AN2100 - City Life: Anthropology of Urban Spaces
[Offered in odd-numbered years in Cairns, Townsville. ]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
Cities are undergoing rapid changes that are dramatically impacting cityscapes and their social, cultural, and economic life. Yet, many cities still face serious challenges to social equality, infrastructure and sustainable development. The story of each city looks very different: some ancient and pre-modern centres created and disseminated religious, cultural, socio-economic and political developments; some have been strongly influenced by their colonial past or an authoritarian present. All are generating urban cultures of diversity and complexity, organizing the lives of their inhabitants in subtle and not so subtle ways often bound up with global, cultural and political movements. This subject asks what makes a city a good place to live, and how do people experience life in different cities? It introduces students to urban anthropology through lectures and tutorial discussions spanning a range of issues including; sacred sites; colonial and early 20th century histories; slums; architecture; memory and heritage; the politics of civic action and public space; globalization; sustainability and virtualization. Students are introduced to critical theories of urban space and you have the opportunity to engage this theory through a field practice in your city of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply urban theory to understand your local urban environment and city case studies;
- Engage ethnographic techniques for studying public space and public life;
- Apply critical thinking, independent judgment and intercultural sensitivity to identify critical issues relating to urban life and sociality;
- students who complete this subject will be able to: critically analyse and synthesise concepts in urban anthropology;
- have the capacity to undertake interdisciplinary/intercultural teamwork;
- use technology that is appropriate, efficient and effective (digital literacy).
| Prerequisites: | 12 CP |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Anita Lundberg |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); assignments (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | compulsory attendance requirement FIELDTRIP TO ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM (SIN Campus only). Compulsory virtual fieldtrip to online museum in Lecture time (lecture compulsory) |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Anita Lundberg |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); assignments (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | compulsory attendance requirement FIELDTRIP TO ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM (SIN Campus only). Compulsory virtual fieldtrip to online museum in Lecture time (lecture compulsory) |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 07-Dec-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Anita Lundberg |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); assignments (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | compulsory attendance requirement FIELDTRIP TO ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM (SIN Campus only). Compulsory virtual fieldtrip to online museum in Lecture time (lecture compulsory) |
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