Historical Urban Studies

2021/2022

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент истории

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватели

Бекасова Александра Викторовна

Крайковский Алексей Викторович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The aim of this course is to introduce interdisciplinary trends of urban studies and focus on the functioning of these processes through historical perspective. Special attention will be given to research studies focusing on urbanization in the context of social, ecological, and technological history as well as history of science. This is a graduate course that examines the major topics of urban history from a transnational perspective. Moving through the modern period to the late 20th century, this course will focus on the analytic trends, major questions and issues shaping urban history studies today. Themes will include urban migration, mobility and governance, the city as an artefact of technology and environment, cities as the loci of various practices and places for production of knowledge and identities. This class is reading and discussion intensive.

Learning Objectives

• To give an idea of the directions and approaches in contemporary research in Urban History.
• To develop intellectual skills to discuss and provide arguments for defending their point of view, formulate questions for general discussion and moderate it
• To develop research skills, including the preparation of a collective research project proposal.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to analyze critically the literature they have read, use their knowledge in seminar discussions
• Students will master the conceptual framework of Urban history, methods and techniques of historical research and be able to use them in the preparation of collective research projects proposals.
• Students would be able to perform professional activities, including research and development activities in the international environment.

Course Contents

• What is urban history? Urban History as interdisciplinary field or research.
• City and Industry
• The challenge of Modernity. From Ideal City to World Metropolis.
• City and Trade
• City and Port
• City and its past. The problem of urban heritage
• The Growth of Cities in the Modern Era: Migration and Urban Change. Displaying History of Migration in the Museums
• Knowledge and Urbanization. The City as Space of Knowledge
• ‘Urban Machinery’: Cities and Technologies in Historical Perspective
• Historicizing Sustainable Urban Mobility: Transnational Perspective
• Cities and environment. Resources of the city. Urban metabolism as historical phenomenon
• Concluding seminar. Presentations of collective projects and discussion

Assessment Elements

• Attendance +Participation (thoughtful contributions in the class)
• Moderation one of the seminars discussion (list of questions and discussion-leading)
• collective projects proposals
• Presentation of collective projects, preparing reviews, discussion

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.25 * Attendance +Participation (thoughtful contributions in the class) + 0.2 * Presentation of collective projects, preparing reviews, discussion + 0.3 * collective projects proposals + 0.25 * Moderation one of the seminars discussion (list of questions and discussion-leading)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Chapin, P. G. (2004). Research Projects and Research Proposals : A Guide for Scientists Seeking Funding. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=164360
• What is Urban History?, Ewen, S., 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Kivunja, C. (2016). How to Write an Effective Research Proposal for Higher Degree Research in Higher Education: Lessons from Practice. International Journal of Higher Education, 5(2), 163–172. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1099810
• Tilly, C. (2010). Cities, states, and trust networks: chapter 1 of Cities and States in World History.

Authors

• BEKASOVA ALEKSANDRA VIKTOROVNA
• KRAYKOVSKIY ALEKSEY VIKTOROVICH