Thursday,
16th May 2024
 
 

NEWS


 
 
 
  Urban Imaginations (URBNG002)


Recent sessions have included:

Sarah Bell (Engineering) Engineering the City
Sarah James (Art History) Photography and the City
Karolina Kendall- Bush (French/Film Studies) The City, Cinema and Travel
Iain Borden (Architecture) Automobile and Cycling Experiences of the City
Richard Dennis (Geography) Literature and Modern Cities: Reading the Streets
Matthew Beaumont (English) Restless Cities
Alan Latham (Geography) Popular Urban Imaginations
Andy Hudson Smith (CASA) Digital Urban Imaginations
Andrew Harris (Geography) Sounds of the City
Jane Rendell (Architecture) Art, Space and the City

Examples of relevant reading:
(although there is a very wide range of suggested books)

Jonathan Raban, Soft City (1974)
Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City (1982)
Rosalyn Deutsche, Evictions: Art, Space and the City (1996)
Guiliana Bruno, Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture and Film (2002)
Christoph Lindner and Miriam Meissner, The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries (2019)

 
Visit to Templehof Berlin (with thanks to Hanna Hilbrandt)

Visit to Templehof Berlin (with thanks to Hanna Hilbrandt)

Urban Studies students' exhibits and presentations at CitiesMethodologies 2012. Photo: David Roberts

Urban Studies students' exhibits and presentations at CitiesMethodologies 2012. Photo: David Roberts

Visit to City of London 2014 (with thanks to Peter Rees)

Visit to City of London 2014 (with thanks to Peter Rees)