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New Urban Theories
Passed foundation level courses or equivalent
The course focuses on current theories in urbanism, with a special emphasis on how to see and understand the contemporary city in terms of urban design, urban living and new technologies. The overall emphasis of the course will be to read and discuss a selection of texts that present new theoretical perspectives on the current urban condition. Priority is given to cross-disciplinary approaches and to theoretical perspectives that seek to interrelate design issues and social issues. The course can be combined with or prepare for master studios at Institute of urbanism and landscape. The course also has general relevance for architectural students interested in the relationship between architecture and societal development.
Knowledge: The students shall acquire a general overview over current issues and theoretical positions within urbanism.
Skills: The students shall acquire insight into and ability to critical reflection (both orally and in writing) about current issues and theories in urbanism.
Competence: The students will acquire competence that prepares them to write up a discursive paper about current issues in urbanism in various theoretical perspectives.
The course consists of a series of lectures, curriculum readings and seminar discussions related to current theories in urbanism. The students will work in groups of two and prepare digital presentations in relation to seminar discussions. At the end of the semester the students are expected to hand in a written assignment, a paper of 6-8 pages, which discusses at least two current theories that have been treated in the course
| Mandatory coursework | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Annet - spesifiser i kommentarfeltet | Not required | Studentene forventes å lese pensumlitteraturen til hver time. Studentene vil også (1-2 ganger) få i oppgave å forberede seminarinnlegg med utgangspunkt i pensumlitteraturen. Studenten skal skrive en avsluttende oppgave (et paper på 6-8 sider) som drøfter to eller flere aktuelle teorier som er behandlet i kurset. |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other assessment method, define in comment field | - | Pass / fail | Studentene skal skrive et avsluttende paper som leveres inn mot slutten av fordypningskursuka. Studentene skal videre forberede en kort presentasjon av sitt paper for gjennomgang i plenum. |