Indicative Reading for those looking for more planning and policy information
P Roberts and H Sykes (eds.), 2000, Urban Regeneration: a Handbook, London: Sage.
DETR, 2000, Our Towns and Cities: the future. Delivering Urban Renaissance, London: The Stationery Office. This is the Government’s Urban White Paper, which details current urban policy focus.
Gaunt C, Gudnadottir E and Waring L, 2009, Handy Guide to England’s Planning System, Urban Forum, with Planning Aid. www.urbanforum.org.uk
Hutton, T.A. 2006 Spatiality, Built Form, and Creative Industry Development in the Inner City. Environment and Planning, A, 38, 1819-1841.
Oatley N (ed.), 1998, Cities, Economic Competition and Urban Policy, London: Paul Chapman. Esp. chapters 1 and 2 by Nick Oatley.
Sullivan H and C Skelcher, 2002, Working Across Boundaries: Collaboration in public services, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Good and recent overview of issues of partnership and collaboration across sectors.
Social Exclusion Unit, 2001, A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal: National Strategy Action Plan, London: Social Exclusion Unit - Cabinet Office. The official policy on social exclusion and neighbourhood renewal.
Leach R and J Percy-Smith, 2001, Local Governance in Britain, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Overview of changes in the way local government works.
Course Outline 2009
Note: Read articles before the session. These articles will be reviewed in class and you will be expected to participate in the discussion.
Session I Introduction (Oct. 1) CC & RM
o current debates and recent projects
Reading:
C. Landry, The Art of Regeneration: Urban Renewal through Cultural Activity
Cameron & Rebecca
Session II History of Urban Planning and Policy Making in Relation to Urban Renewal and Arts Management (October 8) CC & RM
o development of urban planning and policy and its history in the 20th century
Reading:
Le Corbusier, A Contemporary City from ‘The City of Tomorrow and its Planning’
R. Freestone and C. Gibbon, City Planning and the Cultural Economy
Sarah Al-Hamad, Violet Koska, Ifiyenia Kolla
Session III Socially Engaged Practice (Oct 15) CC
o interrogating socially engaged practice: what does it mean to work with community? why participate? who is this work for?
Reading:
M. J. Jacob, An Unfashionable Audience
Claire Bishop, The Social Turn: Collaboration and Its Discontents
Ciara Mahon, Anna Masters
Session IV The Role of Evaluation and Identifying Stakeholders
(October 22) CC & guest speaker
o who are the stakeholders? impact of government policy; role of the artist; evaluation
o 1 hour to meet and discuss Artist Presentation
o 1 paragraph outline of topic / project for essay or presentation due in class
Reading:
G. Evans, Measure for Measure: Evaluating Culture’s Contribution to Regeneration
H. Senie, Responsible Criticism: Evaluating Public Art
Helen Weston, Ria Kirby, David Waterson
Session V Other Voices in the City (October 29) CC
STP&A conference –
o diversities of the city, social exclusion and their relationship to regeneration and arts management
o 1 hour to workshop final project presentation; those writing an essay can use this time to consult with Cameron.
Reading:
J. Rendell, Public Art: Between Public and Private
P. Goodwin, Re-visioning Black Urbanism e-book series also downloadable from:
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cucr/research/eBook.php
Jenny King, Loni Booker
READING WEEK NOVEMBER 2 – 7 (no class Nov. 5)
Session VI The Currency of Creativity: the Rise of Regeneration and the Post-Industrial City (November 12) RM
o the impact of the post-industrial economy and its relationship to regeneration; new directions in thinking
Reading:
S. Hall, Divided City: the Crisis of London
T. Fleming, Re-tooling the Creative Economy: New directions in creative regeneration. In T. Dowmunt et al [eds] ‘Inclusion Through Media’ (Goldsmiths and Hi8us Productions, 2007)
Sarra Al-Sharqi, Iain Graham
Session VII Public Art and Public Space (November 19) CC
o current issues and concerns in public art and its impact on the construction of public space
o 1 hr to workshop final essay or presentation; this is a chance to talk about your topic to the class, get feedback and address issues that may be concerning you.
Reading:
R. Deutsche, Uneven Development: Public Art in New York City
Case Study: Barking Town Centre Artscape, Angela Kingston, 2006 for Publicartonline; not in reader but downloadable from:
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/case/barking/description.php
Colleen Patterson, Nadya Chuprina
Session VIII Sustainability in Practice: The Artist’s Voice (November 26) RM
o political activism through artistic practice in the environment
o Class assignment: Artist Presentation
No Reading
Session IX Art, Tourism and the City (December 3)
o the role of culture and creativity in promoting tourism in cities
o 1 hr to workshop final essay or presentation
Reading:
M. K. Smith, Cultural Tourism and Urban Regeneration
J. Urry, The Tourist Gaze
Tracy Nguyen, Jessi Kroeber
Session X Final Presentations (December 10)
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