SOC928 TS - Transformations of contemporary cities

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Luděk Sýkora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course is a discussion of selected questions of contemporary urban change with the emphasis on: 1) globalizing city 2) transformation of post-communist cities 3) new socio-spatial formations: processes and localities Students should be able to: understand and interpret the city from interdisciplinary perspective; understand the complexity, integrity and differentiation of urban places; comprehend objective features as well as various subjective representations of the urban; combine positive analysis, critical evaluation and normative proposals for social and political action.
Syllabus
  • 1) new socio-spatial formations: process of suburbanization and suburban localities
  • 2) transformation of post-communist cities in the context of globalization
  • 3) cognitive mapping of urban landscape with an emphasis on post-communist cities
Literature
  • TEAFORD, Jon C. The American suburb : the basics. New York: Routledge, 2008, xvi, 271. ISBN 9780415951654. info
  • KITCHIN, Rob and Mark BLADES. The cognition of geographic space. London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2002, vii, 241. ISBN 1860647057. info
  • Cities after socialism : urban and regional change and conflict in post-socialist societies. Edited by Gregory Andrusz - Michael Harloe - Iván Szelényi. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996, xii, 340. ISBN 1557861641. info
Assessment methods
Teaching methods: reading and class discussion
Requirements for accomplishment: critical review of literature and discussion of course themes
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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