LET-ACWB301
City Culture
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-ACWB301
Credits (ECTS)5
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Cultural Studies;
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer
dr. E. Fiore
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Examiner
dr. A.P.H. Geurts
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Lecturer
dr. A.P.H. Geurts
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Coordinator
dr. A.P.H. Geurts
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Contactperson for the course
dr. A.P.H. Geurts
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Academic year2021
Period
PER 2  (08/11/2021 to 30/01/2022)
Starting block
PER 2
Course mode
full-time
RemarksAccessible to exchange students.
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
By the end of the course it is expected that students will be able to:
  • comprehend and critically reflect on the complex interaction between ideology, urban space and city culture;
  • demonstrate the ways in which gender, ethnicity, class and sexuality are constitutive of, and are constituted by, urban form and urban life and their representation through a range of concrete examples in different media;
  • formulate a theoretically informed and methodologically sound research project that critically engages with the interaction between ideology and city culture.
Content
The city and its cultures are increasingly important topics in the field of Cultural Studies. This course investigates cultural imaginaries of cities, ways of sensing the urban environment and political claims to inhabit city space. From New York to Berlin and from Eindhoven to Beirut, the course looks at how city culture, the practices of city life and urban forms, have given form and substance to various identities and experiences over time and across Europe and the rest of the globe. In particular, it inquires into how urban space, life and imaginaries interact with subjectivity and its inflections along the lines of social class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and their intersections. Our approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on research in and across the fields of cultural studies, cultural geography, gender studies, urban studies and philosophy.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
 
Test information
Last year, the assessment consisted of:

1. Selection from your study diary (50%);

2. Group or individual creative response to city walk (50%).

Specifics

Assumed previous knowledge
For ACW students: Analyse van tekst, muziek en beeld and Cultural Theory. For ACS students: Image, music and text analysis and Cultural Theory.

Required materials
Articles
Title:All required reading material will be provided in class.

Instructional modes
Lecture + film
Attendance MandatoryYes

General
Interactive lectures. Participatory lectures and film-screenings; small-group discussion
Attendance mandatory for all.

Tests
Portfolio
Test weight100
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock PER 2, Block PER 3

Minimum grade
5,5