Cultural Policies and Urban Ways of Living

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Working sessions are organized so as to enhance the collective discussion. The debates are based on: a) the concepts and methodologies presented by the lecturer; b) a set of selected readings; c) empirical evidence resulting from research. Students become actively involved in the debate through oral presentations, which are based either on the bibliography of the course or in other materials that they collect by themselves. The course also benefits from the experience of invited researchers and experts.  

Learning Outcomes

The course is focused on the status assigned to culture in public policies for cities and local territories and assesses the impacts of cultural policies in urban life. The following skills are developed:

- the acknowledgement of the main concepts and theoretical and analytical models adequate to the understanding of the cultural dynamics of cities, the logics of lifestyle formation, and the public policies for culture and local development.

- the understanding and ability to apply social sciences’ methodologies aiming at the analysis and diagnosis of cultural policies and cultural practices.

- the acquisition of updated empirical information on cultural policy and on the dynamics that govern ongoing changes on cities and urban lifestyles.

- the development of analytical and critical reflexivity about processes of cultural intervention and planning in urban contexts.  

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Culture and the city

2. Cultural policies: between the cultural, the political and the economic realms

2.1. Models and philosophies of public intervention in the cultural sphere

2.2. Cultural policies in Europe and Portugal

2.3. The cultural and creative industries

3. Policies for culture in the city

3.1. The new political economy of culture and the cultural capital of place

3.2. Culture, territory competitiveness and community development

3.3. The paradigm of the creative city

4. Cultural practices in the city: arts, culture and lifestyles

4.1. Cultural consumption and leisure practices

4.2. Cultural organizations and local communities

5. Urban cultures and lifestyles

5.1. The spatialization of culture: diversity and segmentation

5.2. Lifestyles, identities and cultural expressions

5.3. The disputed city.  

Head Lecturer(s)

Claudino Cristovão Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information : 100.0%

Bibliography

Zukin, S. (2000), “Paisagens urbanas pós-modernas”, in Arantes, A. A. (org.), O espaço da diferença. Campinas: Papirus, 81-103.

Henriques, E. B. (2002), “Novos desafios e orientações das políticas culturais”, Finisterra, XXXVII (73), 61-80. Pratt, A. (2005), “Cultural Industries and Public Policy”, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 11 (1), 31-44. Ferreira, C. (2010), “Cultura e regeneração urbana”, Tomo, 16.

Landry, C. (2005), Lineages of the Creative City. Stroud: Comedia.

García, B. (2004), “Urban Regeneration, Arts Programming and Major Events”, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 10 (1), 103-118.

Bergé, A.; Granjon, F. (2005), “Réseaux relationnels et éclectisme culturel”, La Revue LISA.

Fortuna, C. (2002), “Culturas urbanas e espaços públicos”, Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 63, 123-148. Costa, A. F. da (1999), “Modos de cultura, formas simbólicas, dinâmicas culturais”, in Sociedade de bairro. Oeiras: Celta, 171-188.