Course Details

URBAN THEORY

ARCH541

Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
1ARCH541URBAN THEORY3+0+037

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program ARCHITECTURE
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Conceptualizing the urban society
Identifying and analyzing the role of the state in relation to formation of urban space
Identifying and evaluating the social theories in relation to urban space
Examining and discussing the role of the politics, social relationships and economy in urban production
Course Content This lecture focuses on theoretical concepts in relation to contemporary Urban issues. Social, economic and political changes of the recent century will be discussed in relation to spatial effects in the urban areas. The last 2 weeks of the module will focus on the urbanization process in Turkey in relation to the theoretical concepts has been discussed during the module.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Instructor SİNAN AKYÜZ
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Barrow, C. W. (1993a) Critical Theories of the State: Marxist, Neo-Marxist, Post-Marxist, Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. Univ of Wisconsin Press. doi: 10.1016/0191-6599(94)90099-X
Bilton, T. et al. (2002) Introductory sociology. Macmillan New York.
Brenner, N., 2009. What is critical urban theory?. City, 13(2-3), pp.198-207.
Clarke, S. (1991a) ‘Marxism, sociology and Poulantzas’s theory of the state’, in The state debate. Springer.
Gottdiener, M. (1985) ‘Hegemony and mass culture: A semiotic approach’, American journal of sociology. University of Chicago Press, 90(5), pp. 979–1001.
Harding, A. and Blokland, T., 2014. Urban theory: a critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century. Sage.
Haralambos, M., Holborn, M. and Heald, R. (2004) Sociology: Themes and perspectives. HarperCollins Publishers
Krippner, G. R. (2005) ‘The financialization of the American economy’, Socio-economic review. Oxford University Press, 3(2), pp. 173–208.
Knox, P. and Pinch, S., 2014. Urban social geography: an introduction. Routledge
Scott, A.J. and Storper, M., 2015. The nature of cities: The scope and limits of urban theory. International journal of urban and regional research, 39(1), pp.1-15.
Stepnisky, J. and Ritzer, G. (2013) ‘Sociological theory’. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Keyder, C¸C¸. (2015) Tu¨u¨rkiye’de devlet ve sınıflar. 20th edn. istanbul: I·I·letis¸s¸im Yayınları.
O¨ztu¨u¨rk, O¨O¨. (2011) Tu¨u¨rkiye’de bu¨u¨yu¨u¨k sermaye grupları: finans kapitalin olus¸s¸umu ve gelis¸s¸imi. Sosyal Aras¸s¸tırmalar Vakfı (SAV).
Cumhuriyet Donemi Turkiye Ansiklopedisi. Iletisim Yayinlari, Istanbul. Is¸s¸ık, O. and Pınarcıogˆgˆlu, M. M. (2012) No¨o¨betles¸s¸e yoksulluk: Gecekondulas¸s¸ma ve kent yoksulları: Sultanbeyli o¨o¨rnegˆgˆi. I·I·letis¸s¸im Yayınları.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Ödev 6 % 30
Sunum/Seminer 1 % 35
Final examination 1 % 35
Total
8
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi 10 5 50
Tartışma 10 1 10
Ev Ödevi 3 8 24
Sunum için Hazırlık 1 15 15
Sunum 1 3 3
Araştırma 1 15 15
Yüz Yüze Ders 14 3 42
Der Dışı Final Sınavı 1 20 20
Final Sınavı 1 25 25
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 7 204

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Critically analyze different perspective on power allocation
2 Provide a higher-level abstract theorization of production of urban space
3 Analyzing the condition of the socio-politic instability
4 Theorize the production urban space in modern capitalist society.
5 Conceptualize recent urban politics in Turkey
6 Evaluating the relationships with social problems and urban space


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 What is urban theory? The concept of urban/rural? The concept of Theory (Positivism, hermeneutics, Realism)
2 Urban theory under the condition of modernity? Chicago School and Urban Ecology Burgess Concentric Model Critics Wirth’s Urban Thesis / Neo Classic explanation of housing choice
3 Neo Marxist approach Marxist interpretation of urbanization The social production of Space and Urban revolution Urban as a space of reproduction of labour: Manuel Castells Capitalist Space/Cities: Key role of Capital Accumulation: David Harvey
4 Professional Development week Individual activity
5 Elite Theory and community power debate Urban growth Machines Urban Regime Theory Critics of elite perspectives
6 Space and inequalities Social and Spaatial segregation Culture of poverty Ghettoization
7 Suburbanization/modernization Fordist Production Urban Decline
8 Spring Break
9 Gentrification As process Production vs Consumption
10 Public Spaace Defining public space Public and Private realm
11 İndividual Presentations
12 Migration and the city
13 Urbanisation process in Turkey from 1923- to 1945
14 Urbanisation process in Turkey from 1945-to 1980
15 Urbanisaiton process in Turkey from 1980-to 2020
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C3 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
C4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4
C5 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4
C6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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