FSS:SOC261 Brno: problem of public space - Course Information

SOC261 Brno: problem of public space

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Slavomíra Ferenčuhová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Galčanová Batista, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Vacková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Tue 18:00–19:40 U33

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Course is focused on understanding the problems of contemporary Central European cities, especially the city of Brno: it interconnects the education process with a field work and data analysis.
Course conceptualizes especially the development and changes (planned as well as unplanned) of public spaces in Brno. The readings will cover also other issues (housing, housing estates, consumption, demographic change, physical character of places, local policies). It cultivates methodological skills, helping students to become able to analyze existing urban problems.

Syllabus

• Key concepts: public space and its transformations
• Key concepts: private and public space, public space design
• Key concepts: city management
• Key concepts: post-socialist city
• Methods to analyze the functioning of public space
• Methods to analyze the local governance
• Brno: in history and today
• Brno: problems of local administration
• Brno: analysis of the selected problems

Literature

• Common ground? : readings and reflections on public space. Edited by Anthony M. Orum - Zachary P. Neal. New York: Routledge, 2010, x, 227. ISBN 9780415997270. info
• LOW, Setha M. On the plaza : the politics of public space and culture. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000, xx, 274. ISBN 0292747136. URL info
• The cultures of cities. Edited by Sharon Zukin. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995, xiv, 322. ISBN 1557864373. info

Teaching methods

theoretical and methodological training (literature review, analysis of case studies in literature)
field trips and data collection (practical training of research techniques)

Assessment methods

Mid-term test (or essay), activity in the seminars and debates (obligatory attandance).
Course will conclude with the analysis of a selected problem in the particular locality in the city of Brno: data collection, analysis, evaluation and improvement proposal with both the written essay and an oral presentation within the closing colloquium.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
  
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