APG5215 Global creative cities
Faculty of Arts
APG5215 Global creative cities is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2023
- Not offered
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
In this unit students will be introduced to the themes of 'creative cities' in the specific context of urban change and regeneration in contemporary Italy and European cities more generally. These themes include the production and consumption of culture (media and film industries; media cities; cultural production clusters; culture-led urban regeneration; and city branding and identity through culture. The focus will be both larger (Milan, Bologna, Roma) and smaller (Prato, Florence) Italian cities, which will provide field work sites and case studies. This unit, taught intensively in block mode, may also include field trips to cities outside of Italy.
Offerings in 2023
The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for APG5215.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critique the different roles of arts and cultural industries in various aspects of European urban policy;
- 2
investigate and evaluate different aspects of cultural production and consumption across different projects, sites and communities in the city;
- 3
formulate, structure, and present in writing a close analysis of European cultural and creative cities;
- 4
collaborate in cross-cultural projects in person and online.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Xin Gu
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Xin Gu
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5215?
APG5215 has no prerequisites.
When is APG5215 offered?
APG5215 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
How much work is APG5215?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.