DADES IDENTIFICATIVES

2011_12

Assignatura (*)

ESPAIS I LLOCS POSTMODERNS: EL JO I LA CIUTAT

Codi

12605105

Ensenyament

Estudis Culturals en Llengua Anglesa, Textos i Contextos (2009)

Cicle

Descriptors

Crèd.

Tipus

Curs

Període

Obligatòria

Primer

Únic anual

Llengua d'impartició

Anglès

Departament

Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Coordinador/a

RUSSELL BROWN, ELISABETH

Adreça electrònica

liz.russell@urv.cat

Professors/es

RUSSELL BROWN, ELISABETH

Web

Descripció general i informació rellevant

According to postmodernist theories space does not exist as a blank to be filled. It is already marked by social factors. The planet earth, nature, the city and the home are all socially constructed by the perceiver, the spectator, the reader, the traveller and dweller. And vice-versa, space constructs the subject. This module will look at ways in which the dialectic between subjectivity and space construct each other, sometimes producing places and cities which are dystopian. Postmodernist theories have revolutionised architecture and the urban spaces we inhabit by deconstructing the power systems which produce them. This course will discuss these theories in the context of films and fiction.

Competències

Tipus A	Codi	Competències Específiques
		Recerca
	AR3	Articular un discurs acadèmic coherent basat en l’anàlisi científic de les dades obtingudes
	AR4	Analitzar diverses manifestacions artístiques dels països de parla anglesa diferenciant entre els conceptes d’anàlisi i opinió
	AR6	Contrastar les interaccions entre diferents disciplines i els Estudis Culturals
	AR8	Aplicar diferents models teòrics a l’anàlisi textual i contextual
	AR9	Valorar les sinèrgies que genera la multiculturalitat a les societats de parla anglesa
Tipus B	Codi	Competències Transversals
		Recerca
	BR2	Resoldre problemes complexos en contextos d’innovació i multidisciplinaris
	BR3	Aplicar pensament crític, lògic i creatiu, a la vanguàrdia del camp d’estudi
	BR4	Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa
	BR5	Treballar en equip de forma col•laborativa i responsabilitat compartida en clau de lideratge
Tipus C	Codi	Competències Nuclears
		Comú
		Recerca

Objectius d'aprenentatge

Objectius	Competències
This course is based on the study of self and space through postmodernist theories. The aims of this course are: * To recognise the mechanisms at work in the construction of self and space. * To recognise the difference between modernist and postmodernist perspectives on perceiving space. * To understand how the body interacts with space and how space itself is embodied. * To be able to analyse space according to gender, class and race politics. * And finally, to promote a critical response to postmodernist aesthetics.	AR3 AR4 AR6 AR8 AR9	BR2 BR3 BR4 BR5

Continguts

Tema	Subtema
Mapping territories. Embodying Space.	Traditional Cartesian perceptions of space. From an aesthetics of Modernism to Postmodernism.
Theorizing space.	Michel Foucault. Henri Lefèbvre. Edward Soja.
Gendering and Transgendering Space.	Postcolonial and psychoanalytical theories. Desiring spaces. The distribution of knowledge.
Cities and the imaginary.	Closed bodies / Closed cities. Bodies that flow / cities that flow.
Utopian and dystopian spaces.	Towards a utopian architecture. Embodying utopia. Elizabeth Grosz. Leonie Sandercock and Cosmopolis.
Dystopian spaces.	"Disembodying" space: dystopian cities with no bodies.

Planificació

Metodologies :: Proves

Competències

(*) Hores a classe

Hores fora de classe

(**) Hores totals

Activitats Introductòries

Sessió Magistral

Seminaris

Presentacions / exposicions

Atenció personalitzada

Proves de desenvolupament

(*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor.
(**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat

Metodologies

Metodologies

	Descripció
Activitats Introductòries	The introduction to this module will take the form of: * feedback from class members to discern what we know and what we don't know. * discussion of course syllabus and grading system * power point presentation on maps, places and spaces. * study of texts in your dossier.
Sessió Magistral	Each of the main topics will be introduced in lecture form. You will then be asked to read and prepare the required reading texts in the dossier. Seminaris Seminar sessions will be based on readings and class debates. The material to be discussed might be written or visual.
Seminaris	Seminar sessions will be based on readings and class debates. The material to be discussed will be either written or visual.
Presentacions / exposicions	Each student will be asked to prepare a seminar during the course. You may choose your own topic, so long as it is consistent with the theories we cover. You will be encouraged to be adventurous in your teaching of the seminar by introducing new material, motivating your classmates to ask questions and engage in discussion.

Atenció personalitzada

Presentacions / exposicions

Descripció

Students will be asked to attend tutorials in my office. Time schedules will be given. One of the main advantages of the tutorial is to raise issues related to your individual research interest. Some of these issues will be discussed in class, others in the tutorial sessions. Before the tutorial, you should prepare any questions you may have concerning the course materials. The tutorial is designed to discern personal learning problems, raise relevant questions regarding your own work, offering feedback on the work already done and preparing for your final project.

Avaluació

	Descripció	Pes
Proves de desenvolupament	There will be 2 class tests (each test = 20%)during the course to determine how closely and how well you have understood the material.	40%
Altres	You will be asked to prepare a class seminar based on the readings or films. The subject should be one you will be working on for your Masters project. Please prepare a handout for your class mates, with questions you would like to raise for discussion and any other information you think will be important. Remember that you will have to initiate the discussion and motivate the others to join in. You will also have to "teach" them new material so make your seminar as interesting as possible by using power point, visual and textual materials. The power point presentation will have to be summarised as a written assignment and handed in one week after the class presentation. Power point presentation = 30%. Written summary = 30%.	60%

Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria
Guidelines will be given for your written assignments. It is essential that you do not plagiarise someone else's work, whether it is from the internet or the library. If you do, you will either be asked to repeat the assignment or take an extra exam before the module ends.

Fonts d'informació

Bàsica	Gillian Rose, Feminism & Geography, 1993, Univ. Minnesota Press Leonie Sandercock, Cosmopolis II, 2003, Continuum
	A dossier with articles will be made available at the beginning of September. Students can obtain the dossier in the photocopying room, under the title "Postmodernist Space & Places". The dossier will contain the course syllabus, grading system and bibliography for the course. Moreover, power-point presentations from class will be uploaded on Moodle.
Complementària	Elizabeth Grosz, Architecture from the Outside. Essays on Virtual and Real Space, 2001, MIT Press Ghazi-Walid Falah & Caroline Nagel , Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion and Space. , 2005, Guildford David Bell & Gill Valentine , Mapping Desire: Geographies of Sexuality., 1995, Routledge

Recomanacions


Altres comentaris
Attendance and active participation in class is essential and will be evaluated accordingly.

(*)La Guia docent és el document on es visualitza la proposta acadèmica de la URV. Aquest document és públic i no es pot modificar, llevat de casos excepcionals revisats per l'òrgan competent/ o degudament revisats d'acord amb la normativa vigent