Subway, skyscraper and roller coaster. Social history and the city 1900-5-N-MWRH-W
Innovations that made the (post)modern society – underground, skyscraper and the roller coaster
What cities are made of and what does it mean that it’s concrete?
Time and space – what happened in 1864 that time had become more important than the distance?
Who is the owner of land, capital and labor – from factory towns to today’s city
Who invented nuclear family and gender in the city? And what for?
Can a hamburger stand be a monument? How to protect the intangible heritage?
Putting up monuments, tearing down statues – dissonant heritage
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Students understand and are able to identify the relationships between space and social relations; are able to critically interpret them and find references regarding these events. (K_W01, K_W03)
Students apply a critical perspective to studying the places around them, are aware of the changing power relations that have shaped spaces; they can suggest cases to study and find references. (K_U01, K_U11, K_U12)
Students understand the need for continuous learning and acquiring new skills; they are ready to critically interpret historical sources and references, question and pose new questions; they understand the need to cooperate with other professionals and institutions. (K_K05)
Assessment criteria
Attendance (max one voluntary absence).
Actively taking part in discussions. Handing in a synopsis of an essay with a list of sources.
Practical placement
None.
Bibliography
Selected literature:
Calder, B. Raw Concrete: A Field Guide to British Brutalism, 2016.
Chomątowska, B. Stacja Muranów, 2016.
Cronon, W. Nature’s Metropolis. Chicago and the Great West,1993.
Czyżewski, A. Trzewia Lewiatana. Antropologiczna interpretacja utopii miasta-ogrodu, 2001.
Hayden, D. The Grand Domestic Revolution, 1981.
Jordan, P. De Fietsrepubliek, 2013 (In the City of Bikes).
Koolhaas, R. Deliryczny Nowy Jork, 2013.
Mumford, L. The City in History its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects, 1961.
Ostrowski, W. Wprowadzenie do historii budowy miast. Ludzie i środowisko, 1996.
Potz, P., Scheffler, N. Integrated Approaches to 20th Century Dissonant Heritage in Europe. Multi-vocal perspectives and strategies explored in the Urban Agenda, 2023.
Purchla, J., Komar, Ż. Dissonant heritage? The architecture of the Third Reich in Poland, 2020.
Rose, G. Feminism & Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge, 1993.
Rybczyński, W. Dom. Krótka historia idei, 1996.
Shorto, R. Amsterdam. A History of the Most Liberal City in the World, 2013.
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