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290139 SE Seminar in Human Geography: Urban Development in South-Eastern Europe (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

No lecturer on 14th December 2022 - a new date will be announced as soon as possible!
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  • Wednesday 05.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 12.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 19.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 09.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 16.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 23.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 30.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 07.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 14.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 11.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 18.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Wednesday 25.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals: gaining a structured overview of the specific urban development processes in SEE.
Competences to be achieved: knowledge about specific development paths in SEE. Critical reflexion of dominant theories on urban spaces from the viewpoint of the periphery.
Focusing on SEE cities, the historical framings will be elaborated, as well as the specificities of urban development under socialism, as well as the multiple transformations since the 1990s.
The lecture cum assignments has two sections:
(1) general sections, introducing the specificities of SEE, the historical city of the 19th and early 20th century, the socialist and the post-socialist city. In this section, the concept of peripheralization and its impact on urban development will be debated as well.
(2) Current challenges of urban development: investor-led urban development, especially mean-projects and gated communities, informal vs. controlled suburbanization/urban sprawl, urban infrastructure, brownfield conversion, transformation into a service economy.

Methods: discussion, presentation, seminar work

Assessment and permitted materials

For the successful completion of the seminar the following basic achievements are required:
- regular and active participation in the course
- reflection of basic literature
- presentation, seminar work

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Seminar paper (50%)
- proactive participation, seminar presentation (50%)

Examination topics

Reading list

(1) Matznetter, W. & Musil, R. (2021): Peripheral Metropolises in Southeast Europe. An Introduction. In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 162, p. 9-24. ( DOI 10.1553/moegg162s9
(2) Kühn, M. & Weck, S. (2013): Peripherisierung–ein Erklärungsansatz zur Entstehung von Peripherien. In: Kühn, M. & Weck, S. (Hrsg.): Peripherisierung, Stigmatisierung, Abhängigkeit? Springer VS, Wiesbaden, S. 24-46.

(3) Höpken, W. (2010): Die "südosteuropäische Stadt". In: Bohn. M & Calic M.J. (Hrsg.): Urbanisierung und Stadtentwicklung in Südosteuropa vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert. Verlag Otto Sager, München, S. 67-91.

(4) Hirt, Sonia (2013): Whatever happened to the (post) socialist city? In: Cities 32, S. 29-38.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S4-SE) (MG-S5-SE) (MR3-PI) (MA UF GW 02-1)

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