Contemporary Landscape Theory examines texts from recent publications in landscape architectural theory and allied subjects as a way to understand the discipline’s themes, ambitions and practices from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Landscape architecture is cultural production, and the development of theories within the discipline cannot be separated from the debates, events and values of society at large. By putting forward a range of views about topics that have often been taken for granted, the course aims to shift discussion away from assumptions and toward questions about the discipline and its possibilities.