230046 SE Reading Seminar: Urban public space - Theory and research (2018S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 03.02.2018 10:00 to Th 22.02.2018 10:00
- Registration is open from Su 25.02.2018 10:00 to Tu 27.02.2018 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 20.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
13.03.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
10.04.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
24.04.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
08.05.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
05.06.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
19.06.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Tuesday
26.06.
12:30 - 14:00
Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The study of public space is one of the most fascinating topics in urban sociology, yet it is also multi-faceted, fuzzy and sometimes outright confusing. This course will provide students with a roadmap of the basic discussions and approaches to public space. It will identify the traditions of thought, key concepts and theoretical development regarding public space and it will also review key empirical studies and methods of studying public space.Upon completing the course, students will not be expected to know everything about public space. Rather, they will be expected to have an overview of the diversity of approaches and, within this diversity, to be able to identify those approaches which they find interesting for their further work, academic or professional interest.Among the topic covered will be the historical origin of public space, its social and political importance, legal concepts of the public, public space in urbanism and planning, the “world of strangers” and the phenomenology of public space, the interaction order and the informal rules and rituals of interaction, the private body and the public self, civility and incivility in public space, women in public space, the decline of public space and its privatisation, commercialisation, social control and exclusion, consumption-lead public spaces and others.
Assessment and permitted materials
Attendance is compulsory in this course. Students will also be required to submit position papers prior to most of the classes and a final essay.Note: Attendance at the first meeting (13.3.) is compulsory. If you fail to turn up, you will be de-registered from the course.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students must attend all classes. Only one absence will be tolerated. They will be expected to prepare 5 position papers throughout the semester: the position papers will be submitted prior to classes via the moodle platform and they will be discussed in the seminar, too. Students will also submit a final essay (there will be 3 topics to choose from) at the end of the semester.The grading will be based on active participation in class (20%), the quality of the position papers (30%) and the final essay (50%).
Examination topics
Reading list
The literature to the course will include, among others, the following texts:Anderson, E.. 2010. Street etiquette and street wisdom. In. Orum, A. & Neal, Z. Common ground? Readings and reflections on public space. New York: Routledge. Pp.56-74.Banerjee, T. 2001. The Future of public space. Journal of the American planning association 67(1): 9-24.Cover, R. 2003. The naked subject: nudity, context and sexualization in contemporary culture. Body and society 9(3): 53-72.Goffman, E. 1983. The interaction order: American Sociological Association, 1982 presidential address. American sociological review 48(1): 1-17.Jacobs, J. 1961. Death and life of great American cities. New York: Random House.Kärrholm, M. 2007. The materiality of territorial production: a conceptual discussion of territoriality, materiality and the everyday life of public space. Space and culture 10(4): 437-453.Lofland, L. 1973. A World of strangers: order and action in urban public space. Prospect Heights: Waveland.Milgram, S. 1970. The experience of living in cities. Science 167(3924): 1461-1468.Mitchell, D. 1995. The end of public space? People's park, definitions of the public, and democracy.
Annals of the association of american geographers 85(1): 108-133.Rawls, A. 1987. The interaction order sui generis: Goffman's contribution to social theory. Sociological theory 5(2): 136-149.Staeheli, L. & Mitchell, D. 2006. USA's destiny? Regulating space and creating community in American shopping malls. Urban studies 43(5-6): 977-992.Staeheli, L. & Mitchell, D. 2007. Locating the public in research and practice. Progress in human geography 31(6): 792-811.Whyte, W. 1980. The Social life of small urban places. Washington DC: The conservation foundation.
Annals of the association of american geographers 85(1): 108-133.Rawls, A. 1987. The interaction order sui generis: Goffman's contribution to social theory. Sociological theory 5(2): 136-149.Staeheli, L. & Mitchell, D. 2006. USA's destiny? Regulating space and creating community in American shopping malls. Urban studies 43(5-6): 977-992.Staeheli, L. & Mitchell, D. 2007. Locating the public in research and practice. Progress in human geography 31(6): 792-811.Whyte, W. 1980. The Social life of small urban places. Washington DC: The conservation foundation.
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