Syllabus
Date
Topic
Teacher 22.2.2024
Introduction to the courseIntroduction to the Research Project
Christina MelchinPetra ŠpačkováMartin Ouředníček 29.2.2024
Gentrification and inner city
Petra Špačková 7.3.2024
Suburbanisation
Martin Ouředníček 14.3.2024
Housing estates
Petra Špačková 21.3.2024
Test 1 + Migration and foreigners in Prague
Martin Ouředníček, Christina Melchin 28.3.2024
Daily mobility
Petra Špačková 4.4.2024
Housing and segregation
Martin Ouředníček 11.4.2024
Beyond growth: shrinking cities and counter-urbanisation
Martin Šimon 18.4.2024
Test 2 + Film seminar: housing market and housing crisis
Petra Špačková, Christina Melchin 25.4.2024
Dean's Day - no lecture 2.5.2024
Inner-city field trip
Petra Špačková, Christina Melchin 9.5.2024
Housing estates field trip
Petra Špačková 16.5.2024
Suburban field trip
Martin Ouředníček
TBA
Research Project Presentation - USG Conference
Christina MelchinPetra ŠpačkováMartin Ouředníček
Annotation
The course discusses the key themes and trends in contemporary urban social geography. In-class lectures focus on segregation, daily mobility, gentrification, suburbanization and other topics, allowing to compare research from Prague with other European cities. The course also offers three field trips (to an inner city neighbourhood, a housing estate and a suburb of Prague). The emphasis of the course is on reading and discussion as well as on own field work and its presentation and cooperation within the student´s teams. Participation and co-operation of Czech and Erasmus students as well as urban geographers and students of other disciplines is encouraged, giving the opportunity for networking and exchange of ideas across countries and fields of study. Completion of previous courses in urban geography is not required.
More information in Moodle: http://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=737