Postgraduate - UnitAPG5068 - Creative cities

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Communications and Media Studies
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Shane Homan

Synopsis

This unit examines the complex notion of 'the creative city' through a combination of conceptual, case study workshop and local fieldwork. The unit examines the discourse of 'creative city' in academic and policy-oriented literature as a form of urban governance, city branding, urban regeneration and community-based arts and cultural interventions. It will use key case studies to link these discourses to concrete situations, requiring the students to bring their own experiences and take an active stance towards the aspirations and problematics embedded within these cases. There will be small limited fieldwork (normally within Melbourne) in order that students can lead and participate in workshop sessions.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Have a broad overview of contemporary issues involved in discourses and practices around the creative city.
Have an appreciation of the specific and practical challenges and opportunities involved in the different dimensions of 'creative city' initiatives.
Apply independent research skills to a range of problems in the field of creative cities
Be able to write and communicate effectively and in analytical depth
Be able to effectively utilise academic concepts to identify and investigate concrete challenges and issues in creative city initiatives

Fieldwork

There will be observational fieldwork within Melbourne, mainly the CBD. This would involve 8 hours maximum

Assessment

Case study workshop presentation: 40%
Final essay:60%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Shane Homan

Workload requirements

Seminar/workshop attendance: 2 hours per week
Seminar/workshop preparation (reading, presentations, fieldwork): 8 hours per week
Library/research: 16 hours per week