GEG6148 - The Public Life of Cities - 2024/25

This module provides an engagement with urban geography and interdisciplinary urban studies. Students will be introduced to a range of ideas, concepts and key thinkers that help in trying to understand and analyze urban environments. Topics and case studies draw on cities from around the globe, centering on matters of public space and urban publicness; urban transformation and social innovation; urban design and planning; government and regulation; and the social production of space though encounters among people, objects, and (im)material forces. Key concerns are with how people manage common problems, share resources (or not) and organize different forms of collective culture. The aim is that students become better equipped to comprehend and address the problems and potentials of an increasingly urbanized world.