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This module uses contemporary London as a laboratory to introduce and explore a series of interconnected and interdisciplinary critical themes within urban studies. Reflecting on and developing ideas and perspectives from Ruth Glass鈥檚 London: Aspects of Change (1964) and Patrick Keiller鈥檚 film London (1994), it seeks to identify and investigate some of the main transformations London has undergone over the last sixty years. The focus ranges from socio-spatial dynamics of London鈥檚 economy and housing markets and notions of the multiethnic or multicultural city, to developments in London鈥檚 architectural, literary and musical life. Throughout, the course emphasises the specific spaces, places and histories of London鈥檚 metropolitan life, and the social, cultural and political landscapes that have shaped and fashioned the city.
The course aims:
- To provide an understanding and exploration of key perspectives and topics within urban studies such as gentrification, regeneration, the global city and urban governance.
- To investigate recent processes of urban change by connecting broad themes and conceptual approaches to concrete events, experiences and representations.
- To develop critical insights into the dynamics of housing, migration and urban development in contemporary London.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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