Today, culture and creativity play a crucial role in urban strategies. As a matter of fact, especially the visions of the cities in West Europe and North America has been set up on these concepts. The aim of this course is to gain skills and competency on; economical, socio-cultural and spatial changing of the cities stemming from deindustrialization, the rising awareness about the potantials that turn up by the culture and creativity arise among new urban economies and also, the direction and management of these potantials.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
The course will be conducted by;
-lecture/presentation,
-discussion of the papers and cases,
-workshop (practice on a case),
-texting the main findings of the case study, presentations and discussions.
Principle Sources
Adorno, T.W. (1991). The Culture Industry: Selected essays on mass culture. Ed. By J. M. Bernstein. Routledge.
DCMS (1998). “Creative Industries Mapping Document”, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, London.
_(2001). "Creative Industries Mapping Document 2001" London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
_(2004). Culture at the Heart of Regeneration", London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/DCMSCulture.pdf.
_(2005). "Creative Industries Fact File" London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, http://www.culture.gov.uk/PDF/ci_fact_file.pdf.
_(2006). "Creative Industries Key Questions on Regional Impact, the View from South East England" London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, http://www.gos.gov.uk/497648/docs/163655/447952/EDRFCompetitiveProgramme.
_(2008). "Creative Britain, New Talents for the New Economy" London: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/CEPFeb2008.pdf.
Florida, R. and Tinagli, I. (2004). "Europe in the Creative Age", Funding Provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, co-Published in Europe With DEMOS, http://www.institutumeni.cz/res/data/004/000573.pdf .
Gibson, C. (2003). “Cultures at work: why ‘culture’ matters in research on the ‘cultural’ industries”. Social & Cultural Geography. Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 201-215.
Gibson, C. and Kong, L. (2005). "Cultural economy: a critical review", Progress in Human Geography. 29, 5, 541–561.
Landry, C. (2000) The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators. COMEDIA Earthscan.
Landry, C. (2006) The Art of City Making. COMEDIA Earthscan.
Objective One (2004). Capitalising on Creativity: Cultural Industries Task Force Strategy 1st Revision.
Power, D. and Scott, A.J. (eds.) (2004). Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture.Routledge.
Pope, R. (2005). Creativity: Theory, History, Practice. Routledge.
Reeves, M. (2002). Measuring the Economic and Social Impact of the Arts: A Review, Arts Council England, London.
Scott, A.J. (1997). “The Cultural Economy of Cities”. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 21,2, 323-39.
Van Der Berg, L., Braun, E. and Van Winden, W. (2001). Growth Clusters in Metropolitan Cities. Ashgate Publishing.
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction of the the flow of the course and the reference list.
Lecture/presentation
2. Week
The socio-economical and spatial progress of cities, new urban economies, the rise of the culture as a triggering factor.
Lecture/presentation
3. Week
The studies on creative industies/cultural industries and creativity in Turkey and the world,
Lecture/presentation
4. Week
The studies on creative industies/cultural industries and creativity in Turkey and the world,
Lecture/presentation
5. Week
Theoretical and practical case studies that culture and creativity stand out with economical, social and spatial dimentions
Discussion of the papers and projects
6. Week
Theoretical and practical case studies that culture and creativity stand out with economical, social and spatial dimentions
Discussion of the papers and projects
7. Week
Intermediate examination.
Intermediate examination.
8. Week
Theoretical and practical case studies that culture and creativity stand out with economical, social and spatial dimentions
Discussion of the papers and projects
9. Week
Theoretical and practical case studies that culture and creativity stand out with economical, social and spatial dimentions
Discussion of the papers and projects
10. Week
The interventions as an input for urban design, proceeding with a case study on the facts that enable the cities creative.
Workshop on a case study
11. Week
The interventions as an input for urban design, proceeding with a case study on the facts that enable the cities creative.
Workshop on a case study
12. Week
The interventions as an input for urban design, proceeding with a case study on the facts that enable the cities creative.
Workshop on a case study
13. Week
Texting and presenting the case in a scientific framework .
Student’s presentations and discussions
14. Week
Texting and presenting the case in a scientific framework .
Student’s presentations and discussions
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-2
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-3
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-4
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-5
Ability to make research, to analyse and to criticise in the area of academical knowledge and design processes, using the appropriate techniques, producing original results.
PO-6
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-7
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-8
To gain competency to transfer the knowledge gained using a foreign language, both in verbal and visual way, via contemporary computer programmes and techniques.
PO-9
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-10
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To decide the interventions as an input for urban design and discuss, proceeding with a case study on the facts that enable the cities creative.
LO-2
Texting and presenting the case in a scientific framework .
LO-3
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial progress of cities, new urban economies, the rise of the culture as a triggering factor,
LO-4
To gain knowledge and understand the studies on creative industies/cultural industries and creativity in Turkey and the world,
LO-5
Analysing the theoretical and practical case studies that culture and creativity stand out with economical, social and spatial dimentions, ability to use convenient techniques for analysing and to evaluate in a critical framework.
