Научно-исследовательский семинар "Методы городских исследований"

Магистратура 2021/2022

Статус: Курс обязательный (Прототипирование городов будущего)

Направление: 07.04.04. Градостроительство

Кто читает: Высшая школа урбанистики имени А.А. Высоковского

Где читается: Факультет городского и регионального развития

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 2 семестр

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Пузанов Кирилл Александрович, Шкурко Марианна Викторовна

Прогр. обучения: Прототипирование городов будущего

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 36

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed to deepen students’ knowledge and gain practical skills needed for planning and conducting analytical research on urban topics. The emphasis is made on the ontology and epistemology of the research process and means of conversion of the ideas into academic texts. The course introduces fundamental research methodologies in urban analysis and creates opportunities to apply skills obtained during other courses. Via Writing Studio classes it facilitates individual work on the Final Project. By the end of the course students will be able to compose internally cohesive, individual research proposals as well as compose their own design of the Final Project.

Learning Objectives

to gain an understanding of how to plan and execute the research on urban topics, and the research phase of the research-based design project;
to deepen an understanding of different research methodology and methods;
to gain hands-on experience with mixed methods research via exploring qualitative and quantitative research methodology;
to provide academia best practices, including introduction to research ethics, and master techniques of academic reading and writing;
to deploy a critical approach to the research area and the available data.

Expected Learning Outcomes

composed literature review for a selected research topic
critical assessment of the challenges and limitations of the planned research and the proposed outcomes
logical, cohesive and critically assessed research proposal and transparent and repeatable research strategy, including background and research rationale and a key research question
plan the research properly, applying correct methodology to chosen key research question
provided theoretical or empirical framework for a selected research topic
the final results of the course are problematization of the selected topic and evaluation of the research outcomes, which are laying the foundation for the project proposal

Course Contents

Conceptualization and operationalization
Literature review
Writing Studios

Assessment Elements

Attendance and active seminar participation
Regular attendance of the course classes both online and offline (at least, 70% of the classes in total), engagement and active participation in in-class activities, providing a valuable contribution to the discussion as well as imposing questions and providing answers from the critical perspective.
Home Assignments
Homeworks are collected before the following Seminar and usually take up to one week (seven calendar days) to accomplish. In cases of absence or missing deadlines without valid reason the grade will be reduced: with each 24-hour period delay from the given deadline, 0,05 points are reduced from the final grade of the assignments. In case of a prolonged absence of a submitted work, the maximum mark for the assignment is 4 points.
Writing Studios
The objective of the Writing Studios format is to directly assist students in preparing the textual part of the Final Projects. It brings together students’ independent research and practical skills obtained at Academic Writing course. On Writing Studios instructors provide students’ with personal and group consultations on preparing for and writing Brief and Research parts of the final project. Writing Studio combines both in-class activities and at-home preparation. The outcome of Writing Studios are a number of thematic texts that can be included in the textual part of the Final Project.
Synopsis Defence (Midterm 1)
Synopsis Defence is aimed at evaluation and critical assessment of students Research Proposal. The main goal of Synopsis Defence is to evaluate student’s synopsis (research proposals) for compliance with the established "Guidelines for Final Project of students enrolled in the Master’s ‘Prototyping Future Cities’". The following materials are submitted for Synopsis Defence: - a 15-min video presentation of the synopsis (research proposal); - a text of the synopsis; - a pdf-presentation. The content of the textual and presentational part is stated by "Guidelines for the Final Project of students enrolled in the educational program "Prototyping Future Cities" (master's level)".
Preliminary presentation of the Final Project (Midterm 2)
Preliminary Presentation of the Final Project is aimed at evaluation and critical assessment of Brief and Research parts of the Final Project. The following materials are submitted for Preliminary Presentation of the Final Project: - a 15-min video presentation of the Brief and Research components; - a text of the Brief and Research components; - a pdf-presentation.

Interim Assessment

2021/2022 2nd semester
0.2 * Home Assignments + 0.3 * Preliminary presentation of the Final Project (Midterm 2) + 0.15 * Synopsis Defence (Midterm 1) + 0.2 * Writing Studios + 0.15 * Attendance and active seminar participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Elisabete A. Silva, Patsy Healey, Neil Harris, & Pieter Van den Broeck. (2014). The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods. Routledge.
George Lakoff, & Mark Johnson. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F721BF48
Hesse-Biber, S. N., & Johnson, B. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=989215
Imbroscio, D. L., & Davies, J. S. (2010). Critical Urban Studies : New Directions. Albany: State University of New York Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=343793
Leavy, P. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=779511

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Bailey, S. (2017). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fifth edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1650435
Bresnihan, P., & Byrne, M. (2015). Escape into the City: Everyday Practices of Commoning and the Production of Urban Space in Dublin. Antipode, 47(1), 36–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12105
Erdi Lelandais, G. (2014). Understanding the City : Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=806572
Jaffe, R., & Koning, A. de. (2016). Introducing Urban Anthropology. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1091921
Lowenthal, D. (1961). Geography, Experience, and Imagination: Towards a Geographical Epistemology. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 51(3), 241–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1961.tb00377.x
Neil Brenner, & Christian Schmid. (2015). Towards a new epistemology of the urban? City, (2–3), 151. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2015.1014712
Noterman, E. (2016). Beyond Tragedy: Differential Commoning in a Manufactured Housing Cooperative. Antipode, 48(2), 433–452. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12182
Tuan, Y.-F. (1975). Images and Mental Maps. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 65(2), 205–213. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1975.tb01031.x

Course Syllabus