Modern Culture: 4 Cities: Urbanism and Architecture

Course content

This course explores the cultural history of urbanism and architecture and the way in which they manifest in film, art, and literature.

We will address themes such as:

Reading architecture and urban plans
Experiencing the city through filmic methodologies
Speculative cities
Caring cities
Gender and architecture
Just CITIES
Mobility and infrastructure
Cities of visibility
Scale
Domesticity – The Urban Home

The course is taught by Associate Professor Kristin Veel and involves guest lectures by experts in the field.

Students at the University of Copenhagen can follow this course as part of the “Kandidattilvalg i Urban Kultur” ( https://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/moderne_kultur/urban_kultur_katv/) which also includes Henrik Reeh’s course on Urban Cultural and Cultural Theory”. It is offered in English as part of the European MA “4 CITIES” (www.4cities.eu). Lectures as well as seminars mixes international and KU-students and provides Danish-speaking students with an opportunity to practice academic English in the classroom.

Exam can be in English or in Danish.

Education

Modern Culture and 4 cities

Teaching and learning methods

The course is composed of a lecture (Thursday) and the class is subsequently divided into two seminar groups (Friday) every week. The seminar provide time for student presentations that, in turn, generate material for the written exam to be handed in at the end of the semester.

Literature

See the semester shelf at the department library: Institutbiblioteket for IKK, trappe 16, 2. sal. For more information please contact Kristin Veel, kristinv@hum.ku.dk

Feedback form

Oral

Collective

Continuous feedback during the course of the semester

Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)

Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)

Exam