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| Semester |
E2019
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| Subject |
Public Administration * / International Development Studies * / Politics and Administration * / International Public Administration and Politics *
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| Activitytype |
master course
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| Teaching language |
English
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| Registration |
Tilmelding sker via STADS-Selvbetjening indenfor annonceret tilmeldingsperiode, som du kan se på Studieadministrationens hjemmeside. Når du tilmelder dig kurset, skal du være opmærksom på, om der er sammenfald i tidspunktet for kursusafholdelse og eksamen med andre kurser, du har valgt. Uddannelsesplanlægningen tager udgangspunkt i, at det er muligt at gennemføre et anbefalet studieforløb uden overlap. Men omkring valgfrie elementer og studieplaner som går ud over de anbefalede studieforløb, kan der forekomme overlap, alt efter hvilke kurser du vælger. Registration through STADS-Selvbetjeningwithin the announced registration period, as you can see on the Studyadministration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts between courses or exam dates on courses. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programs which do not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programs, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. Ved for få tilmeldte aflyses kurset. In case of too few registrations, the course will be cancelled. |
| Detailed description of content |
Urban myths and realities This advance study seminar focuses on the city and the multiplicity of forms that development takes in cities. In recent years, the world has become primarily urban. Across the world cities are becoming increasingly unequal and the dominant form of settlement is informal. The course engages the dominant approaches to cities today. And discus what goes right, what goes wrong, and why, in an attempt to explain why cities are in the normative mess they are in? While looking at central issues and development challenges through the lens of the city, the course addresses wider issues of progress and inequality. Cities have been described as engines of progress and drivers of change, while simultaneously acting as difference machines. These simultaneous and contradictory characteristics produce cities as unfininshed and dynamic. Put shortly, the course engages the myths and realities of contemporary urban life in order to make sense of one of the most pressing development challenges today. |
| Expected work effort (ECTS-declaration) |
Lectures: 13x2= 26 preparation and reading for lectures: 90 Additional exercises and group work: 80 Exam: 74 hours Total: 270 hours |
| Course material and Reading list |
Björkman, Lisa. Pipe politics, contested waters: Embedded infrastructures of millennial Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2015. Mike, Davis. "Planet of Slums." (2006). Anjaria, Jonathan Shapiro. The slow boil: street food, rights and public space in Mumbai. Stanford University Press, 2016. De Boeck, Filip, and Sammy Baloji. Suturing the City. Living Together in Congo's Urban Worlds. Autograph ABP; London, UK, 2016. |
| Evaluation- and feedback forms |
Students will evaluate the course during a mid-term and a final evaluation. This is to allow the students’ input into the future design and delivery of the course. The students will receive feedback multiple times during group work and feedback is given to each student individually during the course and at the examination. There will be peer feed back exercises and discussions. |
| Administration of exams |
ISE Studyadministration (ise-studyadministration@ruc.dk)
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| Responsible for the activity |
Jacob Rasmussen (jacobra@ruc.dk)
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| Type of examination |
Type of examination: Individual written portfolio. The portfolio consists of 2 written products which are prepared in whole or in part during the course. For example, the products can be answers to exercises, papers for presentations, written feedback, written reflections or written assignments. The preparation of the products may be subject to time limits.The total size of the portfolio may not exceed 28,800 characters in length, including spaces. The size specifications include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The requirements for the content and form of the portfolio and the length of the various products will be determined before the beginning of the course and published on the university’s website. The portfolio is submitted in its entirety. The deadline for handing in the work will be published on the university’s homepage before the course begins. An overall assessment of the portfolio is given. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. |
| ECTS |
10
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| Learning outcomes and assessment criteria |
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| Overall content |
The objective of the advanced study course is to provide students with advanced knowledge and understanding within a specific research area. At least two advanced study courses will be offered per semester:
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| Teaching and working methods |
The course is based on lectures, but will also include other teaching and working methods such as group work, exercises, student presentations, peer feedback and field trips or guest lectures as well as other practical activities. During the course, a written assignment will be prepared which consists of a response to a question that has been given at the start of the course. |
| Type of course |
Elective course |
| Exam code(s) | |
| Last changed | 15/07/2019 |
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