Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Amsterdam: A Historical Introduction
Course Number:
L_AABAALG056
Course Description:
Your learning goals are: gaining basic knowledge (including concepts and theories) about urban history, in particular related to the spatial and ecological dimensions of urban history; applying urban history knowledge and insights to concrete case-studies, with the aid of texts, maps, concrete objects, and other visual materials; forming an opinion on issues such as heritage questions and communicating those to several types of readership This course is an excellent opportunity to acquire knowledge about and insight in Urban History. The course has a spatial-ecological-historical focus. Key-words are social-economic and ecological history, architectural history, urban design, and heritage. How did a town develop and how can this be explained? What plans existed for city development and who decided about choices? What were and are characteristic buildings? Who migrated to the town and who lived where? How does a town relate to its natural environment like water bodies and to the surrounding
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST 388
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