Postgraduate Course: Encountering Cities (PGT) (PGGE11185)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course explores the everyday geographies of cities through the concept of encounter. Questioning how we understand cities, the course introduces diverse theoretical approaches to the city and examines different modes of researching and representing cities. Using Urban examples as diverse as Bradford and Baghdad, the course is organised around lectures and discussions that address 3 key conceptual concerns: understanding the everyday sociality of cities (the spaces of encounter and mundane interaction that make up so much of urban life); grasping the emotional and affective life of cities (the embodied experiences of inhabiting and using urban spaces); and appreciating the urban materialities (the often overlooked things, technologies, natures, and infrastructure that are a part of every day life in cities). These conceptual concerns then form the basis for examining a series of important issues facing contemporary cities including; urban multiculture and living with difference; segregation and the sorting of bodies in cities; fear and the city; terrorism and wounded cities. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
200 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ To provide students with a thorough knowledge of the city
¿ To introduce students to a range of different ways of knowing the city
¿ To make students aware of how knowledge and understanding of the city is developed through different research methods and representation
¿ To provide a critical understanding of key concepts including encounters, sociality, emotions, materiality
¿ To develop students understanding of a number of substantive, current issues affecting everyday urban life using case studies from cities around the world
¿ To provide students with a detailed understanding of: the social life of cities; the emotional life of cities; and urban materialities
¿ To encourage students to critically identify and analyse complex problems facing the city and to demonstrate some originality in dealing with these problems
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Assessment Information
| 3000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
The course is organised around lectures, readings, discussions and documentary films to familiarise students with different ways of knowing the city, and to develop an appreciation of some key issues facing cities. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Amin, A. and Thrift, N. (2002). Cities: Reimagining the Urban. (Cambridge: Polity Press).
Caldeira, T. (2000). City of Walls: Segregation and Citizenship in São Paulo. (Berkeley: University of California Press).
Donald, J. (1999). Imagining the Modern City. (London: The Athlone Press).
Latham, A., McCormack, D., McNamara, k and McNeill, D. (2009). Key Concepts in Urban Geography. (London: Sage).
Lefebvre, H. (1996). Writings on Cities. (Oxford: Blackwell).
Pile, S. (2005). Real Cities. (London: Routledge).
Watson, S. (2006). City Publics: the (dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters. (London: Routledge).
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures. This course is jointly taught with undergraduate student, however, assessment is at a postgraduate level. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Daniel Swanton
Tel: (0131 6)50 8164
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Susan Orr
Tel: (0131 6)50 2543
Email: |
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