SPT-E1030 - Planning Theory D, Lecture, 14.9.2021-14.12.2021
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***Please, note the extended deadline for essay: The assignment is due on December 21th, 16:00!***In the course Planning Theory, we will read classical texts in the field of planning theory, write summaries and work in groups to familiarise ourselves with the most topical themes in planning theory. You will also author an essay covering a topic of your choice.
Program, Fall 2021 (subject to minor changes)
Tuesdays 14.15-15.45 in Zoom:https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69736734908
14.9. Introduction to planning theory
21.9. Justification of planning
Readings (choose one):- Terry Moore: Why Allow Planners to do what they do?
- Richard E. Klosterman: Arguments for and against planning
- Heather Campbell & Robert Marshall: Utilitarianism's bad breath: a re-valuation of the public interest justification for planning
Group 1 reads all three articles and introduces the theme to others.
Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!28.9. Rational planning, “bounded rationality” and wicked problems
Readings (choose one):Group 2 reads all the articles and introduces the theme to others.Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!5.10. Knowledge in planning
Readings (choose one):- Yvonne Rydin: Re-examining the role of knowledge in planning theory
- Kevin Krizek, Ann Forysth, and Carissa Schively Slotterback: Is there a role for evidence-based practice in urban planning and policy?
- Simin Davoudi: Planning as practice of knowing
Group 3 reads all the articles and introduces the theme to others.Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!12.10. Advocacy planning and transactive planning
Readings (choose one):- Paul Davidoff: Advocacy and pluralism in planning
- Allan David Heskin: Crisis and Response: A Historical Perspective on Advocacy Planning.
- John Friedmann: Toward a non-Euclidian mode of planning.
Group 4 reads all the articles and introduces the theme to othersEveryone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!19.10. No group session, individual working, guidance for the essay available
Decide about your essay title and write a short description of the contents26.10. No session (exam week)2.11. Communicative planning theory
Readings (choose one):- Patsy Healey: Planning Through Debate
- John Forester: Critical theory and planning practice.
- Louis Albrechts and William Denayer: Communicative Planning, Emancipatory Politics and Postmodernism (a chapter in a book; no need to read the whole book...)
Group 5 reads all the articles and introduces the theme to othersEveryone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!
9.11. Writing clinic 1
Bring the first version of your essay with you16.11. Agonistic approach to planning
Readings (choose one):- Jean Hillier: “Agon’izing” over consensus…
- John Pløger: Strife: Urban planning and agonism
- Sophie Bond: Negotiating a democratic ethos: Moving beyond the agonistic-communicative divide
Group 6 reads all the articles and introduces the theme to others.Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!23.11. Writing clinic 2Guest lecture on academic writing
Maurice Forget, Language center, Aalto-university30.11. Justice and ethics in planning
Readings (choose one):- Susan Fainstein: The just city
- Justus Uitermark and Walter Nicholls: Planning for social justice: Strategies, dilemmas, tradeoffs
- Rafael H. M. Pereira, Tim Schwanen & David Banister: Distributive justice and equity in transportation
Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!7.12. Writing clinic 3
Bring the second version of your essay with you14.12. Theory and practice – reflection and course feedback
Readings (choose one):- Vanessa Watson: Do we learn from planning practice? The contribution of the practice movement to planning theory
- Alan March: Practising theory - When theory affects urban planning
- Ernst Alexander: Introduction: Does planning theory affect
practice, and if so, how?
Everyone writes a short summary of their chosen article and prepares to discuss it in the session. Make sure your microphone and webcam work!
Bring the final version of your essay with youGrading
Grading will be based on your essay (60%) and your performance during the sessions (40%), including your written entries (summaries), group work, and participation in the general discussion. Note that you are required to pass both the essay part and the summaries & group work parts of the course to pass the course.-
Assignment: Essay (click open to see the instructions) Inlämningsuppgift