Бакалавриат
2022/2023
Социалистический урбанизм в глобальном контексте
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (История)
Направление:
46.03.01. История
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Калеменева Екатерина Алексеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
60
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “Socialist Urbanism in Global Context” examines the theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations of Soviet urbanization policy and urban culture throughout the twentieth century, with particular attention to their broader social, economic, political, and cultural consequences. The course situates Soviet urban development within wider debates on urban history and socialist modernity, enabling students to critically assess how urban space was conceptualized, planned, and transformed under socialism.
By the end of the course, students will be familiar with major theoretical approaches and analytical concepts used in the study of urban history, Soviet culture, and socialist urbanism. They will also develop an understanding of the evolution of social and architectural theories of urban planning in the USSR, the relationship between ideological objectives and urban policy, and the ways in which these ideas were translated into concrete urban experiments and planning practices. In this way, the course encourages students to approach Soviet urbanism not only as a history of architectural and planning practices, but also as a broader process of social, political and cultural transformation.
Learning Objectives
- To acquaint students with the basic theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of the phenomenon of a socialist city, Soviet urbanization projects and policy during the 20th century and its social, economic and cultural consequences.
- To develop students' ability to analyze special historical literature and works of popular culture of the 20th century, to conduct a scientific discussion and publicly present the results of the study.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To learn major theoretical and historiographical approaches toward the phenomenon of a socialist city and socialist urbanism.
Course Contents
- Introduction. Phenomenon of Socialist Urbanism. What Makes a City “Socialist”?
- Imperial cities in the Revolution
- Early Soviet planning and social experiments in the 1920s
- Industrialisation and New Social Towns (Sotsgoroda) in the 1930s
- Socialist Urban Technologies and Infrastructures
- Everyday Stalinism. Social Hierarchies in Stalinist Cities
- Post-War Urban Reconstructions and the Sovietisation of New Territories
- “The Thaw” in Soviet Society and Architecture: Mass Housing Campaign and Standardisation of Socialist Cities
- Private and public in Soviet standardised apartments
- (Un)proper behaviour in public urban spaces: Soviet sub-cultures
- Socialist urbanism on the margins of socialism
- Soviet legacy in Post-Soviet Environment
Assessment Elements
- In-class participation
- Group presentation on the topic "The legacy of a Socialist City in Post-Soviet Space"
- Final essay
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.4 * Final essay + 0.2 * Group presentation on the topic "The legacy of a Socialist City in Post-Soviet Space" + 0.2 * In-class participation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Babiracki, P., Zimmer, K., & David-Fox, M. (2014). Cold War Crossings : International Travel and Exchange Across the Soviet Bloc, 1940s-1960s: Vol. First edition. Texas A&M University Press.
- Barenberg, A. (2014). Gulag Town, Company Town : Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta. New Haven: Yale University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=818471
- Boym, S. (2008). The Future of Nostalgia. New York: Basic Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=499418
- Ganguly, L. (2007). Alexei Yurchak: Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.951C3C60
- Hellbeck, J., Bonfiglio, D., & Tauchen, C. (2015). Stalingrad : The City That Defeated the Third Reich: Vol. First edition. PublicAffairs.
- Karl Loewenstein. (2006). Re-emergence of public opinion in the Soviet Union: Khrushchev and responses to the secret speech. Europe-Asia Studies, (8), 1329. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130600996572
- Kotkin, S. (1997). Magnetic Mountain : Stalinism As a Civilization (Vol. [Pbk. ed., 1997]). Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=21251
- Stalinism : new directions / ed. by Sheila Fitzpatrick. (2000). London [u.a.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.080753531
- Zachmann, K., & Oldenziel, R. (2009). Cold War Kitchen : Americanization, Technology, and European Users. MIT Press.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Brake, M. (2013). The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Subcultures (Routledge Revivals) : Sex and Drugs and Rock “n” Roll? [S.l.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=649607
- Fitzpatrick, S. (1999). Everyday Stalinism : Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=169117
- Fitzpatrick, S. (DE-588)132798344, (DE-576)160958431. (1999). Everyday Stalinism : ordinary life in extraordinary times; Soviet Russia in the 1930s / Sheila Fitzpatrick. Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.075108488
- Kirschenbaum, L. A. (2006). The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941–1995 : Myth, Memories, and Monuments. New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=174478
- Koenker, D., & Gorsuch, A. E. (2013). The Socialist Sixties : Crossing Borders in the Second World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=597267
- Koposov, N. (2011). “The Armored Train of Memory”: The Politics of History in Post-Soviet Russia. Perspectives on History, 49(1), 23–26.
- Rittersporn, G. T. (1996). Stephen Kotkin. Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as Civilization. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1995. Pp. xxv, 639. $55.00. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.18E2D6D6
- Smolkin, V. (2018). A Sacred Space Is Never Empty : A History of Soviet Atheism. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1679019