Screening Urban Cultures
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
HUMS 3035
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
012227
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Timetable/s
This class has not been
timetabled for year 2024.
Course owner
School of Creative Industries
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
Course aim
To advance students’ understanding of space and place in the context of urban culture and their screen media representation.
Course content
This course explores how the relationship between cities and film has helped to define and articulate modern and postmodern urban cultures. This includes: the modern and postmodern city, consumption/consumerism, globalisation and cosmopolitanism. Perceptual and affective landscapes, ‘public/private’ boundaries, diversity and memory and nostalgia are also covered. ‘Public’ discourses and practices of social differentiation and control are debated to explore how power affects the everyday fabric of urban cultures. National cinemas and cities as specific sites of representation will be examined to unpack the everydayness of urban culture from a methodological perspective.
Textbook(s)
Nil
Prerequisite(s)
| Common to all relevant programs | |
|---|---|
| Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
| HUMS 2023 | Culture, Place and Meaning |
The listed prerequisite or by Program Director approval.
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, MAGILL | |||
| Lecture | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
| Seminar | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Major research essay, Minor essay
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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