240038 SE BM7 Introduction to Urban Conflict (2024W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von So 01.09.2024 00:01 bis Mo 23.09.2024 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 14.10.2024 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Mittwoch 02.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 09.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 16.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 23.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 30.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 06.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 13.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 20.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 27.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 04.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 11.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- N Mittwoch 08.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 15.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 22.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Mittwoch 29.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Description and Aims: Although not a newly emerged phenomenon, urban conflict (whether urban rights movements or urban war) has recently re-entered the scope of academic discussions. How different conflicts shape/restructure urban space and vice versa is the main subject of this course. This course aims to provide a critical prespective on past and current urban conflicts of different kinds, pay attention to the power dynamics in restructuring urban space, and contestation on different levels. The course will introduce different types (based on race, gender, class, ethnicity, etc.) and scales/levels (street, neighborhood, district, city, national or international) of urban conflicts. To better understand the subject, the course will start with an overview of urban theory to provide a background in urban studies and continue with different aspects of urban conflict every week. While the first weeks' readings will be based on theoretical discussions, the different aspects of urban conflict will be covered mostly through various case studies around the world.Structure: Each class will have two or three key required texts. Classes will begin with a short lecture by the instructor framing the readings. The brief lecture will be followed by a discussion on the weekly assigned readings. Combined with the questions and discussion points prepared by the instructor, the weekly submitted questions by students will help to shape the discussion part of classes. The students are encouraged to start thinking about the topic of their final paper from the beginning of the course. They are also welcome to ask/comment/discuss their final paper interest in relation to weekly readings. We will also discuss the weekly readings with regard to previous readings. Thus, attendance in classes and keeping up with readings are essential.Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students are expected to learn to define different approaches in analysing urban conflict and different aspects and scales of urban conflicts. The objective of the course is to expand the students’ understanding of urban studies and learn to interpret the reflections of conflicts on urban space and vice versa. The learning objective of the course is to familiarize the students with anthropological research on urban issues. Ultimately, students are expected to apply their theoretical knowledge on a case study.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The course will be a continuous assessment seminar in which the student will be assessed based on attendance, participation, weekly assignments, and a final paper.-Attendance (10%): Students are expected to attend all classes. Each student is allowed to miss three classes without excuse; in case of more absences, grades will be cut from attendance unless a sick note is presented.
-Participation (10%): Students are expected to attend classes prepared (reading the course material) and join discussions.
-Weekly assignments (30%): Students are expected to submit a weekly assignment, i.e. prepare questions from readings before each class (details will be covered in the first class).
-Final paper (50%): Students will write a final paper based on a case study (details will be covered in the first class).For the completion of the written tasks all means can be used except AI tools such as ChatGPT.
-Participation (10%): Students are expected to attend classes prepared (reading the course material) and join discussions.
-Weekly assignments (30%): Students are expected to submit a weekly assignment, i.e. prepare questions from readings before each class (details will be covered in the first class).
-Final paper (50%): Students will write a final paper based on a case study (details will be covered in the first class).For the completion of the written tasks all means can be used except AI tools such as ChatGPT.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Grading:To pass the course, a minimum of 61 points is required.
91-100 = 1, excellent
81-90 = 2, good
71-80 = 3, satisfactory
61-70 = 4, sufficient
0-60 = 5, failedFailure to meet these obligations (e.g. failure to attend classes, submit the final paper, submit weekly assignments or limited class participation) will lead to failure of the course.
91-100 = 1, excellent
81-90 = 2, good
71-80 = 3, satisfactory
61-70 = 4, sufficient
0-60 = 5, failedFailure to meet these obligations (e.g. failure to attend classes, submit the final paper, submit weekly assignments or limited class participation) will lead to failure of the course.
Prüfungsstoff
Students will write a final paper based on a case study. The paper will present a case of the student's choice and analyze the case through theories/conceptualizations learned in the course. Towards the end of the course (exact dates will be announced later), students will have a chance to discuss and consult their choice of case and theories for the final paper with the instructor, one-on-one.More details about the assignment will be covered in the first class.
Literatur
Du Bois, W.E.B. (1899) “The Negro Problem in Philadelphia,” “The Question of Earning a Living,” and “Color Prejudice” In The City Reader.
Simmel, G. (2002) “The Metropolis and Mental Life.” In The Blackwell City Reader. Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson eds.
Weber, M. (1969). “The Nature of the City.” In Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. R. Sennett, ed.
Wirth, L. (1938). “Urbanism as a way of life." In The City Reader. 6th ed. Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout, eds.
Lefebvre, H. ‘The Specificity of the City,” and “Theses on the City, the Urban and Planning,” In Writings on Cities.
Harvey, D. (1978). “The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2(1-3): 101–131.
Berman, M. (1987). Among the Ruins. New Internationalist, 178.
Berman, M. (1996). Falling Tower: City Life after Urbicide. In D. Crow (Ed.). Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics of Identity.
Harvey, D. (2004). The 'new' imperialism: accumulation by dispossession. Socialist Register, 40, 63-87.
Harvey, D. (2008). Right to the city. New Left Review.
Bayat, A. (2000). From 'dangerous classes' to 'quiet rebels': Politics of the urban subaltern in the global south. International Sociology, 15(3).
Smith, N. (2002) "New globalism, new urbanism: gentrification as global urban strategy." Antipode 34.3: 427-450.
Pobric, A. & Robinson, G. M. (2019). Recent Urban Development and Gentrification in Post- Dayton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cities, 89, 281-295.
Ghertner, D. Asher. (2015). “Why gentrification theory fails in ‘much of the world’,” City 19:
552–563.
Foltin, R., (2014). Squatting and Autonomous Action in Vienna. The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present.
Caldeira, T.P.R. (1999). “Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation” in James Holston, ed. Cities and Citizenship.
J. Little, et al. (1988). Women in Cities: Gender and the Urban Environment.
Darici, H. (2013). “Adults See Politics As A Game”: Politics Of Kurdish Children In Urban Turkey. International Journal Of Middle East Studies, 45(4), 775–790.
Torre, S. (1999) “Claiming the Public Space: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo”
Ahiska, M. (2014). Counter-Movement, Space and Politics: How the Saturday Mothers of Turkey Make Enforced Disappearances Visible. In: Space and the Memories of Violence. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies.
Roy, A. (2004). “Urban Informality: Toward an Epistemology of Planning.” Journal of the American Planning Association.
Huq, E. & Miraftab, F. (2020) “’We are All Refugees’: Camps and Informal Settlements as Converging Spaces of Global Displacements”
Martin, D. (2014). “From spaces of exception to ‘campscapes’: Palestinian refugee camps and informal settlements in Beirut”
Yiftachel, O. (2009). “Critical theory and ‘gray space’: Mobilization of the colonized”
Picker, G. et al. (2015) “Colonial refractions: the ‘Gypsy camp’ as a spatio-racial political technology”
Hewitt, H. (1983). Plane Annihilation: Area Bombing and the Fate of Urban Places. Annals of the Association of American Geography, 73(2), 257-284.
Misselwitz, P. & Weizman, E. (2013). Military Operation as Urban Planning. Mute. Graham, S. (2004). Postmortem city. City, 8(2), 165-196.
Bogdanovic, B. (1993). Murder of the City. New York Review of Books.
Coward, M. (2004). Urbicide in Bosnia. In S. Graham (Ed.). Cities, War and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics
Shaw, M. (2004). New Wars of the City: ‘Urbicide’ and ‘Genocide’ In S. Graham (Ed.). Cities, War and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics
Yonucu, D. (2021). “Counterinsurgency in Istanbul: provocative counterorganization, violent interpellation and sectarian fears”. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
Tas, A. (2023). Urban Destruction and Redevelopment as Counterinsurgency: The Void, The Limbo and New Face of Sur. The Commentaries, 3(1), 25–50.*some readings might change
Simmel, G. (2002) “The Metropolis and Mental Life.” In The Blackwell City Reader. Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson eds.
Weber, M. (1969). “The Nature of the City.” In Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. R. Sennett, ed.
Wirth, L. (1938). “Urbanism as a way of life." In The City Reader. 6th ed. Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout, eds.
Lefebvre, H. ‘The Specificity of the City,” and “Theses on the City, the Urban and Planning,” In Writings on Cities.
Harvey, D. (1978). “The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2(1-3): 101–131.
Berman, M. (1987). Among the Ruins. New Internationalist, 178.
Berman, M. (1996). Falling Tower: City Life after Urbicide. In D. Crow (Ed.). Geography and Identity: Living and Exploring Geopolitics of Identity.
Harvey, D. (2004). The 'new' imperialism: accumulation by dispossession. Socialist Register, 40, 63-87.
Harvey, D. (2008). Right to the city. New Left Review.
Bayat, A. (2000). From 'dangerous classes' to 'quiet rebels': Politics of the urban subaltern in the global south. International Sociology, 15(3).
Smith, N. (2002) "New globalism, new urbanism: gentrification as global urban strategy." Antipode 34.3: 427-450.
Pobric, A. & Robinson, G. M. (2019). Recent Urban Development and Gentrification in Post- Dayton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cities, 89, 281-295.
Ghertner, D. Asher. (2015). “Why gentrification theory fails in ‘much of the world’,” City 19:
552–563.
Foltin, R., (2014). Squatting and Autonomous Action in Vienna. The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present.
Caldeira, T.P.R. (1999). “Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation” in James Holston, ed. Cities and Citizenship.
J. Little, et al. (1988). Women in Cities: Gender and the Urban Environment.
Darici, H. (2013). “Adults See Politics As A Game”: Politics Of Kurdish Children In Urban Turkey. International Journal Of Middle East Studies, 45(4), 775–790.
Torre, S. (1999) “Claiming the Public Space: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo”
Ahiska, M. (2014). Counter-Movement, Space and Politics: How the Saturday Mothers of Turkey Make Enforced Disappearances Visible. In: Space and the Memories of Violence. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies.
Roy, A. (2004). “Urban Informality: Toward an Epistemology of Planning.” Journal of the American Planning Association.
Huq, E. & Miraftab, F. (2020) “’We are All Refugees’: Camps and Informal Settlements as Converging Spaces of Global Displacements”
Martin, D. (2014). “From spaces of exception to ‘campscapes’: Palestinian refugee camps and informal settlements in Beirut”
Yiftachel, O. (2009). “Critical theory and ‘gray space’: Mobilization of the colonized”
Picker, G. et al. (2015) “Colonial refractions: the ‘Gypsy camp’ as a spatio-racial political technology”
Hewitt, H. (1983). Plane Annihilation: Area Bombing and the Fate of Urban Places. Annals of the Association of American Geography, 73(2), 257-284.
Misselwitz, P. & Weizman, E. (2013). Military Operation as Urban Planning. Mute. Graham, S. (2004). Postmortem city. City, 8(2), 165-196.
Bogdanovic, B. (1993). Murder of the City. New York Review of Books.
Coward, M. (2004). Urbicide in Bosnia. In S. Graham (Ed.). Cities, War and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics
Shaw, M. (2004). New Wars of the City: ‘Urbicide’ and ‘Genocide’ In S. Graham (Ed.). Cities, War and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics
Yonucu, D. (2021). “Counterinsurgency in Istanbul: provocative counterorganization, violent interpellation and sectarian fears”. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
Tas, A. (2023). Urban Destruction and Redevelopment as Counterinsurgency: The Void, The Limbo and New Face of Sur. The Commentaries, 3(1), 25–50.*some readings might change
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Letzte Änderung: So 28.07.2024 17:26