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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: REINVENTING THE URBAN: TOWNSCAPES AND ENVIRONMENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY (PGHC11320)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaPostgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionHow do towns and cities differ in 2000 to those of 1900? High-rise, multi-storey, sprawl, cloned, private, and zoned are some of the adjectives used to describe the 20th century city. Scale, mass, density and colour have changed as building materials, designs and technologies have altered.

The course has five parts:
1. Background: Building the Burghs
2. The Landscape of Memory
3. Cloned Cities
4. Regeneration
5. Cities Inverted?
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Experts in planning and regeneration provide instruction through video lectures and illustrated materials, and there are rich resources available on-ine that enrich the visual and interpretive aspect of this course. The course proceeds with a number of central questions and issues, and employs conceptual frameworks to understand the process of landscape change:
* What characteristics would you use to describe changes in the 20th century town or city?
* Are our townscape increasingly homogenised, or is this a central characteristic of modernisation through different periods?
* Should the focus be on physical features that define fundamental changes in the urban landscape and environment?
* How do changes in the townscape, or the sensescape as it has been called, affect behaviour?
* In what ways do smaller places also experience a changing urban environment?
* Do the experience of Scottish burghs coincide with townscape changes elsewhere?
* Does the historic landscape condition our vision of the contemporary city?
* Is the conventional notion of zoning irrelevant in a contemporary world?
Assessment Information
A short report (750) words
AND
An essay, photoessay or project on a specific area or site (1500 words)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Rodger
Tel:
Email: Richard.Rodger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk
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