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49113-01 - Seminar: Housing from Above and Below (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Kenny R. Cupers (kenny.cupers@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Manuel Herz (manuel.herz@unibas.ch) Sophie Oldfield (sophie.oldfield@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Course Description: Our world is rapidly urbanizing, with an increasing share of the population living in metropolitan regions and mega-cities, especially in the global South. Housing has been and continues to be a major tool to make cities livable and to improve and govern them. Yet, the outcomes of these large-scale modernization projects are often socially and politically contested. What is the role of housing in shaping cities? What are the sometimes radical dreams of architects and planners and the moneymaking schemes of developers that underpin housing development? How do governments and policy makers push these types of projects? How do ordinary people, those simply needing a place to live, adapt to and transform housing? In this course we explore the disjunction between what is planned and envisioned, and the concrete lived experiences and transformations of these environments once built. The course focuses on three concrete sites of state-driven housing development in Paris, Abidjan, and Cape Town. We will explore the role of national policy-making, local histories, social and ethnic dynamics, architecture and technology, and transnational developments in shaping the successes and failures of housing. The course is taught by Kenny Cupers (Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism), Manuel Herz (Professor of Architectural, Urban and Territorial Design), Sophie Oldfield (Professor of Urban Studies, University of CapeTown). |
| Comments | If you are not enrolled at the University of Basel but interested in the course please contact Michelle Killenberger (michelle.killenberger @ unibas.ch). |
| Admission requirements | Requirements: We welcome students from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and design fields interested in joining our MA program in Critical Urbanisms in Fall 2018. |
| Course application | This course addresses students who like to gain an insight into the MA program Critical Urbanisms. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Module: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Pass / Fail |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Urban Studies |