Fall 2023 semester research topic: Production of space and in/formal city

Course is divided into three modules:

Module 1 - Urban ethnography overview and perspectives

10. 10. 2023

Course introduction, Syllabus details. Qualitative research methods overview. What is Urban Anthropology's position within S & C Anthropology.

24. 10. 2023

Ethnographic fieldwork research methods, reflexivity and ethics (making fieldontes, participant observation, informal interviews etc.).

Reading: Bourgois, P. I. (2003). In search of respect: Selling crack in El Barrio. Cambridge University Press, pp. 19-47.

Module 2 - Fieldwork practice

7. 11. 2022

On-site fieldwork research practice I. - urban space mapping, making fieldnotes (venues to be added)

Pérez Fernández, F. (2023): The Archaeology of Decay: Ruinous Knowledge and the Violence of Urban Planning. American Anthropologist 125, pp. 505-518 (available at: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aman.13854; Wiley online)

21. 11. 2022

On- site filedwork research and excursion II.

Reading: Holston, J. (1989). The modernist city: An anthropological critique of Brasilia. University of Chicago Press, pp. 101-143. Chapter: Death of the street

5. 12. 20022

On-site fieldwork research practice III.

Reading: Low, S. & Smith N. (2006). Introduction: The Imperative of Public Space. Pp. 1-17 in S. Low & N. Smith (eds). The Politics of Public Space, NY: Routledge

Module 3 - analyzing the data

19. 12. 2022

Analyzing the data created in the field (segmentation, coding, interpretation)

2. 1. 2022

Course wrap-up: discussion of outcomes and sharing experience and knowledge gained