Universität Wien

290161 EX Field Trip: Changing Vienna: Geopolitical Metropolis to Smart City (2019S)

Von geopolitischer Metropole zur Smart City

2.00 ECTS (1.50 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Preparatory Lecture:

Thursday 21.03.2019 16:15 - 18:00 hrs Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518 A0518

Excursion Days:

Friday 26 April 2019, whole day from 0930-1600 hrs
Friday 17 May 2019, whole day from 0930-1600 hrs
Friday 14 June 2019, whole day from 0930-1600 hrs

(Meeting points for each day will be announced in the moodle platform)


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The students have gained an overview to the relevance of Vienna as a geopolitical metropolis under a variety of aspects.

In the course of the excursion days, three phases:
1. Political/geographical metropolis of a multi-ethnic empire
2. City at the border of geopolitical fault lines
3. Modern Smart City
will be considered under different factors of human geography.

Each day, the excursion will lead to four selected stops which are of political-geographic relevance (e.g. Heldenplatz, Karl-Marx-Court, Central Train Station, “Seestadt” Aspern). There, exemplary factors which gave/give Vienna an outstanding geopolitical/human geographical role and function will be studied.

Assessment and permitted materials

The students are expected to prepare short presentation to the respective given topics and present them at the various stops of the excursion. The task includes 1. a summary to the issue discussed, 2. the attempt of a geopolitical analysis of the importance of Vienna with regards of the issue presented and 3. a personal assessment.

The topics will be presented in the preparatory lecture – presence is a must, as the signing up will happen then. For each topic, a short (maximum one A4 page) hand-out with the key points, data, facts etc. needs to be prepared and handed out to all students at the respective day of presentation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation on all three days, written hand-out as well as oral presentation on the topic at the respective stop of the excursion, preparatory literature research.

Examination topics

No written exam or minutes of the excursion.
Participation on all three days as well as the preparatory lecture.
Short oral presentations with hand-out at the individual stops, active participation in the discussion.

Reading list

Will be announced at the preparatory lecture

Association in the course directory

(B11-7.3) (MG3-EX) (L2-EX) (BA UF GW 18)

Last modified: Th 18.04.2019 09:28