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B028248 - POLITICAL URBAN GEOGRAPHY
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Course program
Academic Year 2018-19
Coorte 2018 - Second Cycle Degree in GEOGRAPHY, SPATIAL MANAGEMENT, HERITAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-GGR/01 - GEOGRAPHY
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
72
Teaching Term
26/02/2019 ⇒ 07/06/2019
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
English
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Suggested readings are the following:
• Amin, A. and Thrift, N.J. (2002) Cities: Reimagining the Urban. Polity Press, Cambridge
• Davies, J.S. and D. Imbroscio, eds (2009), Theories of Urban Politics, Sage, London.
• Lefebvre, H. (1996) Writings on Cities. Blackwell, Oxford.
• Robinson, J. (2006), Ordinary Cities. Between Modernity and Development, Routledge, London. Verso Books, London.
• Rossi, U. and A. Vanolo (2012), Urban Political Geographies. A Global Perspective, Sage, London.
• Vasudevan, A. (2017) The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting. Verso Books, London.
• Amin, A. and Thrift, N.J. (2002) Cities: Reimagining the Urban. Polity Press, Cambridge
• Davies, J.S. and D. Imbroscio, eds (2009), Theories of Urban Politics, Sage, London.
• Lefebvre, H. (1996) Writings on Cities. Blackwell, Oxford.
• Robinson, J. (2006), Ordinary Cities. Between Modernity and Development, Routledge, London. Verso Books, London.
• Rossi, U. and A. Vanolo (2012), Urban Political Geographies. A Global Perspective, Sage, London.
• Vasudevan, A. (2017) The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting. Verso Books, London.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: the students become acquainted with advanced notions in the field of urban theories and urban policies.
Competences: students will learn to critically reflect on the processes investing the contemporary city in a global perspective.
Capacity: students are introduced to field research and spatial management in urban contexts.
Competences: students will learn to critically reflect on the processes investing the contemporary city in a global perspective.
Capacity: students are introduced to field research and spatial management in urban contexts.
Prerequisites
Students are expected to be acquainted with the main theoretical and methodological approaches in Geography.
Teaching Methods
The course is based on seminars. Students will be requested to actively participate to the course with group presentations and discussion.
Further information
Attending classes is mandatory. Individual programs are permitted only in special cases
Type of Assessment
Students will prepare, present and discuss a paper on a selected topic concerning urban political geography.
Course program
The course focuses on the following topics:
- Theories of urban politics
- Urban and spatial policies
- Urban movements and the right to the city
- Urban public space and the quality of life
- Research methods in urban studies.
- Theories of urban politics
- Urban and spatial policies
- Urban movements and the right to the city
- Urban public space and the quality of life
- Research methods in urban studies.