Understanding History and Society

Module overview

This module will introduce you to studying questions of history, society and culture through the prism of Southampton in order that you can apply those approaches to the study of cities in the French, Spanish and German-speaking world.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

How key notions such as ‘nation’, ‘class’, ‘race’, ‘gender’ ‘culture’, or ‘history’ are formed, represented and reproduced in a metropolitan context.
the ways in which historical and national narratives are told by monumental and representational cultures of cities.
Cities as micro-sites of historical, social political and linguistic developments and conflicts that have national and/or transnational significance.
How cosmopolitanism and diversity are expressed in urban environments.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

communicate effectively and confidently both orally and in writing
work with a range of sources taking accurate notes and keeping records
set and monitor goals reflecting on your own learning and learning form feedback
produce academic writing to required conventions

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

define present and exemplify concepts relating to the subject
formulate and clarify critical questions informed by theoretical approaches pertinent to the study of cities
apply knowledge, understanding and critical analysis to readings of the city

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include: Lectures introducing the key topics Small group seminars to discuss primary sources and secondary readings Individual essay tutorials Learning activities include: Close analysis of using and evaluating primary and secondary historical texts Extensive reading of secondary and theoretical literature

Study time
Type	Hours
Wider reading or practice	40
Revision	40
Preparation for scheduled sessions	2
Follow-up work	4
Lecture	12
Completion of assessment task	40
Seminar	12
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Steve Pile and Nigel Thrift (eds.) (2000). City a-z. Routledge.

Michael Peter Smith (2001). Transnational Urbanism Locating Globalization. Blackwell.

Deborah Stevenson (2003). Cities and Urban Cultures. Open Univ. Press.

Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson (2010). The Blackwell City Reader. Blackwell.

Suzanne Hall and Ricky Burdett editors (2018). The Sage Handbook of the 21st Century City. Sage.

Nadine El-Enany (2020). (B)ordering Britain. Law ,Race and Empire. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Diarmit Mac Giolla Chriost (2007). Language and the City. Palgrave.

Anna Minton (2009). Ground Control Fear and Happiness in the twenty-first- century city. Penguin.

Imogen Tyler (2020). Stigma The Machinery of inequality. London: ZED books.

Doreen Massey at al (eds.) (1999). City Worlds. Routledge.

Smakman, D and Heinrich, P editors (2018). Urban Sociolinguistics: The City as a linguistic process and experience. Routledge.

Fran Tonkiss (2006). Space, the City and Social Theory. Blackwell.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Analytical essay	50%
Research proposal	30%
Coursework Presentation	20%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Coursework Presentation	20%
Research proposal	30%
Analytical essay	50%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Research proposal	30%
Analytical essay	50%
Coursework Presentation	20%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External