Sociology of Urban Settlement and Housing

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Department of Social Sciences

Synopsis:

Sociological insight in the issues of residence and residential structure within the context of housing. Sociology of towns, countryside, modern urban tendencies resulting in "dissolution? of towns in the landscape, consequences of suburbanization. Separation of OIKOS and POLIS, feminine and masculine space, personal identity, urban area, selected issues of the sociology of space. House and flat as a monitor of interpersonal relations. Structure/architecture as a social medium.

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none

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Study Objective:

The goal of the course is to introduce settlement as a social organism, to examine human behavior within the space and to present the city and its environment as well.

Study materials:

Opplová,M.: Životní prostředí měst a regionů. Praha 1996 , Musil, J.: Lidé a sídliště. Praha 1985 , Turner, J.H.: Theory Building in Sociology. Sage Publications, London 1989 ,

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: