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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (19.09.2016)
Due to the transformation of an environment characterized by urban fabric, society and institutions laden with the legacies of the socialist era, urban change in the CEE region has taken place in a time-compressed manner, and continues to be shaped by the character of post-1989 institutional reform and transformation in social practices. The CEE region is still characterized by a relatively weak and passive civil society, unresponsive authoritarian governments and technocratic uncommunicative urban planning. In such a context, the involvement of citizens is still a contested issue. Urban studies in the region should therefore pay more attention to critical interpretations and explanations of urban transformation dynamics, and the role played by the involvement of the civil society in shaping urban planning, development and policies. During the past few years, some Czech cities have seen growing efforts to make cities more environment friendly, just, democratic, and more pleasant to live in. There has been an emergence of many citizen initiatives, associations, non-government organizations, self-organized groups, active individuals, including some municipal institutions, which are critically addressing and responding to the flaws in the current urban development. However, their approaches and aspirations are not identical, and some of them are even contradictory. Since the dynamic terrain of urban movements in Czech cities is still relatively under researched, it provides a rich empirical material that invites new explorations. The course will explore basic characteristics of post-socialist cities, urban change and conflicts that take place within them, and urban movements responding to various contentious issues related to spatial production. Dividing urban movements in Prague into four categories, which will be introduced in four separate lectures and accompanied by thematic field trips and excursions, the course will explore diverse forms of urban movements and their role in contemporary cities. |
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (19.09.2016)
Goals: The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of urban grassroots movements and their role in the process of post-socialist urban restructuring. The objective of the course is to provide students with theoretical and empirical knowledge about urban-oriented movements concerned with various aspects of urban life and urban development, with a special focus on the movements operating in Czech cities. The second objective is to introduce students to the field of urban geography and theoretical knowledge about urban change, in the context of both neoliberal restructuring, and post-socialist transformation. The course hopes to draw students’ attention to the field of urban studies, which currently deals with some of the most timely and dynamic topics and challenges faced by contemporary societies and the cities they inhabit. The course will consist of five seminars and four excursions.
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (19.09.2016)
Course credits: 5 ECTS Type of Completion: Zk (based on the completion of all requirements and assessment methods) Timetable: Wednesday, 9,30 – 10,50, from 5 October to 30 November 2016 Room: 3018 Teaching techniques: lectures, seminars,excursions, in-class discussions & group work, students’ own projects and field work E-mail address: mpixova@hotmail.com |
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (19.09.2016)
Requirements: 1. Students are expected to read the required reading(s) for each seminar. The optional reading is only for those who have a special interest in the topic. 2. Students are expected to attend all seminars and excursions; only one absence will be tolerated. 3. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the seminars by posing questions of clarification or bringing up problems for discussion. It will be especially valuable if they enrich the discussion with insights from other cities and countries. 4. Students will be divided into smaller groups (based on the number of participants), and each group will conduct a small research project on a selected topic (students can choose from suggested topics, or propose their own topic). Each member of the group will conduct an interview (20 – 40 min long) with a person relevant to the chosen topic (urban planner, architect, developer, politician, scientist, social worker, activist, affected person(s), etc.). It is advisable that groups attempt to have as wide a variety of interviewees as possible (e.g. one developer, one city councilor, one activist, etc.). With the help of available literature, documents and secondary data (flyers, campaigns, news reports, etc.), the students will write a short research report (approximately 3000 words) about the studied topic. The research report should include an introduction of the topic and research questions, a short description of the methodology, the main findings, quotations from conducted interviews, concluding discussion, and a list of references. Printed research reports will be submitted no later than two weeks before the end of the course, i.e. on 16 November. Reports will also be shared with other students via email and a course folder on Moodle. Reports that do not have the required structure will be rejected and will not count towards the student’s grade. 5. Seminars topics with required reading(s) will be opened by a discussion moderated by pre-selected (groups of) students, who will bring up problems related to the required reading(s) and will discuss them with other students and with the lecturer. The lecturer will ask students questions to assess their understanding of the readings. 6. At the end of the course each student will submit a final paper of approximately 2000 words on a topic relevant to the course (the topic must be proposed to the lecturer by 2 November, final papers will be due on 23 November). The final papers should be linked to the required reading and content of the lectures, and include its author’s position on the topic of the paper.
Assessment method: 1) Research reports – 40 % 2) Final papers – 50 % 3) Active participation in the seminars and excursions – 10 %
Grading system: 90 - 100: Excellent 80- 89: Very good 60 - 79: Good less than 60 points: Fail |
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (27.09.2016)
** - required reading
** Harvey, D. 2008. The Right to the City. “New Left Review,” 23-40. Dostupné online: https://newleftreview.org/II/53/david-harvey-the-right-to-the-city ** Jacobsson, K. 2015. Introduction: The Development of Urban Movements in Central and Eastern Europe, in Urban grassroots movements in Central and Eastern Europe edited by K. Jacobsson. Farnham: Ashgate, 1-32. ** Pickvance, C. 2003. From urban social movements to urban movements: a review and introduction to a symposium on urban movements. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27(1), 102–109. ** Pixová, M., Novák, A. 2016. [Squatting in] Prague post-1989. Boom, decline, and renaissance,” Baltic Worlds, 2, 34 – 45. ** Sýkora, L. 1994. Local Urban Restructuring as a Mirror of Globalization Processes: Prague in the 1990s. Urban Studies, 31(7), 1149-1166. ** Sýkora, L. 2009. Post-socialist cities in International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography edited by R. Kitchin and N. Thrift, Vol. 8, Oxford: Elsevier, 387-395.
* - optional reading
* Brenner, N., Theodore, N. 2002. Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism.” Antipode, 34 (3), 349–379. * Castells, M. 1983. The city and the grassroots: a cross-cultural theory of urban social movement, Edward Arnold, London. * Harvey, D. 2012. Rebel Cities. From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, London a New York. Dostupné online: http://abahlali.org/files/Harvey_Rebel_cities.pdf * Harvey, D. 1989. From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism: The Transformation in Urban Governance in Late Capitalism. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, 71 (1), 3-17. * Hodkinson, S., Chatterton, P. 2006. Autonomy in the city? Reflections on the social centres movement in the UK. City, 10(3), 305-315. * Jacobsson, K. 2015. Conclusion: Towards a New Research Agenda, in Urban grassroots movements in Central and Eastern Europe edited by K. Jacobsson. Farnham: Ashgate, 273-287. * Pixová, M., Sládek, J. 2016. Touristification and awakening civil society in post-socialist Prague, in: Colomb, C., Novy, J. (Eds.). Protest and Resistance in the City. Routledge, London. * Smith, N. 2002. New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy. Antipode, 34 (3), 427–450.
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (19.09.2016)
See "podmínky zakončení předmětu" |
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Poslední úprava: RNDr. Michaela Pixová, Ph.D. (27.09.2016)
Course Syllabus
** - required reading * - optional reading
1. Introductory Class – goals, requirements, brief introduction to urban geography, urban restructuring, critical urban theory, and urban grassroots movements (05 10 2016)
2. Urban change under neoliberal restructuring (12 10 2016) ** Sýkora, L. 1994. Local Urban Restructuring as a Mirror of Globalization Processes: Prague in the 1990s. Urban Studies, 31(7), 1149-1166. * Brenner, N., Theodore, N. 2002. Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism.” Antipode, 34 (3), 349–379. * Harvey, D. 1989. From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism: The Transformation in Urban Governance in Late Capitalism. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, 71 (1), 3-17. * Smith, N. 2002. New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy. Antipode, 34 (3), 427–450.
3. Field trip (19 10 2016) Excursion focused on examples of neoliberal restructuring in Prague (choice of Smíchov / viewpoint from Vítkov / Karlín / Holešovice).
4. Urban grassroots movements (26 10 2016) ** Pickvance, C. 2003. From urban social movements to urban movements: a review and introduction to a symposium on urban movements. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27(1), 102–109.
** Harvey, D. 2008. The Right to the City. “New Left Review,” 23-40. Dostupné online: https://newleftreview.org/II/53/david-harvey-the-right-to-the-city
* Castells, M. 1983. The city and the grassroots: a cross-cultural theory of urban social movement, Edward Arnold, London.
* Harvey, D. 2012. Rebel Cities. From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, London a New York. Dostupné online: http://abahlali.org/files/Harvey_Rebel_cities.pdf
5. Introduction to post-socialist transformation and urban grassroots movements in Czech cities (02 11 2016) ** Sýkora, L. 2009. Post-socialist cities in International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography edited by R. Kitchin and N. Thrift, Vol. 8, Oxford: Elsevier, 387-395.
** Jacobsson, K. 2015. Introduction: The Development of Urban Movements in Central and Eastern Europe, in Urban grassroots movements in Central and Eastern Europe edited by K. Jacobsson. Farnham: Ashgate, 1-32.
* Jacobsson, K. 2015. Conclusion: Towards a New Research Agenda, in Urban grassroots movements in Central and Eastern Europe edited by K. Jacobsson. Farnham: Ashgate, 273-287.
* Pixová, M., Sládek, J. 2016. Touristification and awakening civil society in post-socialist Prague, in: Colomb, C., Novy, J. (Eds.). Protest and Resistance in the City. Routledge, Londo
6. Professional NGOs concerned with advocacy and consulting, new social movements, initiatives concerned with public space, and the Institute for Planning and Development of the City of Prague (09 11 2016) Excursion to two of the following organizations: 1) Arnika / Klub Za starou Prahu / Auto*mat / Nadace Via / Frank Bold 2) reSITE / Čtyři dny v pohybu / IPR / Containall or others.
7. Neighborhood associations and initiatives (16 11 2016) Excursion to Pro1 / Karlín sobě / 8jinak / Občané postižení Severojižní magistrálou / Útulné Strašnice / Hezké Jižní město or others.
8. Radical activism and direct change (23 11 2016) Excursion and lecture held in the Autonomous Social Centre Klinika ** Pixová, M., Novák, A. 2016. [Squatting in] Prague post-1989. Boom, decline, and renaissance,” Baltic Worlds, 2, 34 – 45. * Harvey, D. 2012. Rebel Cities: From the right to the city to the urban revolution. Verso, London and New York. * Hodkinson, S., Chatterton, P. 2006. Autonomy in the city? Reflections on the social centres movement in the UK. City, 10(3), 305-315.
9. Course Wrap-Up (30 11 2016) Presentation of the students’ group papers, evaluation of students’ final papers, concluding discussion of the course topics and students’ questions and remarks. |