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Urban Anthropology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:08.03.2024 14:01:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_076 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Anthropology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Matīss Šteinerts | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Background knowledge of anthropological theories and research methods is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with an understanding of the subject matter, issues and significance of urban anthropology within the broader field of urban research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Urban Studies in Anthropology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | History of Urban Studies and Current Topics in Anthropology | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Current Topics of Anthropological Research in Urban Studies – Analysis of Texts and Discussion in the Light of Current Events | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students must study the required readings independently and prepare the required papers and oral presentations. Students prepare for seminars independently, visit the library and use available digital resources to prepare for face-to-face classes. The specific objectives are updated annually and described on the e-learning platform. To assess the overall quality of the study course, the student must complete the course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation in lectures, preparation of a presentation for the seminar and a final exam essay. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students acquire basic knowledge and competence in theories of urban anthropology, will be able to debate historical and contemporary urban anthropology, and be familiar with research subjects. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students will acquire the skills to apply the theories and methods of urban anthropology in the analysis of practical situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To critically evaluate the theoretical and empirical material covered in this study course, use it to interpret and analyse other theoretical and empirical material, and apply it to practical problem solving and research. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Appadurai, A. (2002). Deep Democracy, in Public Culture 14(1), pp. 21-47 | ||||||||
| 2 | Crawford, M. (1991). “Can Architects Be Socially Responsible?” in Out of Site | ||||||||
| 3 | Davis, M. (2017). The Planet of Slums. New York: Verso. 1 -19, 20 -50 | ||||||||
| 4 | Dikec, M. (2006). Badlands of the Republic? Revolts, the French State, and the question of banlieues, in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 24(2):159-163. | ||||||||
| 5 | Gottdiener M., and Ray Hutchinson. (2019). The New Urban Sociology. Colorado: Westview Press. 6th Ed. 281 -313, pp., | ||||||||
| 6 | Low, Setha M. (1996). The Anthropology of Cities: Imagining and theorizing the city. Annual Review of Anthropology. Pp., 383 -409 | ||||||||
| 7 | Nauda. Dzīvestils. Identitāte: LU Zinātniskie Raksti 629 / Zinātniskā redaktore A. Stepčenko, Dr. Phil. - Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2000. 27 -39 lpp. (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 8 | Simone, Abdou M (2004). People as Infrastructure: Intersecting Fragments in Johannesburg., in Public Culture 16(3): 407-42. | ||||||||
| 9 | The City Reader. (2020) Richard T. Legates and Frederic Stout (eds.) 7th Ed. New York: Routledge. 503 -518, 519 -531 pp., | ||||||||
| 10 | The City Reader. (2020) Richard T. Legates and Frederic Stout (eds.) 7th Ed. New York: Routledge. 557 -568, 579 -589 pp., | ||||||||
| 11 | Virilio, P. “The Overexposed City,” in Neil Leach, Ed. Rethinking Architecture | ||||||||
| 12 | Wacquant, L. (2022). Body and Soul: Notes of an apprentice boxer. The Street and the Ring, pp. 13 -127. New York: Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
