Postgraduate Course: The City and its Others (ARDE11003)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - Design |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course covers the both classic theoretical literature on the city in architecture, sociology, geography and cultural studies, and more recent material on non-normative urban forms such as the edge cities, ex-urbs, megacities, barrios, and desa-kotas. The course tracks the shifting character of urban theory in its attempt to account for and explain the emergence of these 'other' urbanisms in the context of globalization. The course deals with explicitly cross-cultural urban and post-urban exemplars, with specific focus on cities in South America, Eastern Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and the UK. It will be informed by recent work on postcolonialism, globalization and cybernetics, as well as the various forms of visual knowledge by which emergent urban conditions are known, made, traversed, imagined and inhabited. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course has three main learning outcomes:
1) to introduce a range of classic and contemporary theoretical literature on the city
2) to understand the diversity of forms of urban and quasi-urban settlement that have emerged around the globe in the recent past
3) to develop capacity to engage with inter-disciplinary approaches to studying the city |
Assessment Information
| The course is assessed via a research essay and seminar report with a combined total of 4,000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Stephen Cairns
Tel:
Email: stephen.cairns@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Kirsten Phimister
Tel: (0131 6)51 3856
Email: k.phimister@ed.ac.uk |
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