ATS3215 - Global creative cities - 2018

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit




Organisational Unit

School of Media, Film and Journalism

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Justin O'Connor


Professor Justin O'Connor

Unit guides








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.


Upon successful completion of the unit, students will have:

  1. knowledge and understanding of the different role of arts and cultural industries in various aspects of European urban policy;
  2. demonstrated an ability to investigate the different aspects of cultural production and consumption across different projects, sites and communities in the city;
  3. skills in the formulation, structuring and written presentation of scholarly close analysis of European cultural and creative cities;


Field trips to Bologna and Milan or other large Italian cities


Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements


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