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B028288 - URBAN THEORY
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Academic Year 2020-21
Coorte 2020 - Second Cycle Degree in GEOGRAPHY, SPATIAL MANAGEMENT, HERITAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ICAR/21 - URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 04/12/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
English
Course Content
The course critically addresses the main issues of urban theory and in particular:
- definitions of cities;
- urban-rural relationship;
- representations of the urban and construction of urban policies;
- history, identity and urban space;
- social diversity and urban conflict.
The course also introduces research in the field of urban theory and provides some basics of the literature review technique.
- definitions of cities;
- urban-rural relationship;
- representations of the urban and construction of urban policies;
- history, identity and urban space;
- social diversity and urban conflict.
The course also introduces research in the field of urban theory and provides some basics of the literature review technique.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
For the urban theory section: weekly readings that will be provided on moodle.
For the methodology section:
- Chris Hart, Doing a Literature Review. Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination, Sage, 1998.
For the methodology section:
- Chris Hart, Doing a Literature Review. Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination, Sage, 1998.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: The course aims to provide advanced knowledge of the relationship between urban theory and urban policies, as well as methodological research skills on the literature review technique.
Skills: ability to critically analyze urban policies; understanding the interdependencies between discursive practices, urban policies, and spatial social dynamics; ability to develop a literature review.
Skills: ability to critically analyze urban policies; understanding the interdependencies between discursive practices, urban policies, and spatial social dynamics; ability to develop a literature review.
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons. Projection, analysis and discussion of journalistic and filmic texts. Collective discussion of weekly readings. Individual exercise: literature review on a topic agreed with the teacher.
Type of Assessment
Weekly evaluation of learning through classroom discussion of the readings. Final talk on the weekly readings. Evaluation of the individual exercise and discussion of it.