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| Semester | spring semester 2021 |
| Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
| Lecturers |
Kenny R. Cupers (kenny.cupers@unibas.ch)
Shourideh Cherie Molavi (sc.molavi@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This six-week fieldwork course trains students in site-specific research and community outreach. Given the global health crisis and associated travel restrictions of the coming period, the Spring 2021 site of focus for this track will be in and around Palermo, Sicily. The city has long been admired as a space for the architectural, environmental, intellectual and political intersection of the ‘Mediterranean’ area, and embodies the social, cultural, and racialized hierarchies of colonial power and legacies that will be central to our research. While the course will remain focused on Palermo and its surrounding areas, it aims to examine its urban present through the connections and boundaries of the imagined regions known as 'Mediterranean', the 'Middle East', ‘Africa' and ‘Europe’. In doing so, our focus on site-based research seeks to interrogate the idea of a linear development of thought and considers practices in urban spaces that deterritorialize constructed and militarized concepts, notions and identities. The module looks specifically at how colonial and imperial legacies of power may relate to regional discursive formulations and global geopolitical divides. To this end, the methods we mobilize to connect our on-site research to existing community and civil society interventions on the ground include, among others, fieldwork, participant observation, visual and spatial analysis, 3D modelling and mapping. Logistics and Finance: 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. |
| Comments | Given the global health crisis and associated travel restrictions of the coming period, the Spring 2021 site of focus for this track will be in and around Palermo, Sicily. Details for funding as well as information on contingency plans to follow in due course |
| Admission requirements | This course is only open for first year MA students in Critical Urbanisms |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
| Comments | Six-week fieldwork course: Given the global health crisis and associated travel restrictions of the coming period, the Spring 2021 site of focus for this track will be in and around Palermo, Sicily. |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 02.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Tuesday 03.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Wednesday 04.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 05.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Friday 06.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Monday 09.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Tuesday 10.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Wednesday 11.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 12.08.2021 | 09.00-20.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Modules |
Module: Ways of Knowing the City (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| 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 |