2025/2026
Социальная жизнь архитектуры в исторической перспективе
Статус:
Маго-лего
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Калеменева Екатерина Алексеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Architecture is not just mute product of human design, it reflects a dynamic spatio-cultural context and plays key role in shaping, constructing, mediating individual and collective identities. The goal of the course “Social life of Architecture in Historical Perspective” is to examine the social, ideological and cultural implications of various categories of human-build environment in different historical contexts. By focusing on various topics — ‘architecture of power’, ‘national and colonial imaginaries in architecture’, ‘architecture and cultural memory’, ‘planning the public places and private spaces in historical perspective’ and some other, this course is largely grounded in the study of relationships between buildings and society. During the course we will unpack the symbolism that is invested in diverse kinds of buildings in order to discuss how specific architectural decisions structured people’s lives and movements, and how different buildings reflect the historical contexts in which they were initially built and subsequently modified over time.
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course "Social Life of Architecture" is to establish a perspective of the role and influence of architecture in society in historical perspective, to develop an understanding of how architecture is shaped by and reflects cultural values and social organization, and to understand how global cultures create environments that both reflect and shape their values
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn how buildings and architecture in general structure people’s lives, and how buildings reflect the historical contexts in which they are initially built and subsequently modified over time
Course Contents
- Introduction: Architecture and Society
- Architecture and Power
- Architecture and the Search for Identiry
- Architecture and Modernism
- Architecture of Privacy
- Architecture and Public Sphere
- Architecture and Memory
Assessment Elements
- In-class participationOn seminars, students are expected to take an active part in the discussion and demonstrate knowledge of the content of lectures and readings. Seminar discussions are based on the previously given readings .
- Final EssayFor the final essay a student should choose one building and analyse it's social and historical contexts though the perspective of the topics discussed during the course. The lenght of the essay - 10,000 - 15,000 characters.
- Moderation of one seminar (list of questions and discussion-leading)Each student should choose one topic from the course and prepare to lead the discussion during the chosen seminar.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.4 * In-class participation + 0.4 * Final Essay + 0.2 * Moderation of one seminar (list of questions and discussion-leading)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- ADAM, R. (2020). TIME FOR ARCHITECTURE : On Modernity, Memory and Time in Architecture and Urban Design. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Collins, P. (1998). Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950. Montreal, Que: MQUP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=403914
- Colquhoun, A. (2002). Modern Architecture. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=493720
- Imperial Technology and ‘Native’ Agency : A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850–1920. (2018). Netherlands, Europe: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.40A97089
- Ngara, K. M. (2011). Imagining and imaging the city – Ivan Vladislavić and the postcolonial metropolis. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsndl&AN=edsndl.oai.union.ndltd.org.netd.ac.za.oai.union.ndltd.org.uwc.oai.etd.uwc.ac.za.11394.3353
- Penick, M., Doordan, D. P., Kulić, V., & Parker, T. (2014). Sanctioning Modernism : Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities: Vol. First edition. University of Texas Press.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Ashley Maher. (2020). Reconstructing Modernism : British Literature, Modern Architecture, and the State: Vol. First edition. OUP Oxford.
- Peter Scriver, & Amit Srivastava. (2015). India : Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books.