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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Emilio Distretti (emilio.distretti@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Conflict is associated both with democratic politics and with hegemonic forms of violence. This seminar and lecture series will explore how conflict shapes cities and citizenship, and how cities and citizenship are, in turn, shaped by conflict. We propose that conflict be considered as a mode of inhabiting cities—indeed, as a mode of citizenship—but also as potentially a mode of eroding citizenship and urban fabric through both violent and non-violent means. Guest lecturers from a range of disciplines in the social sciences will address how issues ranging from participatory democracy and environmental justice to ethnic violence and migration reshape cities. The roster of guest lecturers includes renowned experts in the following areas of research: critical geography and mapping, urban politics, urbanism from the South, heritage studies, architectural research and activism. 30 September 2019 Laura Kurgan 03 October Léopold Lambert 29 October 2019 Nathalie Jean Baptiste 12 November 2019 Khaled Malas 26 November 2019 Deborah Cowen |
| Learning objectives | Students will gain familiarity with how different disciplines in the arts and social sciences approach pressing contemporary urban issues, with special attention to issues of research methodology and techniques of representation. |
| Admission requirements | This seminar can only be taken in conjuction with the lecture: 52238-01 Urbanism in Conflict. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Urban Studies |