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Taking it further

 
Bus stop - the start of a journey
Bus stop - the start of a journey
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Join the debate

What should be remembered, and what forgotten, in our cities? - join the debate.

Ghost hunting in Berlin

Berlin is a city struggling with its past. Laurie Taylor talks to Brian Ladd about the ghosts of Berlin.

Has Thinking Allowed left you wanting to think a bit more deeply? Follow our special selected books, weblinks and courses

Weblinks

Berlin - the Open University Social Sciences guide to the city

Thinking Allowed - listen to all the programmes from across the series online

The technology of crime control - an OpenLearn course extract examining the prevelance of CCTV in the modern city

Reading

A Haunted World: The unsettling demands of a globalised past
Steve Pile
from A Demanding World
edited by Clive Barnett, Jennifer Robinson and Gillian Rose, Open University

The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape
Brian Ladd, University of Chicago Press

Courses

Introduction to the Social Sciences

This entry route into degree study includes - amongst many other themes - much consideration of the city and its role in modern life.

Sociology and Society and Making Social Worlds

Two courses which both include study of cities and city life as part of their syllabi.

Understanding Cities

A more advanced, more in-depth course which considers both the problems facing cities, and the nature of relationships found in urban settings.

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