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Community & Initiative

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Course ID:	3620-CI-SP-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Community & Initiative
Name in Polish:	Community & Initiative
Organizational unit:	Studies in Eastern Europe
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Studium Europy Wschodniej Courses in foreign languages General university courses General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	Comparing experiences of social change on individual and shared levels, this interdisciplinary course about group life and settlement in the United States brings students deep into social realities to appreciate intimately community initiative as a component of political democracy and tyranny across history; recognize the tension between the study of unifying culture and minority cultures; assess how social scientists inform social policy, including how they promote or criticize certain techniques of association.
Full description:	Sociologists in the United States shaped their discipline as they were themselves shaped by 19th Century immigration and urbanization. This course on community highlights persistent preoccupations even as the immigrant experience has changed. Students will gain theoretical insights as they appreciate the cases of Chinese, Jewish, Polish, suburban, GI, Catholic, Black, Puerto Rican and gendered efforts in America’s cities to secure a stable foothold from which to strive individually and succeed collectively. Assessing the applicability of both classical and contemporary theory –especially as they relate to the situation in Poland today—will be essential work for students and faculty alike. Not only understanding Poland’s past experience with urbanization and settlement, industrialization and planning, but also recent, EU-inspired outmigration, circular migration as well as refugee resettlement place us alongside scholars shaping policy debates. These experiences reflect our own historical moment and our personal histories, thus our sociological imaginations. With opportunities to visit community sites in Warsaw, that connection can be even stronger. Topics: • Settlement • Built Environment • Interests • Networks • Institutions • Collective Actions • Individualism
Bibliography:	books Privatopia by Evan McKenzie (Yale U Press, 1994) All Our Kin by Carol B. Stack (Basic Books, 1974) National Performances by Ana Ramos-Zayas (U of Chicago, 2003) Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam (Simon & Schuster, 2000) articles “On the Uses of Sidewalks” by Jane Jacobs (Penguin, 1961) “Fortress LA” by Mike Davis (Verso, 1990) excerpts from The Ghetto by Louis Wirth (Routledge, 1928) “Chick and His Club” by William Foote Whyte (U of Chicago, 1943) “The Chinese of Today: Why not the Jews of Tomorrow?” by Lida Nedilsky (1993) “The Mothers of East L.A.” by Mary Pardo (Frontiers, 1990) “Church Culture as a Strategy of Action in the Black Community” by Mary Pattillo-McCoy (American Sociological Review, 1998)
Learning outcomes:	According to the assumptions of the lecture and according to the student's choice
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final exam, written or oral one

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours, 35 places more information
Coordinators:	(unknown)
Group instructors:	Lida Nedilsky
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Examination Lecture - Examination

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