Postgraduate Course: The Creative City in Theory and Practice (HIAR11084)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The creative city is a term first used in the mid-1990s by Charles Landry to describe a city focused on the so-called 'creative industries' (normally advertising, architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, music, the performing arts, publishing, software, TV and Radio, video games see Howkins 2001). The term is now widely used by governments, and property developers worldwide; the creative city is widely believed to be a panacea for urban ills. This course examines the theory and practice of the creative city, with a particular emphasis on the city as built. The literature touches on art history, architecture, museology and sociology, as well as the material promoting the concept of the creative city produced by governments at all levels. The city of Edinburgh is a particular focus. The course will engage with the city's experience in arts festivals, art museums, and its more recent attempts to attract new media business. It will also consider Scotland more widely as a case study of a nation with a particular investment in the concept of the creative city. Key questions throughout the course are: how is the theory of the creative city manifest in reality? What does it feel like to live and work in the creative city? What are its limits? What is its future?
Week 1 Introduction - key terms and concepts - pedagogy - what's expected - allocation of seminar topics
Week 2 The Geography of the Creative City - key buildings and building types - Edinburgh as a typical creative city
Week 3 The Media City - a new architectural type - examples from Dubai, Singapore, Glasgow, Manchester etc
Week 4 The Festival City - what festivals are, what they need, how they impact on the built environment - Edinburgh as case study
Week 5 The Art City - gallery and museum infrastructure - relation to the art market
Week 6 The Sociable City - the creative city's social spaces and their uses
Week 7 The Networked City - web and other networks - the image of the network - incubator spaces and new media business
Week 8 The Politics of Creativity - the creative city as social engineering - who benefits? Who doesn't?
Week 9 The Creative City on the Couch - the psychology of the creative city - what it feels like to live and work in it - new behaviours and beliefs
Week 10 Conclusions - the pros and cons of the creative city and its future
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 13 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Writing 50%
Discussion 50% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- up-to-date, detailed knowledge of creative city theories
- ability to analyse critically those theories
- ability to discuss real-world examples of the creative city
- ability to discuss the theory and practice of the creative city with confidence in a range of real-world contexts
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Reading List
Bauman, Z., Liquid Modernity (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000)
Beck, U., World at Risk (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007)
Buskirk, M., Creative Enterprise; Contemporary Art Between Museum and Marketplace (New York: Continuum, 2013)
Caves, R. E., Creative Industries: Contracts Between Art and Commerce (Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard UP, 2000)
Chapain, C., C. Collinge, P. Lee, S. Musterd (eds.), ¿Can We Plan the Creative Knowledge City?, special issue of Built Environment, 35, 2 (2009)
DCMS (2013) https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/making-it-easier-for-the-media-and-creative-industries-to-grow-while-protecting-the-interests-of-citizens
Florida, R., The Rise of the Creative Class (New York: Basic Books, 2002)
Harvey, D., Spaces of Hope (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP 2000
Holston, J., Cities and Citizenship (Durham: Duke UP, 1999)
Howkins, J., The Creative Economy: How People Make Money From Ideas (London: Penguin Books, 2001)
Landry, C., The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators (London: Earthscan, 2000)
Sennett, R., The Corrosion of Character (New York: Norton, 2000)
Williams, R. J., The Anxious City (London: Routlege, 2004)
Williams, R. J., Brazil: Modern Architectures in History (London: Reaktion, 2009)
Woodman, E., MediaCityUK Wins Carbuncle Cup¿, Building Design (1 September 2011)
Zukin, S., Naked City (New York: Oxford UP, 2009)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Writing, verbal presentation |
| Keywords | Creative Industries,City,Culture,Urban,Regeneration |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Williams
Tel: (0131 6)51 6792
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: |
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