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)
