GEO2128 : Emotional Geographies of the City: Vienna/Bratislava or UK urban field course
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Matej Blazek
- Lecturer: Dr Jessa Loomis
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
- Capacity limit: 35 student places
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
Through a combination of classroom- and field-based activities, this module aims to:
• evaluate the emotional dimensions of the relations between people, places and environments in everyday urban contexts
• examine a range of techniques for researching and conveying the emotional geographies of everyday life in urban areas.
• explore a range of everyday urban spaces and the emotions that animate them
Outline Of Syllabus
Teaching and learning will take place through a series of weekly lectures and workshops in February and March, and through a one-week period of fieldwork activity in Vienna and Bratislava in late March/early April
Pre-field lectures and workshops:
1. Introduction to the module and to emotional geographies
2. Embodied geographies
3. Affects and atmospheres
4. Everyday geographies of the city
5. Politics of emotions
6. Methodological workshop (no lecture)
7. Assessed presentations/student conference (no lecture)
Vienne and Bratislava fieldtrip schedule:
Day 1: Arrival to Bratislava
Day 2&3: Individual (supervised) fieldwork in Bratislava
Day 4: Transfer to Vienna and individual (supervised) fieldwork
Day 5&6: Individual (supervised) fieldwork in Vienna
Day 7: Departure
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 5 | 1:00 | 5:00 | Live lectures in weeks 1-5 and 8 |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 30:00 | 30:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 1 | 3:00 | 3:00 | Assessed presentations. Students expected to attend the full block where their pres. is scheduled. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 6 | 2:00 | 12:00 | Weekly in-person workshops following from pre-recorded lecture |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 5 | 8:00 | 40:00 | 5 full days of field activities (not including travel days) |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 110:00 | 110:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Students will be preparing for their field projects through engaging with weekly lectures and subsequent collective workshops. This weekly regime will be interrupted in week 7, when students will deliver their assessment 1 in the format of individual oral presentation. In week 6, the workshop will specifically focus on this assessment, and there will be no lecture.
Students will then complete their individual field-based projects during five days either in Vienna and Bratislava.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 1 | 2 | M | 30 | Oral presentation - 10 minute individual presentation |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 70 | 2,500 word essay |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The first assessment requires students to reflect on theories introduced in the module and how they inform the development of field methodologies employed to explore emotional geographies of urban environments. This assessment will address students’ understanding of issues necessary to develop and conduct field activities. The feedback will be provided shortly after the presentations themselves, so students have time to use this towards their field projects.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- GEO2128's Timetable