Berlin Fieldcourse: Politics and Urban Space

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• • Understand how urban space gets produced by various agents and through various processes.
• • Be familiar with the various ways in which human geographers conceptualise space.
• • Produce convincing oral presentations and essays on the production of urban space.
• • Be able to plan and carry out ethnographic research as part of a group.

This module consists of a residential fieldcourse and a series of related meetings and assignments. Currently, the venue is Berlin, a city which provides opportunities to explore topics such as

modern architecture and design, the role of nation-states and political ideologies in the production of urban space, the urbanisation of memory, and the role of private corporations and 'the public' in the city. Drawing on visits to archives, museums, and sites in the city, students will explore these

substantive themes in group projects. On return to Southampton, students will work independently on assessed work related to the fieldcourse, but with access to members of staff for supervision

purposes.

Teaching and learning methods

Fieldtrip, lectures, site visits, group work, student presentations, seminars

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Background textbook. Students are given a reading pack prior to arrival at the field site. Students are given long reading lists on their return from from the field site. All items on the reading lists are available in the library.

Computer requirements. Laptops are made available to students during the fieldtrip.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External