Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- define present and exemplify concepts relating to the subject
- formulate and clarify critical questions informed by theoretical approaches pertinent to the study of cities
- apply knowledge, understanding and critical analysis to readings of the city
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- set and monitor goals reflecting on your own learning and learning form feedback
- communicate effectively and confidently both orally and in writing
- produce academic writing to required conventions
- work with a range of sources taking accurate notes and keeping records
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- How key notions such as ‘nation’, ‘class’, ‘race’, ‘gender’ ‘culture’, or ‘history’ are formed, represented and reproduced in a metropolitan context.
- How cosmopolitanism and diversity are expressed in urban environments.
- the ways in which historical and national narratives are told by monumental and representational cultures of cities.
- Cities as micro-sites of historical, social political and linguistic developments and conflicts that have national and/or transnational significance.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 12 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 2 |
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Revision | 40 |
| Lecture | 12 |
| Wider reading or practice | 40 |
| Follow-up work | 4 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson (2010). The Blackwell City Reader. Blackwell.
Anna Minton (2009). Ground Control Fear and Happiness in the twenty-first- century city. Penguin.
Nadine El-Enany (2020). (B)ordering Britain. Law ,Race and Empire. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Smakman, D and Heinrich, P editors (2018). Urban Sociolinguistics: The City as a linguistic process and experience. Routledge.
Steve Pile and Nigel Thrift (eds.) (2000). City a-z. Routledge.
Doreen Massey at al (eds.) (1999). City Worlds. Routledge.
Fran Tonkiss (2006). Space, the City and Social Theory. Blackwell.
Deborah Stevenson (2003). Cities and Urban Cultures. Open Univ. Press.
Suzanne Hall and Ricky Burdett editors (2018). The Sage Handbook of the 21st Century City. Sage.
Diarmit Mac Giolla Chriost (2007). Language and the City. Palgrave.
Imogen Tyler (2020). Stigma The Machinery of inequality. London: ZED books.
Michael Peter Smith (2001). Transnational Urbanism Locating Globalization. Blackwell.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Research proposal | 30% |
| Coursework Presentation | 20% |
| Analytical essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Research proposal | 30% |
| Coursework Presentation | 20% |
| Analytical essay | 50% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework Presentation | 20% |
| Research proposal | 30% |
| Analytical essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External