Culture, City and Urban Planning

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The sessions are organized based on collective discussion, supported by: a) presentation of concepts and methodologies by the teacher; b) selected scientific and technical  texts; c) empirical materials resulting from scientific research and exploratory research on relevant practical cases.  Students participate actively through oral presentations and group dinamics. The course also benefits from the experience of invited researchers and experts.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit addresses the role of culture in shaping social and economic life in cities, focusing in particular on its place and importance in urban planning policies and strategies. It develops the following skills:

- Familiarization with main theoretical and analytical concepts and models for understanding the cultural dynamics of contemporary cities, and cultural and urban planning policies.

- Learning methodologies for socioeconomic analysis and diagnosis of cultural phenomena and sociocultural intervention in urban space

- Deepening critical and reflexive capacities on processes of cultural planning and intervention in urban context.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Culture and city: introduction

2. Place and status of culture in urban planning: a historical overview

3. Models and paradigms of "culture led" urban planning policies

4. The culturally plural city: cultural contaminations, disputes, and tensions in the planning and use of urban space

5. Mouvements between the top and the bottom: the participation of community in the cultural planning of the city.

Assessment Methods

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

Bibliography

Evans, Graeme (2001), Cultural Planning. An Urban Renaissance? London & New York: Routledge.

Ferreira, Claudino (2010), “Cultura e regeneração urbana: novas e velhas agendas da política cultural para as cidades”, Tomo, 16.

Fincher, Ruth; et al (2014), “Planning in the Multicultural City: Celebrating Diversity or Reinforcing Difference?”, Progress in Planning, 92,

Fortuna, Carlos; Leite, Rogério Proença (orgs.) (2012), Diálogos urbanos. Territórios, culturas, patrimónios. Coimbra: Almedina.

Rius-Ulldemolins, Joaquim; Posso Jiménez, Ladys (2016), “Cultura, transformación urbana y empoderamiento ciudadano frente a la gentrificación. Comparación entre el caso de Getsemaní (Cartagena de Indias) y el Raval (Barcelona)”, EURE, 42 (126), 97-122.

Seixas, João; Costa, Pedro (2011), “Criatividade e governança na cidade. A conjugação de dois conceitos poliédricos e complementares”, Cadernos Metrópole, 13 (25),

Zukin, Sharon (1995), The Cultures of Cities. Malden, Oxford & Victoria: Blackwell.