角的に取り組みます。言語や国境の壁は高く、意見がぶつかることも多々ありますが、とても貴重な経験です。全く違う環境で育った人達と意見交換することで、自分の視野を広げる大きなきっかけとなります。

（浅川 さくら / Sakura Asakawa）

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Schedule of Activities
Pre-course

Day

Contents				11 JuneOnline meet & greet with lecture by Prof. Scherzer

16 JuneVisit to Chiba University Matsudo Campus Department of Horticulture,
Lectures by Prof. Kinoshita and Prof. Kondo

19 JuneOnline lecture by Prof. Schröder

26 June
3 JulySafety concerns, preparation advice, workshop on collaborativity
Introduction of Survey Methodology by Prof. Gaitanidis

16 July

Guided tour of the Tokyo station area and its Greenspaces by Prof. Nagase

Post-course

Main Program

6,8 August Preparation of cultural presentations

September
14
ChibaU students’ departure from Chiba
15
Arrival of ChibaU students in Dresden, first orientation of the city
16
Informal Welcome, Dresden Inner City walk and Museum visit
17
Official Welcome, Cultural Presentation and HTW Campus tour
18
Glaeserne Manufaktur visit (Smart Mobility), Visit to Botanical Gardens &lecture; Afternoon guided tour through Dresden's Großer Garten
19
Visit to HTW laboratories, Workshops, Visit to the Pillnitz campus and Vineyard
strolly, Introduction to research at the Pillnitz Campus (lecture/demonstration),guided walk through Pillniz Gardens
20
Field Trip to Berlin: VIsit of INFARM Company (Brickborne Farming);
Tempelhof Airfield excursion
Late afternoon visit to the German Reichstag
Evening meeting and city walk about tree planting and management
21
Lecture and Workshop
22
Intermediate presentations and Discussion / Orientation for further teamwork
23
Intercultural field trips to either Saxon Switzerland National Park or Prague
24
Workshops, Lecture, Visit to the Community Open Space "Hufewiesen"
25
Workshop day
26
Final presentations & farewell party
27
Individual activties: Meissen visit, Kleingarten visit
28
Departure of ChibaU students from Dresden

26 October Feedback from the GSP Team, Reworking of final presentations

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Roland Stenzel (Rector, HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ralph Sonntag (Vice-Rector for Teaching and Study, HTW Dresden)
Juliane Terpe (Head, HTW Dresden International Office)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Zipser (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. eh. Jochen Dietrich (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr. agr. Prof. h.c. Fritz-Gerald Schroeder (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lentz (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Günther (HTW Dresden)
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Müller (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr. Christoph Neinhuis (TU Dresden, Director, Institute of Botany )Dr. Barbara Ditsch (TU Dresden, Botanical Garden, Scientific Director)
Dr. Ingolf Hohlfeld (Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie)
Beate Hohlfeld (Weinberggemeinschaft Weinberg Pillnitz e.V.)
Prof. Dr. habil. Hartmut Balder (Beuth-Hochschule Berlin)
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Nico Domurath (Managing Director, INTEGAR)
Anja Wittich M.Sc. (Hufewiesen e.V. Dresden)Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Erika Schmidt (TU Dresden)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Scherzer (Dresden/Stuttgart)
Prof. Dr. Isami Kinoshita (Chiba U)
Prof. Dr. Satoru Kondo (Chiba U)
Prof. Dr. Ayako Nagase (Chiba U)
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Gaitanidis (Chiba U)
Prof. Dr. Satoko Kobayashi (Chiba U)---Prof. Dr. Juljan Biontino (Chiba U)
Prof. Dr. Hiroki Igarashi (Chiba U)
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Cornelius Scherzer (HTW Dresden)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Himmer (HTW Dresden)

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he framework of the 2018 Global Study
Program between HTW Dresden & ChibaU
evolved from collaborative discussion among
the instructors involved on both sides. First ofall, a pre-education lesson course was provided
during the semester prior to the main program.
Some sessions were held together online inreal time, so that the participants from therespective countries could meet and discuss
first impressions about the topic, but also inorder to prepare the various field work oncein Dresden. Presentations by collaborating
researchers as well as from workers in the field
helped to set our inquiries about Urban society
and the role of green spaces and botany /horticulture therein. It was of special value thatstudents could visit the Matsudo Campus of
Chiba University and explore about horticulture,also receiving introductory lectures. Tour andlectures were usually in English and also taped
as to be available later and also to be sharedwith the Dresden students. Lectures during
the Matsudo Visit, but also introductory online
lessions by Prof. Scherzer and Prof. Schröder
from HTW helped to enlarge the students' basic
understanding and overall conceptions of what
horticulture is and what issues it deals with;
but also taught students about the importanceof green spaces in urban planning. Because inmany GSPs surveys had been an integral part,but we learned from the past that caveats inmethodology lead to untrustworthy or onesided
results, from this year we opted to have a
special lecture on survey methodology. The
preeductaion was rounded up by a pleasantand very informative walk about the recently
revamped Tokyo Station / Marunouchi area,
where students could firsthandedly see howgreen spaces had been integrated in the urban
planning.
oncer ning the main program, central
program components – as it is always thecase with GSP – were intercultural collaborative
workshop sessions with international teams,
the fieldwork, and the cycle of mid- and final
presentations. This spiral-like approach tocollaborative learning ensures that students cancontinuously test the feasibilty of their ideas,

their relevance for the field and whether or
not their are fallacies in their argumentations.
The main program's fieldwork started with theDresden Inner City walk to make students awareof the layout of the city and the proportionsof its green spaces. A visit to the HistoricalMuseum of the City of Dresden with guidance
provided directly by Prof. Scherzer enabledstudents to also grasp the historical component
and relevance of the topic.
visit to the Botanical Gardens under the
management of TU Dresden and the Großer
Garten, the main park facility of the inner city,
further formed an understanding of the relevanceand role of green spaces in German cities ingeneral but Dresden in particular. Together withan introduction to the Botanical garden, wewere also introduced to the various projects of
the horticulture faculty of TU Dresden, which
again showed us the international widenessof the field. A visit to the Pillnitz Campus of
HTW Dresden, where the horticulture faculty issituated, allowed for students to take directly
part in demonstrations concerning different
ground usage and other questions that arise
when designing green spaces. The Pillnitz
garden visit then also fostered awareness among
students of touristic elements when consideringgreen spaces, but also the clashes between
the requirements of recreational space with thenecessity of preservation of an historical site –an issue that had become obvious the previous
day when visiting the historical Großer Garten,
thus further explored.
he evening visit to the vinyards above Pillnitz
then helped the students to realize about
space usage for wine making, but also problems
evolving from the role that land ownership is
playing.
fieldtrip to Berlin gave us the chance for an
exciting day of experiencing the energy andstyle of the German capital, offering a certain
contrast to the more historic city of Dresden.
Main reason for the visit was an inspectoratory
visit to the INFARM company, which is engaging
in the field of Brickborne farming. Still a young
field, the company, with its innovative approachto supply herbs and other vegetable produce

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from incubators that can easily be stored inurban environments such as old production
halls but also supermarkets, we could learn how
consumers awareness of freshness and healthy
food is changing habits and thus opening up
now economic markets, but also enabled us tolearn about the limitations of labeling and issuesof biological „bio“ produce and certification.
fter a visit to the political center of Germany,
the German Reichstag building, now
housing the Bundestag, an evening stroll along
the Tiergarten Park, the biggest green spaceof Berlin, together with Prof. Balder, made usaware of issues and costs concerning trees
in urban environments. The visit to Tiergarten
w a s a n i n t e re s t i n g c o n t r a s t t o t h e v i s i t t oTempelhofer Feld, the former site of Tempelhof
airport, now used as a freely accessible spacefor every citizen of the city.
nother concept of green spaces was
i n t ro d u c e d t o u s d u r i n g o u r f i e l d w o r k
to the Hufewiesen, a contested area in theoutskirts of Dresden with historically somewhat
unclear ownership rights. The area having been
undeveloped for years, evolved into a park withunique nature, such as naturally grown forrest
areas among the areal. Many wild plants thrive in
the area, giving home to an equal huge amountof insects and animals not found elsewherethat easily. Mainly used as a recreational area
under the guiding eye of a registered club, themembers of this organisation are in constant
struggle with those real estate agents who lay
claim to the area. This was a unique opportunity
to not only learn about, but acutally feel thepolitical dimension of green spaces and theirimportance for cititzens.

ast but not least, the lectures during the
program were always a backbone, helping to
set the field visits into the proper contexts andwidening the student's understanding of certain
sites prior to visiting.
ll in all, it was a busy, and this meanssatisfying and interesting program withhigh input. This made it however all the moredifficult for the students to chose the issues
they wanted to work on. Finally, we professors
w e re q u i t e a s t o n i s h e d t h a t m o s t s t u d e n t sfrom the Japanese side were fascinated by
the German Kleingarten (or allotment garden /Schrebergarten) concept, which enables citizens
t o l e a s e a l l o t e d s p a c e s t o g ro w t h e i r o w nvegetables and herbs. (J. Biontino / H. Igarashi)

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のプログラムのメインは 2 週間の留学ですが、それ以前に 2 単位分の事前教育を受けます。事前教育では、

メインプログラムのテーマについて主に専門の教授や技術者の方の授業を受け、フィールドワークを行います。この事前教育から、既にドイツ側参加者と同じ内容を受けることになっています。そして、事前教育の最後ではグループに分かれ、自国の文化を紹介するプレゼンテーションの準備をします。さて、メインプログラムでは、初めに前述の文化紹介を交互に発表し、お互いの文化だけでなく、キャラクターを知ることでアイスブレイクをします。そしてここから 2 週間、グループに分かれ、大きなテーマの中でグループのトピックを決め、ブレインストー

ミングや、フィールドワーク、レクチャーそしてディスカッション、インタビューを踏まえ、1 度の中間発表を経てひとつのゴールであるファイナルプレゼンテーションを完成させます。（李 浩澄 / Hirosumi Ri）
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Pre-course / Main course: Sep 16

Pre-course education/City walkTo prepare the students for the main
program, several pre-education courses
were given. They should raise the knowledgeof every student about the upcoming workshop
and make the understanding of the project alittle easier, not only because the GSP is held in
English, but because a lot of the students do notstudy urban development or horticulture, thus
it was important to provide them backgroundknowledge. The biggest preparation for theGerman students was the city walk with Prof.
Scherzer. We met up in the city center near
the Zwinger. The professor started with an
explanation of Dresden’s historic developmentin the medieval times. We were shown oldmaps and planned projects as well as given
the thoughts of the architects of that time.
Throughout the explanation one could reallyimagine how the city looked like back then, with
big city walls going all the way around the core
city etc. Prof. Scherzer also told us the current
situation of the urban development as well as
the new concept plan for the city core.
fter several hours, this informative walk
was over and we were more aware of oursurrounding and gained great insight in the city
planning of the historic city core in Dresden andhad learned a lot about city’s history in general.
This pre-education was especially helpful forstudents from outside of the urban development
fields, because they were not aware of most of
the mentioned facts and problems. (Alex)A

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Main course: Sep 17

Cultural Presentatios
At the beginning of an international exchange
like GSP, it is always important to have an
icebreaker. Bounded by tradition, the culturalpresentation is an ideal accessory to get thisview behind the curtain and some informationfrom foreign cultures which are not written down
in a travel guide.
his year's topics reached from school lunch
in Japan to German delicacies on one handand from typical Japanese images like „Token“( s w o rd s ) t o t h e " k a w a i i “ c u l t u re o f a l m o s teverything on the other hand. Furthermore
the audience lear ned which famous saxony
woman was the inventor of the coffee filter andthe influence from German history on today’senvironmental movements of Non-Government
Organizations. Everyone enjoyed the different
lectures and finally all participants had an
excited discussion about the wide range of bothnational cultures. (Peer)

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前 教 育では、テレビ 電 話で HTW の学 生と顔 合 わせをしつつ、Main Program や Workshop の 事

前準備をし都市園芸についての様々な講義を受け知識を蓄えました。まず複数の班に分かれて Main

Program において行う文化紹介プレゼンテーションの作成を行いました。班ごとに紹介したい日本文化のテーマを決め、ネットや博物館、書籍を用いて各自で資料を集め、『異文化圏の人々に伝える』事を念頭に置いてス

ライドを完成させました。本発表前に学生同士でプレ発表を行い、より良いプレゼンテーション内容に昇華できるよう、皆で推敲し合いました。また、プレゼンテーション作成に並行して、ドイツで行われている都市園芸についてのレポートや提携校の先生が英語で解説してくださるビデオを見たり、日本の都市園芸が行われている駅前や大学に実際に赴き、責任者の方にお話を伺ったりもしました。今回は千葉大学園芸学部キャンパスと東京駅近辺を巡り、植生、熱気緩和、景観などの観点からお話を伺うことができました。（澤田 舞 / Mai Sawada）
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Main Program: Sep 18

Visit to Botanical GardenOn the third day of our workshop we visited theBotanical Garden of Dresden. This was titled‘Fascination of Plant Biodiversity and the Roleof Botanical Research and Gardens’. The garden
was founded in 1820 by Ludwig Reichenbach andcontains approximately 10,000 plant species today.
At first, we listened to a lecture by Prof. Neinhuis,
professor for Botany at TU Dresden and directorof the garden. He explained the importance of
botanical gardens as plant collections in future times
and introduced the research fields of Functional
Plant Biology and Biomimetics, Ecology and Nature
Conservation and Biodiversity Assessment. The
last field is covered in a joint research of scientists
and students from TU Dresden on the one hand andwith the partner university Kimpa Vita in Africa on
the other. Both unis worked together to establish
a botanical garden in Angola. The second part ofour visit was a guided tour with Dr. Ditsch, who
is responsible for the scientific management. She
showed us the three different greenhouses with ahuge number of plants from tropical and subtropicalregions. Really impressive was the specie Victoria
cruziana in the aquatic greenhouse. It belongs to
the family of water lilies and the leaves can reach adiameter up to 2 meters. Did you know that they areable to hold a weight of about 60 kg? Furthermore,
we discovered the geographically arranged sections
with plants from Asia, North America and Europe
as well as a collection of high mountain plants anda garden with poisonous, curative and medicinal
plants. In sum, it was an interesting visit with new
information about the diversity of plants and theendless field of botanical research work. (Elisabeth)9

Main Program: Sep 18 / Sep 19

Visit to Großer Garten / Interviews
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e visited the Großer Garten under the guidanceof Prof. Scherzer. He holds the professorshipfor Open Space Planning at the HTW Dresden andthus had the expertise to organize a substantial tour.
The name, which translates to "Big garden", derives
from its sheer size of more than 1,8 sqare kilometers.
During our sunny afternoon stroll, we learned a lot
about the historical development of this important
historical heritage of the city of Dresden, which hadoriginally been created for royal hunting societies.
Of baroque origin, over the years the garden was
extended by the aristocratic family Wettin anddeveloped into the form of a pleasure garden.
Finally, after the abdication of this aristocratic family
in 1918, the garden changed its shape to one of themost important open green spaces in Dresden. Now
it is also famous for housing a miniature train track
for children to experience working at the railways.
Thus the garden offers a recreatinal play-spacefor children and a relaxation space for grown-ups.
It also hosts concerts and other open air events,
further linking society together. (Marlon)

e interviewed local people like "reporters" toprepare our presentation, with HTW Dresden
students. We usually do research on the Internet,
but through the interviewing process, I realizedthat many valuable insights are not available in theiinternet because each person leads a different lifeand has different thoughts. The interview enabled
us to reveal their thoughts. This was not only useful
information for our presentation, but also a chance
to get to know people in Dresden more deeply. (Irene& Mai U)9

月 19 日には、HTW Research Fields and Laboratoriesとして大学内の３つの研究室を案内してもらい、
Manufacturing Technology では Prof. Dierich からプレス成型の工程を説明受け、実際のプレス機のスイッチを（両手で 2 個を同時に）自ら押して大学の記念コインを製造する作業を実体験。3D-Printing ではProf. Himmer から各種 3D-Printer の装置説明と製造した 3D サンプルを触らせてもらい（+ 最終日にお土産として、ドレスデンにある教会を大学の 3D Printer で制作した 3D 模型を各人 1 個ずつ頂いたので、我が家の冷蔵庫に貼り付けてあります。）、最後に E-Mobility として Prof. Zipser の研究室で VW の市販電気自動車
i3 シリーズと Porsche のファミリータイプ試作車を使っての自動運転をキャンパス内のコースにて試乗体験。
私は「Porsche はスポーツカー（か、戦車！）じゃないと！」と見栄を張って VW の方しか試乗しませんでしたが、「やっぱり Porsche にも試乗させてもらって置けば～」と今となっては後悔しております。やはり、自分の目で見て、実体感してみてこそ分かる何かはあります。（VW と Porsche の違いも？）何事も自分で体験してみる
事が一番ですね。（後悔先に立たず！ですけどね。あぁ～！）（赤井 收 / Akai Osamu）
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Main Program: Sep 19

Visit to Pillnitz
We visited Pillnitz in the afternoon.
Professor Scherzer began with an
introdoctury lecture on Pillnitz and its faculty" in
one of the lecture rooms. The lecture explained
the geological and geographical development
and the history of the palace and gardens in
Pillnitz. Furthermore, Professor Scherzer spoke
about the structure, the study programme andthe research of the faculty at the Pillnitz campusof HTW.
rofessor Günther then conducted anexperiment after the lecture. During
the experiment, water was dumped on four
different bottom surfaces and it was observed
how quickly the water seeped away. This wasfollowed by a walk through the historic Pillnitz
Park. Professor Günther explained the structure
and the peculiarities of the park. After thetour we walked up to the vineyard of Dr. Ingolf
Hohfeld and were educated about the vinyard
project while enjoying a beautiful sunset. At theend of the day there was a home-cooked dinnerand a cosy get-together. (Dana)P

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Main Program: Sep 20

Field Trip to BerlinW

e visited Berlin for a one-day field-trip.
Therefore, we met in front of the maine n t r a n c e o f t h e H T W - D re s d e n e a r l y i n t h emorning and went to Berlin with a travel bus.
Our first destination was the BrickBorn farm
"INFARM" in Berlin-Neukölln. In the BrickBorn
farm, salads and herbs are planted pesticide
free and 365 days a year. Nico Domurath gave
a lecture on the advantages and disadvantagesof the “INFARM” project and we could try somesalads and herbs.
hen followed the transfer to the Tempelhofer
Aiport field. Professor Scherzer gave us
an introduction about the field itself and thestrategy for the development of the Tempelhofer
Airport field now that there is no airport
anymore. After the lecture we could explore
the airfield by ourselves. There are areas forurban gardening, for sport activities and the"Sea of meadows", a habitat for wild animals
and plants. Then we had our lunch break andthe transfer to the Bundestag, where we had a
guided tour through the areas of the Bundestag
as the political center of Germany.

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he visit of the Bundestag was followed
by a meeting with Professor Balder of the
Beuth University Berlin. The meeting dealt withurban horticulture, current tree-planning and-management. To see about this, we walked
from the Bundestag through the Tiergarten and
the Soviet Monument to the Brandenburg Gate.
Professor Balder used examples and the places
we visited to illustrate and explain the problems.
After the meeting we had a break in front of theBrandenburger Tor at dusk, then transferredback to Dresden. (Dana)

ド栽培を行う事業を手掛ける企業「INFARM」でした。都会の中で野菜の生産が可能になるだけでなく、レスデンから首都ベルリンまでは高速道路で二時間かかります。まず初めに訪問したのは、室内で水耕消費者が無農薬で新鮮な野菜を手に入れることができるという構想はとても新鮮でした。その後、私たちは
Tempelhof 空港跡地に向かいました。そこは第二次世界大戦から 2008 年まで空港として機能したのち、市
民に公園として解放されたとても広い公園でした。私たちが訪問した際にも、多くのベルリン市民がランニングや
サイクリングを楽しんでいました。昼食をはさみ、私たちはドイツ連邦議会を訪問しました。ここでは議会ツアーに参加し、ドイツの政治システムについて学ぶことができました。その後議会周辺の公園を歩きながら、街路樹の管理や保存の意義、公園の歴史的背景について講義を受けました。ベルリンは都会でありながら、日本の上野公園のように緑のある公園がいくつも作られていました。それは単に都市の発展だけでなく、生活する市民の福祉にも配慮した都市設計の賜物でした。（青山 千夏 / Chinatsu Aoyama）
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Main Program: Sep 19-22

WorkshopsT

he second teamwork session on the 19th,
which was conducted outdoors, was short
but significant to gather first-hand information.
Using the questionnaire compiled the day before
the goal was to gain an insight into Dresden
residents' actual knowledge and opinion about
the various topics instead of sticking to biased
theories. While these interviews required somefrankness on both sides, the guest students
received the chance to get in touch with locals
on this occasion.
u r i n g t h i s ' s t re e t s u r v e y ' a n d t h e t r i p
to Berlin on the next day, the students
acquired an extended pool of ideas andviewpoints on urban horticulture. This
new knowledge suggested to review thequestionnaire and eventually carry out anotherro u n d o f i n t e r v i e w s o n t h e 2 1 s t . C o u p l e d
w i t h m o re i n - d e p t h re s e a rc h t h e o b t a i n e d
a n d s o m e t i m e s u n e x p e c t e d a n s w e r s w e recarefully evaluated and used as the basis towork out a proper concept for the intermediate
presentation. The fifth session on the 22nd leftroom for finishing touches on the presentationand for the rehearsal of the speech that had tobe equally shared amongst the group members.
Each group was given a 15-minute time frame
to introduce their topic, explain the problem
areas they had detected and submit initial ideas
for solutions. Afterwards the staff offered their
feedback which was helpful to determine thedirection for the final stages of the remaining
sessions. (Nicole)D

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Main Program: Sep 21

Prof. Lentz's LectureOn the topic ‘The Dynamics of the
Horticultural Sector – What are the Driving
Forces?’ Professor Lentz was discussing thefuture development of crop production. He
named out as driving forces higher profits,
technical developments, availability of
production factors, distribution chain, consumer
buying behavior, organic/regional products andthe question of creating new markets. This heexplained at the example of fruit production in
the area ‘Altes Land’ at the Lower Elbe Riverin Germany. Professor Lentz expects less butlarger farms with a higher amount of machine
usage by the reduction of manual work at thesame time. Because of more single households
and fulltime jobs, consumers demand smaller
portions and ‘ready to eat products’, for whicht h e y a re w i l l i n g t o p a y h i g h e r p r i c e s . T h e
producers must be able to forecast and react
to such trends in a creative way. After thelecture, there was a fruitful discussion about thearguments risen by the professor. (Elisabeth)

私 市民と緑地に関する専門家が協力して設計し、ドレスデンの議会で認められ完成しました。ドイツでは B プ

たちは 9 月 24 日に Hufewiesen に訪問しました。ここは自由な緑地空間として市民に開放されています。

ランと呼ばれる地区詳細計画に沿って建築物や公共空間の建設許可を出します。しかし、ここは緑地を保全する
ため何も策定していない B プランを作成しました。これが議会に認められたということからは、ドイツの緑地に対する深い関心が伺えます。日本では自然に近い緑地を開放する場合は人のための遊歩道を敷設するなどしてある
程度人の安全や利便性を確保する必要があります。それは、住宅街においてこのような緑地が犯罪や不正の現場になる可能性が考えられるからです。緑地では、芝生が広がっているところや林があるところなど自然の様々な表情を見ることができました。住宅街においてこのような自然が存在することで、住民は季節を感じることができます。この訪問によって、都市の中の緑地をどの程度整備するべきかということを深く考えさせられました。
（藤浪輝 / Hikaru Fujinami）
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Main Program: Sep 16-24

Prof. Scherzer's LecturesT

he main content of Prof. Scherzer’s lectureon the 24th was to define land use planningand landscape planning to distinguish thedifferences between them. Prof. Scherzer told
us that landscape planning is based on land use
planning, considering the environment, climate,probability of catastrophes such as floods, andso on. The case that Prof. Scherzer introduced
is a vacant land called Hufewiesen, which isused as a leisure place in the city and under the
management of volunteers. The role of land use
planning is to decide the usage of different areain this land and the role of landscape planning
is to plan how to use this land with considering
more details, such as the big problem of floods.
After the lecture we went to the site and got a
guide from the volunteer who manage the vacantland, enabling us to experience the nature, andfeel the situation of this case. In a sentence, weshould make full use of land use planning andlandscape planning to make a better city. (Tei)15

Main Program: Sep 22

Mid-term presentations
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fter intensive 6 days of excursions, lectures,
guided tours and getting to know eachother, we split up into groups, collected our
new knowledge and prepared interestingpresentations on different topics. Every groupdecided for their special interest and included
the outcome of the street interviews to theirconclusion. Several groups focused on theallotment gardens and public green spaces.
There was a common understanding that this isimportant to urban population to reach a goodlevel of satisfaction living in cities. Also, otheradvantages, such as environmental educationand local food production were mentioned.
Interviews uncovered that many people findrules in allotment gardens too strict or takeover
prices too high. Participants of the GSP
therefore concluded that there should be morecommunity gardens with flexible rules. Anotherbig topic were green cities and how inner-city
plants help to e.g. clean the air and provide a
comfortable climate. (Ina)

中でに知っている問題点、グループディスカッションで気付いた問題点、講義を受けてからわかった問題点、
間発表では次のことについて発表しました。選んだテーマがなぜ重要なのか、ドレスデンが抱える問題（すインタビューからわかった問題点）、この問題点からいくつか選び、現在の状況と解決策についてです。問題点
は４つのジャンルに分かれており、自分が重要だと思うものを選んだアンケートに基づいてグループが決まりました。私のグループは生物多様性と気候がテーマで、農薬が与える影響とエアコンがもたらす地球温暖化への影響について発表しました。農薬については、生物への影響が問題となっているので制限が必要だということ、エア
コンについては、地球温暖化が進むとエアコンの消費量が増えるので問題になり得るということについて発表しました。発表後には他の学生や先生から質問やコメントがあって、グループ内では気付かなかった問題や発見がありました。限られた時間の中で作るのは大変でしたが、最終発表に向けて良いモチベーションになったと思います。
（齋藤 絢 / Aya Saito）
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Main Program: Sep 16-27

Getting Together Outside Classroom
Shortly after arriving in Dresden the firststudents were introduced to Dresden
Neustadt which is the part of the city that offers
the biggest variety of restaurants, bars andclubs and therefore ended up being the mostdiverse and colorful area that especially theyounger inhabitants of Dresden appreciate.
The GSP students went out to enjoy theirevenings in Neustadt several times during thestay where they were curious and excited to try
the food and drinks, that the German students
like to get in their leisure time. Besides foodfrom many different cultures, the Japanesegroup was especially interested in trying foodthat is considered typical German. They could
not avoid trying Schnitzel and Curry-sausage.
Surprisingly for the German students theJapanese guests seemed to all like the Germanclassics and Dresden specialities. All in all,spending some evenings in Neustadt introduced
the students to the Dresden student life andbrought the two groups closer together. (Ole)17Main Program: Sep 23

Excursion: Saxon Swiss or PragueOn 23 September, part of our group visited Saxon
Switzerland's "Bastei" area, with Prof. Himmer as a
guide. It is a national park with unique rock formations
and an incredible landscape around the Elbe river southeast of Dresden and has been a tourist and recreation
spot for more than 200 years.
t takes about 30 minutes from Dresden by train, andwe got on a ferryboat to cross the Elbe river slowly
and calmly. It was just a few minutes, but an impressive
experience. Unfortunately, it was raining, but we enjoyed
the hike anyway. Misty forest and moss on wetting
rocks on the trail were beautiful and mysterious. Afteraround one hour we arrived at the Bastei bridge. It is
made of sandstone and was built to link several rocks
in 1851. The views from the Bastei mountain and thebridge were excellent: We could see the Elbe river andsurrounding villages. We took a break with tea or coffee
in a mountain hut. It was a cozy place that is entirely
financed by support donations.
ntil that day, we had many lectures, fieldwork, andworkshops. This short trip relaxed me and helped
me clear my mind. Saxon Switzerland is the place to beable to escape from hectic urban life for a while. (Aiko)I

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プ事無く 2 時間弱で到着しましたが、旅の始まりはあいにくの雨で寒かったです。プラハはドボルザークやス

ラハ組はチェコ共和国の首都プラハへ日帰り観光に行きました。ドレスデンからプラハへは電車で乗り継ぐ

メタナと言った大作曲家が活躍した “ 音楽の都 ” としても有名で、町のメインは 4 キロ四方程でありコンパクトに歩きながら楽しむことができました。旧市街広場は全体が世界遺産でプラハの心臓部のような所にあたり、世界中からの観光客がとても多かったです。ブルタバ川、日本ではモルダウ川の名前でもよく知られており、そこに架かる世界遺産のカレル橋は中世のそのままの姿を残し、プラハのシンボルとなっています。そして観光の定番であるプラハ城、荘厳なゴシック様式の大聖堂は凄く綺麗で思わずため息が出るほどでした。世界遺産がたくさんあるプラハはヨーロッパの観光地の中でも比較的物価が安く、レストランや屋台では美味しい伝統的なチェコ料理やビールを手ごろな価格で楽しめました。旅も終わりプラハを去る頃にはすっかり晴れ、街並みの雰囲気がまた違ったように見えていました。（Reda Hamanaka）
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Main Program: Sep 24

Visit to Hufewiesen Open SpaceIn t h e a f t e r n o o n w e v i s i t e d a f o re s t a n dmeadow landscape of 13 ha in the middle ofDresden which is the last open greenspace for
50 000 inhabitants of the districts Pieschen andTrachau. Mrs. Wittich from the Hufewiesen e.V.,
an organization of neighbors who are involvedin the conservation of that unique treasurefor the local population, guided and provided
us with useful information about that area.
Agricultural utilization started in the Middle
Ages, the shape of the former properties is stillreflected in the current name “Hufe” meadows.
After the breakdown of the GDR 1990 the landpassed into ownership of several real estatecompanies and since then lay idle. From 2000
to 2012 the area was used as grazing land forhorses and publicly available. Today it is closed
but nonetheless used intensively by locals towalk the dogs, biking, go on a walk, play withchildren, discover nature and so on. In thelast almost 30 years a primary forest could
develop alternating with open meadows. The
old orchards with mainly apple and pear trees
are still visible. A real estate company plans
to develop the area with residential buildings,
but the association is in the good position toprobably maintain a large proportion of the area
for the public. Prof. Schmidt, who accompanied
us in the tour answered later upcoming
questions in a pub nearby, were we also enjoyedtypical German food. (Ina)19Main Program: Sep 25-26

Workshop & Final Presentations
On the 24th of September, we noted down
issues, problems, and one solution foreach problem in order to prepare for final
presentations. In the final presentation andworkshop day, we were divided into new six
groups and decided the group’s core values,
pick issues to be solved and prepare a setof solutions to resolve issues. We also foundsolutions that go beyond the boundaries of
the initial subtopics. Next day each group
kept discussing all day. Professors gave us
some points to improve each presentation, themiddle presentation focused on finding issues/
problems, therefore, the final presentation
focused on providing solutions, and we needed
to think holistically.
i n a l l y, o n t h e 2 6 t h , w e d i d a f i n a lpresentation that had solutions for thecourse topic There were various viewpoints,
a b o u t l i f e , f o o d , u s i n g g r e e n e r y, u r b a ngardening, and city planning. After each group's
presentation, we had feedback from student
participants and professors. Moreover, we had
a great time during the farewell party by HTW at
the end of the last day. (Mana)F

最クを考えていかなければなりません。それでも、各々が中間プレゼンで扱った内容を踏まえ、少しずつ議

終プレゼンはなかなか過酷なものとなりました。中間プレゼンで発表したものを踏まえて自分たちでトピッ

論を深めていく中でどのグループも指針を定めていくことができました。中にはお互いの意見が合致せず、少しばかり口論になるグループもありましたが、ただ対立するのではなくお互いの意見を尊重してより濃密なものを作り上げようと努力している姿がそこには見られました。そして試行錯誤の結果、全てのグループがなんとか期限までにはプレゼンを作り上げることができました。発表当日、どのグループも意気揚々と発表をし、それぞれのプレゼンが中間のそれよりも完成度が増したものとなっていました。異なる文化の人とともに作業をし、プレゼン発表を行うのはそう簡単なことではないと実感しましたが、その貴重な体験をここでできたのはとても良い経験になりました。（近藤聖也 / Seiya Kondo）
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Final Proposals
1.Comfortable and sustainable life for everyone

Oand fruit are usually sold at high prices. So,
the idea was to tax junk food and subsidize
healthy food, so that consumers can have easieraccess to buy inexpensive healthy food. Throughworkshops, there was a lot of awareness suchas different feeling of speed for discussion andwork, thinking on the style of presentation, etc. It
was a very valuable experience. (Kei & Ryotaro)

u r p r e s e n t a t i o n ’s c o r e v a l u e w a s"Comfortable and sustainable life fore v e r y o n e , e s p e c i a l l y y o u n g a n d o l d ” . We
discussed four issues related to this core value.
Those four issues were, "Water distribution
and usage", "More public and private space","People should stay healthy and active", and"Transportation of food". For each issue, we
made and discussed ideas that might be able tosolve them. For example, for the issue of "Water
distribution and usage", we came up with theidea of eating less meat to save more water. Thisidea came up from the data, which shows thatto "grow" 1 kg of meat, we need 3 times morewater then growing 1 kg of apple. For the issueof "People should stay healthy and active", oneof the solutions we had was to make healthy
food competitive. Usually, unhealthy food likejunk food and fast-food are sold at low prices.
On the other hand, healthy food like vegetables

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2. Food Self-sufficiency

Otoo. Schools can teach about the role of food origin

and plan events to visit local farmers. In Japan, schoolsu r g r o u p ’s c o r e v a l u e w a s “ i n c r e a s e s e l f -for example also serve locally raised fish for school lunch

sufficiency”. There will be a large demand of foodto raise awareness.

in the future, also in Dresden. If we import products,

A

costs will become much higher and food transportation
produces CO2. But people care too little about thesecond solution was to support and expand
communal gardening initiatives and fundtechnological research. Using buildings to increase green

origin of the foods they eat, which is a huge challenge tospaces, such as vertical farming, could be a chance toproduce more locally.

Schools can further educate people in this respect,achieve higher output of local produce and thus reduceo we thought how to change people’s awareness,

prices. In this respect, we also need political support.

and how to increase farmers' spaces in Dresden.

(Takumi)These two points were important to achieve our corevalue. Our first solution was packaging. In Finland, there
is a mark, used in milk products, that shows when atleast 75% of raw materials are made in Finland. In Japan
we have a mark, used in bakery products, to show how
much of Japanese-made flour is used in the products.
So we thought we could put a mark that shows if a
product is made locally in Dresden. People then could
easily realize the food origin and consumers can choose
more easily and without too much background info to
buy local food.

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3. Make Dresden a better place for everyoneWe discussed on “how to make Dresden a better

example, in urban cities, community spaces such asplace for everyone”. First, we defined what was

Kleingarten are easily available and people willing to use

needed to make the city better: Increase the quality

these spaces more communally. Kleingarten is a placeof life, Strengthen the bond between young and old,that people rent for a certain period and farm as they

secure green places, Improve the infrastructure and so

like. But there are still some problems, such as expensive

on. We introduced 4 problems and our solution related

plots, accessibility and complicated regulations. We

with our theme. Firstly, we pointed out the possibility

need midterm and long-term improvement of quality ofthat Dresden is becoming a dense city, Heat island

life and keep green space as community space or farmphenomenon will occur because of increasing cars,

land for all generations. If it makes Dresden a betterbuildings and people. To make cities cooler, Greening

place, it can also serve as a prototype for other cities.

and awareness for public transport are solutions. Next,(Yume)

we focused on transportation, especially, transportationof food. It causes traffic jam, more cost and otherproblems, so our main solution is “to get food without
useless transport” like using urban agriculture methods(Infarm, vertical farm) or community farming (community
garden) or food sharing initatives. We also discussed
about the improvement of elders' life. Mainly, goodcommunity and easy access are important. We can getbetter connections among all generations when, for

4. City Planning in DresdenOOur main idea was to make “Community Garden”
linked close to recreational spaces such as beer

ne example here is the various usage of Tempelhof
airfield in Berlin. By our proposal, Dresden citizens

gardens, parks, but also buildings. We were mostly

can interact not only other generations but also otherimpressed with the German Kleingarten concept and thecultural people. In this way, Dresden people will be ablebeergarden recreational spaces, open air restaurants

to live healthily and comfortably. (Yuki)not only amongthat were even equipped with playground facilities forseveral other generations but also among people withchildren. Thus we came up with the example of a beer-

diverse cultural backgrounds. In this way, Dresden

community garden. There, people can cultivate thepeople will be able to live healthily and comfortably. (Yuki)

garden, and then they can drink beer or other beverages
or eat for free or huge discounts at least. If people don’t
want to cultivate, they must pay more money for theirdrink and food in the beer-gardens. This creates anopportunity for people to involve in food production andeat fresh vegetables. The shop owner can get money tokeep and increase the capacity of the garden.

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nother idea is to make Community Gardens on roofsof buildings. Then, we can get green spaces witha good view without buying new land. Also, in existingparks, we make Community Garden and it will increase
people's utilization of such parks.

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Final Proposals (Cont')
5. Use Green to Create a Sustainable SocietyWe focused on “Use green to creates u s t a i n a b l e s o c i e t i e s . " We h a v e i d e a sfrom three viewpoints. First, about traditional
community gardens in Germany, "Kleingarten,"and Urban Garden. Each of the garden types has
issues, so we suggest we hold more events topromote communication, make rules flexible andmaximize the space by introducing 3D gardens.
Second, when we choose plants which cansurvive in climate change, we should think aboutbiodiversity. We also have to make plans for cities
which enable wildlife to change their habitats.
Third, we want to construct new Green Buildings
and renovate old buildings to Green Buildings.
We suggest receiving support from organizations,greening roofs and installing photovoltaic systems
or mini wind power plants after we check thelocation is ok. However, these ideas need costs
to be carried out, so we must educate people
and make them agree with using green to
create sustainable societies in order to create awillingness to invest money for this. (Yukina)

6. Urban Gardening Open to EveryoneAfter a short introduction of the new mixed group

This movement is already working on urban gardening

members, the participants did research regarding

topics in relation to multigenerational and integration

to the topics of the Mid Presentation. So the class was

all over the world with a variety of successes. Referringin the condition to define new aims for the upcoming

to the diagram of the subtopics the arrangement of the

Final Presentation. Due to the reason of reliability our "allpresentation covers all four issues which were given in

together-squad“ did some brainstorming. The result of

the terms of references by previous lectures. (Peer)

this was that everyone had found an issue where he or
she could continue to work on.

T

he subject of "urban gardening all together“ fits
very well in this years GSP topic of "Gardens andHorticulture in Urban Society“ in context to the city ofDresden. The international work team divided its topic
into two core values and focused the activities on green
space and integration. The issue integration seemed tobe very important concerning to the upcoming hostility
to foreigners in Dresden. Furthermore, the concentration
on more green spaces related to food and nature could
be also an important topic because of the increasing
number of inhabitants.

Luckily the group members were on the one hand verylife experienced due to their age and on the other

hand a part of a movement which is called "Edible“.

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Urban Attractions, Rural Destinations –The Reinvention of Japan for Nationaland International Tourism
In the western world, Japan often is perceived
a s a n a t ion i n a state of c o ns t a nt c o nt e s t
between the traditional and modern. Mysterious
Shintō shrines in front of skyscrapers, Samurai
spirit and atomic disaster. To East Asians,
despite the fact that Japan is located mosteastern on the map, due to its history is often
considered to be the most westernized nation.
Thus Asian and Western tourists alike enter
Japan with a myriad of images that then are
more often further challenged than eaffirmed.
It is safe to say that Japan is not a nation thatis enprisioned in the struggle of the traditional
and a modern – this becoming more and moreevident to many thanks to the steep rise of
tourism since the 2000s, with an increase of
inbound tourism from 8 million to 23 million
people anually by 2017.
Japan is facing a „tourist crisis“ - crowded
t r a i n s , h o t e l ro o m s o f t e n u n a v a i l a b l e . T h e
olympic bid for 2020 then becomes a chance
for Japan to prepare an infrastructure that will
ensure better tourism from after the olympics as
well.
Furthermore, Japan is struggling with several
demographic issues to a more severe degree
than it is the case with Germany as well asother European and East Asian countries. This
program thus wants to ask what tourism can doin order to make an awareness for issues but
also to perhaps mitigate their negative effects.

Issues will include:- Making Japan „accessible“ for foreigners- Efficiency of current strategies- The many images of Japan- Foreigners feeling unwelcome in Japan- Racism in Japan- Racism of Tourists against Japanese- Ecological tourism and ecology of tourism- Sustainable tourism- Budget travel+tourism- Branding of the local- Tourism as facilitator of migration- Safety issues (national and local)- Revitalization of tourism
P a r t i c i p a n t s f ro m C h i b a a n d D re s d e n a reexpected to put in their academic expertisefrom all fields. Because students run individual
projects in group work, we aim for a high varietyof backgrounds among students.
The tentative date for GSP 2019 in Chiba is
September 15-30, 2019 (last two weeks of
September). If you have any questions pleasefeel free to contact the GSP Organisation Team:
Prof. Biontino
Prof. Igarashi
Prof. Scherzer
Prof.Himmer

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biontino@chiba-u.jp
hiroki@chiba-u.jp
   cornelius.scherzer@
htw-dresden.de
thomas.himmer@
htw-dresden.deI participated in this program and learned

Participants

many things. It was fun being able to learn

the difference of the way of thinking ofGermany and Japan and the characteristics
of each country. (Hikaru Fujinami)

It was a fun and great experience. I could

learn about Urban Horticulture in multiple
aspects. The two-week program was short.

It was really a hard, challenging trip withdiscussions and tasks for almost whole

However, I could get some inspirations formy own study.(Aiko Eguchi)

two weeks. But this way it became avaluable experience for all participants.

Great time with great people. GSP keeps
improving from year to year and I really

It was a very intense program with very

(Hirosumi Ri)

hope I’ll be able to participate in thisshort free time and unfortunately not so

project next time again! (Alex Buchner)much knowledge as expected. For thetravelers it must be for sure more exiting.

In 2018, I attended the GSP for the second(Ina Krahl)

time. It has changed my view of working
with intercultural groups in a positive way.

This program was more wonderful than I

I hope that many more students will be

expected. Although horticulture isn't myable to participate in this program in thefield, I could learn many important thingsand my English skill became better. The
happiest thing was making new friends in
Dresden! l hope I will visit Dresden again.
Danke. (Irene Ononuju)

future, because it brings various benefits.
(Allice Grambow)

It was a great experience for me to join
GSP. Although the program was tough, I
had a wonderful time in Dresden. Thankyou everyone and I hope to see you again!
(Aya Saito)

While participating in the GSP, I was able
to think about not only theme of it but also
myself, through meeting interesting people.
It will be useful for my life. (Kei Takase)

Since I’ve been interested in Germany for
years, I took GSP. Through this program,I experienced German life style andfound many interests there. I’m willing tofocus on Germany in my future studies.
(Chinatsu Aoyama)

I came to like this country as I again
experienced different cultures andinteracted with people from othercountries. I’d like to say thank you to all thepeople that I met. (Mana Chimoto)I was happy to participate in the GSP
program and learning more about gardens
and horticulture in urban society. After apast study exchange in Japan in 2014/15,
I was again excited to work and collaborate
with a group of Japanese. (Dana Döhring)

I think the GSP 2018 was an excellent
opportunity to promote intercultural
exchange, to strengthen the bond between
our university and the partner university in
Chiba and to accumulate interdisciplinary
knowledge. (Marlon Klotzsche)

To me the exchange with the Japanese andGerman teachers and students was themost important experience. It was a very

It was an awesome experience. Everything
in this course was new for me and it gave
me a good incentive. I learned a lot andencouraged by those people I met throughGSP. Danke schön! (Mai Uemura)good preparation for my semester abroadat Chiba University. (Elisabeth Winkler)

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I got a chance for being influenced byThis program was a very nice experience.

had a great time. This experience is golden
for my life. Thank you for everything!

students from Germany. I came to be able
to see issues in different perspectives byGerman urban horticulture and culture, andI had many opportunities to discuss with

(Mai Sawada)

accepting their opinions. Sometimes I could

not express my opinions clearly, so I want

The program had a tight schedule, offering

to improve my English skills and join thischances to learn about the main topic
and to challenge oneself to overcome

program again. (Sakura Asakawa)

differences in an intercultural context
during the team work. (Nicole Forkel)

It was hard two weeks and I realized my

I was very surprised to find out about howa skill to talk to people with different

English was not good enough. But I got

different the Japanese mentality is fromthe German one. It was challenging but also

backgrounds. I miss German sausage!
(Takumi Yamanoi)

fun to work with people from completely
different backgrounds. (Ole Schneider)

GSP is a valuable experience for my student
career, enabling me to learn how to work in

It was a great fun and meaningful 2 weeks
experience during the stay in Dresden.

a team, and make a lot of friends. I reallylove Germany! (Tei Ken)This program is a chance to take not only
academic experiences but also give you
something! (Osamu Akai)

I went to Dresden two weeks earlier than
GSP for research, so I spent different
type of time. I’m very grateful that I could
discuss and interact with German students
deeply by this GSP. (Yuki Kamei)

My personal conclusion about this year’s
GSP is obviously more positive compared tolast year. Thanks to all participants and theacademic advisors from Chiba U & HTW.
(Peer Weber)

It was my first trip abroad. Thanks toothers’ help, I managed to make me
understood, I had lactose-free meals,
enjoyed and learned German culture. I
got the courage to talk in English a little.
(Yukina Oshima)

I learned new knowledge, which naturalsciences and botany, economy, technology
and horiticulture, social sciences, thearts and design through GSP’s lecturesand presentations with collaborating
Chiba University. The two weeks werevery meaningful and fulfilling. I wantto participate in this program again.
(Reda Hamanaka)

GSP was a great experience that I got many
new findings about urban horticulture andfascinating culture in Germany. It was hardfor me to discuss logically and smoothly,
but cooperating with German students was
so much fun. I’d like to visit Dresden again.
Vielen Dank. (Yume Inoue)

I had so many new and great experiences
during this GSP and there were things
to learn every day. At the same time,difficulties on using English made it a hardand challenging time for us. (Ryotaro Ito)

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Contact
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E-mail : biontino@chiba-u.jp