The Politics of Urban Planning and Design - WS 16/17
Lehrende
Modul
Zuordnung
Seminar
Pim Peters, Indrawan Prabaharyaka
Social Studies of Design
MA Architektur/ MA Industrial Design
3 ECTS
THE POLITICS OF URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN
COURSE DESCRIPTION Urban planning and design are often thought as being non-political. In this seminar we will question this idea, and ask if apart from politicians there might be other actors who have politics? We will explore the politics of different concrete cases such as: designing in preparation of natural disasters, planning in Soviet Russia, and contemporary mobility planning in Munich. In addition, we will explore the roles of often overlooked actors such as disabled persons, defecation infrastructures, numbers, and bureaucrats.
LECTURERS Indrawan Prabaharyaka, Pim Peters
UNIT RESPONSIBLE Professur für partizipative Technikgestaltung (Prof. Dr. Ignacio Farías)
LANGUAGE English
Grading scheme 10% Abstract / 90% Essay
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Rethinking and reenacting design by other means, conceptually and practically. 2. Developing students' sensitivity to forms and norms related to practices of urban design and its politics. 3. Developing students’ understanding of the normativity’s and values, that is politics, of modern state planning and its theories. 4. Developing students' understanding of the multiple politics of planning practices and governance tools such as strategic alliances, numbers, documents, and meetings.
