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Geographical Field Course: Urban Geography of the Netherlands – Rotterdam & Amsterdam (2025/2026: Semester 2 – Summer)
Cursusdoel
- Identify and interpret urban challenges in the Netherlands:
- Conduct fieldwork based on integrating theoretical and historical sources
- Reflect on interdisciplinary approaches to urban and socio-cultural issues
- Analyze and reflect on intercultural encounters
- Communicate effectively in cross-cultural settings
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Vakinhoudelijk
Also recommended for students in Earth&Environment and Sustainability Science, but does not count towards Science major.
Destination Summer 2026: Netherlands
This field trip provides students with the opportunity to explore socio-spatial patterns and urban processes in two of the Netherlands’ most dynamic cities: Rotterdam and Amsterdam. By applying core concepts from urban, social, development and critical geography, students will examine how global processes and local strategies shape urban life in the Dutch context. We will do so through a diverse range of theoretical and interdisciplinary lenses, for example, Feminist, Queer, Marxist, and Postcolonial theory.
Key themes include migration, ethnicity and diversity; housing and gentrification; sustainable transport and food transitions; gender, sexuality and the city; and the interplay of inclusion and exclusion in public space. Students will engage with neighbourhood-level transformations as well as broader strategies of urban planning, city branding, and governance. Through fieldwork, discussions, and project-based learning, they will develop the skills to interpret urban change within economic, political, and socio-cultural frameworks.
The course will be open to Humanities and Sustainability Sciences students. Therefore, the course will examine urban processes through interdisciplinary approaches. Arabic studies will offer critical insight into ethnicity and migration, and sustainable sciences will offer
critical insights into urban sustainability.
Format
Phase 1: Preparatory Module (on campus):
- Lectures and student-led seminars on urban theory, the urban Dutch context and contemporary challenges.
- Desk research on themes such as migration and diversity; housing and gentrification; sustainability transport and food; gender and sexuality; and public space.
- Preparation of group presentations on selected topics relevant to the fieldwork.
Phase 2: Field Trip (Rotterdam & Amsterdam)
- Guided field walks through selected neighbourhoods focusing on themes such as food, gentrification, housing policy, and multiculturalism.
- Conducting field observations to analyse urban processes
- Visits to local institutions, NGOs, and/or municipal organisations to gain insight into how public, private, and not-for-profit sectors address urban challenges.
- In-class presentations to reflect on field notes and refine ideas.
- Students develop Urban Walks in specific neighbourhoods, combining field observations with academic debates.
Dates
tbc
Costs - tbc
Students who want to participate make their interest known by email to the course coordinator and via their tutor. The organizers will approach those who have expressed interest for confirmation of registration. Registration closes early for reservation of travel and accommodation; it is in the form of a binding signed contract as well as a down-payment of part of the field trip costs. You cannot register yourself through Osiris Student. The coordinator will take care of this.
- Information meeting:
- expression of interest: deadline (motivation of 200 words + match prerequisites)
- deadline final registration:
Watch a student produced video clip of the 2018 Shanghai field trip on https://students.uu.nl/en/university-college-utrecht/academics/study-programme/humanities/china-studies
Werkvormen
Toetsing
Active individual participation field trip
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
Individual field work paper
Verplicht | Weging 35% | ECTS 2,63
Individual reflection paper field trip
Verplicht | Weging 25% | ECTS 1,88
Presentation Student-led Seminar & Urban Walk
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
Ingangseisen en voorkennis
Ingangseisen
Je moet minimaal 7,5 punten voor categorie 2 (Bachelor Verdiepend) hebben behaald
Voorkennis
Recommended for students in Geography: - Intro Human Geography; and of one of the following courses: Development Studies, Urban Geography or Globalization and Regional Development; or another relevant level 2 course, in SSC, HUM or SCI. Recommended for students in Humanities, one of the following courses: - level 1 Arabic or Chinese - level 2 French and a relevant level 2 course, in SSC, HUM or SCI.
Voertalen
- Engels
Competenties
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Internationale en interculturele oriëntatie
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Interdisciplinariteit
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Samenwerken
Cursusmomenten
Gerelateerde studies
Tentamens
Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus
Verplicht materiaal
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DIVERSETravel, accommodation and meal costs. See outline for specifics.
Aanbevolen materiaal
Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend
Opmerkingen
Cross-listed with Humanities: counts towards SSC and HUM major
Coördinator
| dr. C.A. Bonner-Thompson | c.a.bonner-thompson@uu.nl |
Docenten
Inschrijving
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