UT Architecture and Design: 2025 Landscape Architecture Symposium

Join us for Souths: Counternarratives towards Counterlandscapes, a symposium hosted by the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Connect with scholars, practitioners, and artists for conversations on the American South’s landscapes and future. We hope to see you there.



Saturday, October 18

9 a.m. Registration + Coffee
10 a.m. Symposium Welcome + Introduction
10:30 a.m. Panel 1: Ecologies of Resistance in the Lowland South
12 p.m. Lunch (Provided on-site)
1:30 p.m. Panel 2: Care + Adaptation Across the Southern Landscape
3 p.m. Coffee + Conversation
3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Reimagining a Better South
5 p.m. Closing Remarks followed by Happy Hour
6 p.m. Symposium Dinner (Provided on-site)
8:30 p.m. After Party

Details and updates will be provided through the symposium website: https://southscounterlandscapes.com/

Sunday October 19, 2025 (Optional Excursions available for purchase on Sessions page)

10 a.m.–12 p.m. Walking Tour of Knoxville
12–3:30 p.m. Tour of Norris Dam
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Thunderhead Mountain Hike
9 a.m.–12 p.m. TVA’s River Forecast Center Tour