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| Semester | spring semester 2021 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Kenny R. Cupers (kenny.cupers@unibas.ch)
Shourideh Cherie Molavi (sc.molavi@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This block course focuses on land(scape) and (urban) space as both objects of investigation and as sites of intervention—the very medium within which movement takes place and through which power and resistance are represented and exerted. The course examines the tensions linking the urban spaces, territories, infrastructures and practices engaged with at a local level with broader geopolitical scales and dimensions, paying particular attention to the historical colonial and imperial legacies, and trans-local processes that cross the imagined ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ divide. In doing so, the course explores how cities and territories are formed and their entanglement in the global systems of movement, circulation, accumulation, and displacement that produce global conflict. Within this conceptual framework, we engage with—and seek to (un)learn and challenge—sites that interrogate notions of layered state power, borders, violence, territorialisms, the militarization of space, and the movement of people, ideas, goods identities, and solidarities. Designed to complement site immersions in the Spring 2021 semester, our in-class sessions involve assigned readings, collective discussions, and individual presentations that focus on both written and visual engagements with the course materials and topic. |
| Comments | The University of Basel provides a small grant to help cover the costs of the travel and logistics of the semester. Full details will be provided soon. |
| Admission requirements | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich This course is only open for first year MA students in Critical Urbanisms |
| Course application | Anmelden: Belegen Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Tuesday | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz - |
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz - |
| Comments | Tuesday & Wednesday @ 2:00-5:00pm (1 March-2 April, 2021 in Basel; 5-30 April 2021 in Palermo) Independent work afterwards - |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 02.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Wednesday 03.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Tuesday 09.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Wednesday 10.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Tuesday 16.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Wednesday 17.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Tuesday 23.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Wednesday 24.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Tuesday 30.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Wednesday 31.03.2021 | 14.00-17.00 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Modules |
Module: Urbanism across Geographies (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 |