To p rovide students with an introduction to the classic and contemporary social studies of architects, architecture and the built environment (with particular reference to parlaiments, prisons and courts) Encourage reflection on the different methodological and conceptual approaches that underpin such studies; Equip students with the skills to interrogate architecture from a (broadly understood) sociological perspective;

(LO1) You will be able to situate architecture as a distinctive ‘social production’, and understand its implication in political projects and processes at a variety of levels

(LO2) You will gain ability to problematize ahistorical and asocial analyses of architecture

(LO3) You will be able present analysis of a specific architectural project from a coherent sociological perspective

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Media analysis

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S5) Critical thinking and problem solving - Synthesis

(S6) Research skills - All Information skills

Surveying the Architectural Field: Situating Architecture in its Social Place The Social Life of Architecture  Architecture and its Interpretation Architecture and Politics (I): Capitols Architects and Politics (III): S tate Theory     Disciplinary Architecture: The Birth of the Prison A Punishing Architecture: Supermax and Prison Design Architecture and Judgement: Courts and Publics Legal Architecture: Pasts and Futures

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