Print syllabusContemporary theories in urban studies
General data
| Course ID: | 1900-SM-1-34 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
| Course title: | Contemporary theories in urban studies |
| Name in Polish: | Współczesne teorie w studiach miejskich - konwersatorium |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe, Studia miejskie, stacjonarte - sem. 1 |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
0.00
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| Language: | Polish |
| Type of course: | obligatory courses |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
The aim of the course is to present students with the most important issues raised in urban studies in the 21st century. Students will read selected texts published in the last two decades in the field of urban studies, which will then be subject to analysis and group discussion. The course is complementary with the parallel lecture 'Contemporary theories in urban studies'. |
| Full description: |
The course is based on reading and discussion on the most important texts for contemporary urban studies. Examples of issues, theories and concepts that will be discussed are: Zwischenstadt (T. Sieverts), scale and politics of scale (N. Brenner, N. Smith), coherence of urban space (D. Harvey), city as a political idea (K. Nawratek), city and citizenship (J. Holston), planetary urbanization and its criticism (N. Brenner and Ch. Schmid), urban metabolism (M. Gandy), urban political ecology (E. Swyngedouw), gender and the city (F. Tonkiss), creative class and its criticism (R. Florida), new urbanism and its criticism (J. Gehl), the nightmare of participation (M. Miessen), urban movements, new metropolitan mainstream (INURA), place-making. A practical element of the course will be to familiarize students with the art of academic argumentation, rules of polemics and rhetoric. |
| Bibliography: |
Sample literature: G. Bridge, S. Watson, red., The Blackwell City Reader, Londyn 2002 (selected parts). R. Brenner, red. 2014, Implosions/explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization, Berlin: Jovis (selected parts). M. Davis, 2006, Planet of Slums. Londyn: Verso (selected parts). Gandy, Matthew (2014). The Fabric of Space: Water, Modernity, and the Urban Imagination. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (selected parts). R. Keil, 2017 Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In, Londyn: Polity (selected parts). R. Florida, 2010. Narodziny klasy kreatywnej. Warszawa: Narodowe Centrum Kultury (selected parts). D. Harvey, 2012, Bunt miast. Prawo do miasta i miejska rewolucja, Warszawa: Bęc Zmiana (selected parts). J. Holston, 2012, Obywatelstwo zbuntowanych, Res Publica Nowa, nr 201-202. K. Nawratek, 2008, Miasto jako idea polityczna, Kraków: Ha!Art (selected parts). T. Sieverts, 2002. Cities Without Cities: An Interpretation of the Zwischenstadt, Londyn Routledge (selected parts). |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Your final grade will be assigned according to the following percentage breakdown: attendance (30%) and class activity (70%). |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
| Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
 
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| Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours
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| Coordinators: | (unknown) | |
| Group instructors: | Justyna Orchowska | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
| Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26 |
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| Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours
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| Coordinators: | (unknown) | |
| Group instructors: | (unknown) | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
| Examination: |
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Seminar - Grading |
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