6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd
Aanbieding 2 met studiegidsnummer 4016904FER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
Global cities are particularly relevant in several respects: they function as economic drivers, social and cultural laboratories and, of course, also as political actors. Globalisation, on the one hand, and sub- and supranational processes, on the other hand, have also been impacting the city. This course examines a number of current characteristics and challenges of the (small) global city-region that Brussels is today, each time embedded in a historical perspective. The central starting point is the major areas of tension which have made Brussels a topic that is much discussed but little studied scientifically. How are major contradictions and the problems and challenges linked to diversity dealt with, and which (attempts at) solutions have been put forward? In Brussels, in any case, several major points of contention concerning worldviews, socio-economic issues and, more recently, politico-linguistic strives come together. A thematic approach is used to analyse and frame these issues, with a particular focus on the latter. This approach does not focus so much or exclusively on the formal structures and institutions that have been developed, but also on the informal and normative dimensions. In other words, a great deal of attention is paid to the mechanisms behind the public screens and to the ideological principles and policy concepts that were used. By using a broad diachronic perspective (in which the period after Belgian independence is selected), elements of continuity and discontinuity can be addressed and a number of fundamental transitions can be analysed, interpreted and explained. It goes without saying that the geographical focus is on Brussels itself, but various traits are also put in a comparative perspective.
This course is built on the basis of 3 components:
1. Context (weeks 1 - 4): introductory lesson with key concepts; how to define "Brussels"?; political cleavages and conflict management mechanisms; a city of minorities?
2. The governance of Brussels (weeks 5 - 9): language as a tool of power; language use and attitudes; institutional architecture and political practices; field trip to the Brussels Parliament; urban governance.
3. Three structural problem areas (10 - 12): education; administrations; linguistic landscape.
All further practical information and more information about the course content will be provided at the beginning of the course during the first lesson and is made available via Canvas.
Students are able to describe, to analyse, to situate and to contextualise the most important political, socio-economic, linguistic and demographic developments and conflicts in and related to Brussels.
Students have gained insight into the historical backgrounds of the current political, linguistic, socio-economic, demographic... situation in Brussels, enabling them to interpret current dossiers and situations against a broader historical background.
Students are able to compare Brussels with other 'global city regions' and to assess the specificity of Brussels.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Oral exam. One of the exam questions is selected from the list of themes. This list of exam subjects is announced to students in advance and students can prepare and study these themes in advance. One question concerns the theme prepared beforehand.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de onderwijskunde: Standaard traject
Master in de agogische wetenschappen: profiel culturele agogiek
Master in de agogische wetenschappen: profiel sociale agogiek
Master in de agogische wetenschappen: profiel onderwijsagogiek
Master in de geschiedenis: Standaard traject
Master in de politieke wetenschappen: democratie en leiderschap
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Educatieve master in de cultuurwetenschappen: geschiedenis (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)
Educatieve master in de cultuurwetenschappen: kunstwetenschappen en erfgoedstudies (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)
Educatieve master in de cultuurwetenschappen: wijsbegeerte (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)
Educatieve master in de cultuurwetenschappen: moraalwetenschappen en humanistiek (120 ECTS, Etterbeek)