Universität Wien

230142 VO Introduction to urban sociology (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Moodle

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Update 7.2.2023: die für 29.03.2023 geplante Einheit muss auf 26.04.2023 16:45 (Kolingasse) verlegt werden.

Update 10.02.2023: die für 24.05.2023 geplante Einheit muss auf 22.03.2023 16:45 (Kolingasse) verlegt werden.

Update 8.3.2023: wegen eines Gastvortrags muss die Einheit am 26.4.2023 in einen größeren Raum verlegt werden (in Planung 16:45, HS 2 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre)

  • Wednesday 08.03. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 15.03. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 22.03. 16:45 - 19:15 PC-Seminarraum 1, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 19.04. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 26.04. 16:45 - 19:15 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 03.05. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 10.05. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 31.05. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 14.06. 16:45 - 19:15 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The course aims at offering an introduction into Urban Sociology and how it developed as a subfield of sociology addressing both classical thinkers and contemporary urban scholars contributions to the field. Students will be introduced to the analytical tools the discipline uses to critically understand urban phenomena. Are cities becoming more important? What are the consequences of the ongoing spatial changes? How does globalization influence urbanization dynamics in the global North and in the global South? Is gentrification the same everywhere? Where does Vienna fit into the broader picture? Students will be made aware about different theoretical and methodological approaches and their consequences in providing different views of cities and how they change across the globe. By doing so, the course will provide an overview of the complexity of cities and the need to disentangle this complexity in its multiple facets, from the political and economic to cultural and social points of views.

The course has a double objective:
1) first to provide a historical overview of how urban sociology developed;
2) second to provide the tools to understand cities and how they change. Students should be able to autonomously analyse urban contexts and how they change.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam about content provided throughout the semester as well as literature on Moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Notenschlüssel for the exam:

You can get a maximum amount of 10 points for every MC question and 35 points for every open question. You need to achieve at least 50 points to pass the exam.

100–89 sehr gut (1)
88–76 gut (2)
75–63 befriedigend (3)
62 –50 genügend (4)
0–49 nicht genügend (5)

Examination topics

Literature will be announced in the first unit and can be found in the syllabus.

Relevant for the exam:
Literature
Powerpoint slides (provided via moodle)
Discussions

Reading list

Provisional literature (will be complemented at the first unit in the syllabus):

-Harding A. Blokland T. (2014) Urban Theory, London: Sage. (Chapter 1,2,3,5)
- Brenner N. Schmid C. (2014), The Urban age in question
-Storper, M. Scott, A. J. (2016) Current debates in Urban Theory: A critical assessment Urban Studies pp. 1-23.
-Simmel G. (1908) The metropolis and mental life [or the original: Die Grosstädte und das Geistesleben, Dresden: Petermann, 1903]
-Hannerz U. (1980) Exploring the city : inquiries toward an urban anthropology Columbia University Press, pp. 19-59 (chapter 2).
-Lees L . Slater, T. Wyly E. (eds) (2007) Gentrification, Routledge, London. [only chapter 1]
-Haeusserman, H. Haila A. (2005) The European city: A conceptual framework and normative project, in Kazepov (2005) pp. 43-64.
-Bagnasco, A. Le Galès P. (2000) Cities in contemporary Europe. Chapter 1. European cities: Local societies and collective actors, pp. 1-32.

Association in the course directory

Die Lehrveranstaltung kann für jede Forschungsspezialisierung des Masterstudiums Soziologie herangezogen werden, sofern dies inhaltlich zu Ihrem Masterarbeitsvorhaben passt bzw. mit dem Betreuer oder der Betreuerin abgesprochen wurde.

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