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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
ARCH1845-1  Criminality and territory

Duration :  24h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in architecture (Fusion), 1st yearSecond semester2
Master in architecture (Saint Luc), 2nd yearSecond semester2
Lecturer :  David Tieleman
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
This course will address two field of investigation: town planning (and architecture) and criminality in its broad sense. Criminology and the urban landscape are connected in a number of very different ways. The course thus aims to provide a general overview and an introduction to the connections between these disciplines.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The aim of the course is to provide students with the tools to read different forms of criminality linked in different ways to the urban landscape. Of course it cannot provide an encyclopaedic coverage of knowledge of criminology, but aims to encourage students to take an intellectual position and to provide them with the theoretical foundations required to address different questions such as: the birth of gated communities, the development of shanty towns, the question of homelessness, urban violence, coercion and punishment through space (prisons, detention centres, situational crime prevention...), controlling public spaces, penalising poverty, the urban landscape during wartime, organisation of the police and the highway code, etc.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
The course is organised around a series of theoretical presentations covering the foundations required to take an enlightened approach to criminality and the urban landscape. It is followed by a series of in-depth and practical questions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
- lectures for the theoretical foundations part of the course
- thematic round tables
- thematic research
- conferences and external presenters
Recommended or required readings :  
A bibliography will be provided for each session, following the themes being addressed.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination and/or presentation of work.
Contacts :  
david.tieleman@ulg.ac.be


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