COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL INDUSTRY AND THE CITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4471 CULTURAL INDUSTRY AND THE CITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to give students the ability to conceive of the relations between culture and the city in context of current developments; to define concepts and frameworks of cultural economy, cultural tourism, creative cities, creative industries and culture-led regeneration and planning; to explain the rise in culture through temporary and permanent developments guiding urban futures; and to consider the successes and failures of cultural policies from cases around the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the basic framework of cultural sphere
2   To describe the extent of cultural industry, creative cities, and culture-led regeneration,
3   To interpret the cultural sector indicators and their spatial impacts in contemporary cities
4   To examine the local implications via considerations of the world experience
5   To criticize the cultural policies and spatial implementations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the concept of culture
2 Rise of culture: culture-led developments in the post-1980s
3 Rise of culture: cultural policies and supra-national structuring
4 Temporary outcomes: mega events (hallmark events)
5 Temporary outcomes: capitals of culture
6 Lasting outcomes: cultural quarters/clusters
7 Lasting outcomes: theme parks
8 Interim Exam
9 Cultural industry and creative cities
10 Cultural tourism and creativity
11 Culture-led regeneration - cases
12 Culture-led regeneration - cases
13 In-class presentations
14 In-class presentations
15 Preparation to the final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dündar, Ş. (2002) `Mekan Organizasyon Bilimlerinin Yeniden Yapılanmasında Bir Araç Olarak Kentsel Tasarım DEÜ. FBE., Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Ağustos 2002, Izmir.
Zukin, S (1995) The Cultures of Cities, Blackwell, UK.
Evans, G (2001) Cultural Planning: an urban renaissance Routledge, UK.
Bianchini, F. & Parkinson, M. (1993) Cultural Policy and Urban Regeneration: The West European Experience. Manchester University Press, NY, USA.
Richards, G. (Ed.) (2007) Cultural Tourism, Routledge, UK.
Urry, J. (1990) The Tourist Gaze. Sage, London, UK.
Sennett, R. (1999). Gözün Vicdanı: Kentin Tasarımı ve Toplumsal Yaşam. (S. Sertabiboğlu & C. Kurultay, Çev.) Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Gökçen Dündar, Ş. (2010) Unvan Peşindeki Kentler: Mega Projeler ve Mega Etkinlikler Üzerinden Bir Bakış. Mimarlık, 353, 53-58.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, presentations and reading activities.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and describing activities are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Interpretation and examination activities are assessed by the Term Paper.
Critical thinking is assessed by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09.30-10:30; Friday 09:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
In-class presentations 2 2 4
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 4 4
Preparation for Final Exam 1 4 4
Preparing Presentations 1 7 7
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 20 20
Final exam 1 2 2
Midterm exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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