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58675-01 - Studio: Interdisciplinary Urban Research (10 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Herbstsemester |
| Dozierende |
Francesca Romana Dell'Aglio (francescaromana.dellaglio@unibas.ch)
Ernest Sewordor (ernest.sewordor@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This research studio equips Critical Urbanisms MA students who are preparing for their thesis work with advanced research skills. Participants will be guided to amalgamate research skills developed in previous Critical Urbanisms modules (i.e., Ways of Knowing the City; Urbanism from the South; Urbanism across Geographies; /or Anthropological Fieldwork). Participants will be challenged to expand their analytical and methodological rigor from multidisciplinary perspectives through interactive exercises, conducted both individually and in group, which deepen students’ knowledge and understanding of key debates in urban studies, research design process, methodological skill sets, and ethical and epistemological questions around knowledge production. Students are encouraged to come to the course with an initial topic of interest in mind for their research. The studio is iteratively built, in three main stages: (1) Foundations of Critical Urban Research In this part, the course instructors will guide students to define their research interests and ambitions. At the end of this block, students will produce a poster (i.e., a composite of visuals, text, and notes) consisting of a title, abstract, and bibliography, which will be shared in the Research Design Workshop. (2) Research Design Workshop (RDW) In this two-day workshop, students will present their work to their colleagues, the course instructors, and Urban Studies faculty, using a project poster they will create as a pedagogical tool and reference. The presentation should introduce your research topic/ area of interest, articulate the methodologies you’ve considered for your work, and explain your research aims. Besides the feedback you will receive, RDW is intended to assign you a supervisor and a reader, who will support you to research and write your thesis. (3) Combined Methods This block will introduce students to a variety of research methods that they are invited to explore, consider, and test through hands-on exercises. The combination of seminars and workshops in this block is tailored to introduce students to different methods and in-depth exploration of research techniques ranging from ethnography, interviewing, archival investigation, filmmaking, photography, to drawing. Students do not have to master all the methods. Rather, they are invited to acquaint themselves with 2 methods that are relevant for executing their thesis. Throughout the course, students are given guidance about the different stages of a research process, from choosing a topic to identifying methods. Blocks 1 and 2 should be considered a condensed introduction to the final thesis, during which students will identify their topic and assigned their supervisor/reader. During Block 3, students will primarily explore different urban research methods and reflect on those that could be to their work. Ultimately, students will submit a seminar paper consisting or research proposal – being an extension of the research idea they developed leading up to and pitched at RDW, plus a methodological statement proposing a maximum mix of two approaches (they chose from Block 3) to conduct their research. The seminar paper or research proposal will be submitted to and assessed by each student’s supervisor. |
| Lernziele | ● To develop an independent, interdisciplinary research project that generates original argumentation and new ideas that contribute to debates in urban studies; ● To integrate methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks from different epistemic and disciplinary traditions in executing urban research; ● To hone the skills and vocabulary to critically reflect on one’s positionality within a given research project; ● To become familiar with research that connects using images, spatial practices, material analyses, and discursive evidence to produce narratives. |
| Bemerkungen | Only open to Critical Urbanisms students who have fulfilled their requirements in the Critical Urbanisms Intro, the Ways of Knowing and the Urbanism across Geographies/Urbanism from the South/Anthropology modules. Also, participants must have completed one of their three required seminar papers. Please note that the above-mentioned seminar paper(s) is different from what some students must fulfill as part of extra requirements spelled out as conditions of their admission into the Critical Urbanisms programme. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Anmelden: Belegen ; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Anmelden: Belegen ; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 10.00-17.00 | Petersplatz 14/ Hebelstrasse 3, Phantomsaal E013 |
Einzeltermine
| Module |
Modul: Interdisciplinary Urban Research (Master Studiengang: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Pass/ Fail |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Urban Studies |