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Susannah Knights, BA, MSc, PhD

Fee £100.00 (concession rate £80.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.

New Year 2027

10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 19 January

How are our lives shaped by the cities in which we live? And how do we, in turn, shape cities? Anthropologists have long been fascinated by the unique qualities of urban experience. They look at the ways in which architecture and infrastructure shape the paths of city dwellers; the ways that public spaces become sites of struggle; and how it is that leisure, ritual, commercial, and community spaces become meaningful, inclusive, or exclusionary. On this course, we will journey together through cities near and far. We will investigate how projects of imperialism, decolonisation and modernisation have formed urban spaces across the world; and explore how anthropology and ethnography are used to look beyond the buildings to the rhythms and flows that form daily life. The course is suitable for learners with a curiosity, yet no prior knowledge, about anthropology and urban studies.

This class will take place on QUB campus

For further reading: De Certeau, Michael. Practice of Everyday Life. University of California Press, 2013; Werbner et al. The Political Aesthetics of Global Protest: The Arab Spring and Beyond. Edinburgh University Press, 2014

Support Requirements

If as a result of your disability you have support requirements, please complete a support needs form and return it 3 weeks before your class commences. The form is available to download here under the Facilities and Support for Disabled Students section or contact the office on 90 973323.

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