Field and methods course Toronto 2023/2024
Presentation: Field and Methods Course Toronto, Canada
Course timing
Block 3-4 - Field trip to Toronto 13/4-22/4, 2024
Course responsible
Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen
Information meeting
General meeting for all field courses: October 3rd 2023 12:15 in Auditorium C.
Specific meeting for Toronto course: October 10th 2023, 12:15-13:00 (place to be announced)
Course schedule:
Block 3
- Reading texts on methods and philosophy of science
- Reading texts on Toronto/Canada and the local areas of interest
- Developing of research questions
- Preparation of fieldwork
- Teaching in class and supervision of groups
In the field in Toronto April 13 to April 22, 2024.
Block 4
- Peer sessions in class
- Supervision of groups
- Report writing
- Exam at the end of block 4 (exam week)
Potential themes for a study could be, but are not limited to
- Urban and regional development
- Socio-economic inequality
- Urban poverty, gentrification and segregation
- Precarious work and labour geography
- Segregation and housing policy in a multi-cultural city
- Multi-culturalism and urban conflicts
- The creative and cultural economy
- City branding strategies
- Public vs private urban space
- Infrastructure, urban transit and development projects
- Climate change adaptation in Toronto
- Toronto - a sports city
- Development of the harbour area