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INQUIRIES INTO THE CITY

Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
ARCU0006		INQUIRIES INTO THE CITY	2/0/0	EL	English	2

Course Goals

The aim of the course is to enable students to learn about the issues in the contemporary cities they live in. The course targets to provide students with knowledge and skills to be able to understand and discuss various multi-dimensional issues affecting cities in the 21st century.

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Special Requisite(s)

The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)

Instructor(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe GÖKŞİN(bu ders bahar döneminde açılmıştır)

Course Assistant(s)

Schedule

Day, hours, XXX Campus, classroom number.

Office Hour(s)

It will be determined upon appointment. Students can ask for appointments via sending e-mails to z.goksin@iku.edu.tr

Teaching Methods and Techniques

Supporting the subjects by means of visual material.

Research and discussion on student presentations.

Principle Sources

Arnstein, S. 1969. “A Ladder of Citizen Participation”, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35, 4, 216-44.

Balaban, O. 2012. “Climate Change and Cities: A Review on the Impacts and Policy Responses”. METU JFA, 29 (1), 21-44.

Hall, P. 1996. Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the 20th Century. Blackwell Publishing.

Harvey, D. 2013. Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso.

Marcuse, P., Mayer, M. & Brenner, N. 2012. Cities for People, Not for Profit

Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City. Routledge.

Leary, M. E. & McCarthy, J. 2013. The Routledge Companion to Urban Regeneration. Routledge.

Sassen, S. 2008. “The Global City”. In A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics, D. Nugent & J. Vincent (Eds.), 168-178. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Smith, N. & Willliams, P. 1986. Gentrification of the City. Routledge.

Swyngedouw, E., Moulaert, F. & Rodriguez, A. 2002. “Neoliberal Urbanization in Europe: Large-Scale Urban Development Projects and the New Urban Policy”. Antipode, 34(3):542 – 577.

UN-Habitat. 2003. The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements. Available at: https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/Challenge%20of%20Slums.pdf [23.12.2020].

Wates N. & Knevitt C. 1987. Community Architecture. Penguin Books Ltd.

Yap, C., Cociña, C. & Levy, C. 2021. The Urban Dimensions of Inequality and Equality. GOLD VI Working Paper Series #01. Available at: https://gold.uclg.org/sites/default/files/gold_vi_working_paper_01.pdf [24.11.2023].

Other Sources


Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Introduction to the course	Discussion
2. Week	Background: what is a city? The origins and development of the city in history.	Lecture and discussion
3. Week	Overview of issues in 21st century cities	Lecture and discussion
4. Week	Globalisation and the city	Lecture and discussion
5. Week	Democracy-participation and the city	Lecture and discussion
6. Week	Inequalities and the city	Lecture and discussion
7. Week	Climate change and the city	Lecture and discussion
8. Week	Planning and design of the city	Lecture and discussion
9. Week	Mid-term Exam	Exam
10. Week	Mid-term assignment (photo essay): explanation and distribution of topics	Weekly critique
11. Week	Mid-term assignment (photo essay) critiques	Weekly critique
12. Week	Student presentations of photo essays	Presentation and discussion
13. Week	Student presentations of photo essays	Presentation and discussion
14. Week	Student presentations of photo essays	Presentation and discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week


Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations	1	40
Final Exam	1	30