106-022 City Cultures: Urban Stories

Usually fifty points of first-year arts including at least 25 points from a specified list of cultural studies approved subject areas.

This subject provides an introduction to a variety of ways in which city cultures have defined and articulated postmodern culture. Students will be introduced to contemporary urban narratives of places and spaces through a focus on city cultures, from Melbourne to New York and Hong Kong. Students will explore and analyse how the city has been represented in architecture, fiction and film, in order to consider how cities have become central to our theoretical understanding of contemporary cultures.

• as a result of attendance at scheduled classes, participation in planned activities and discussion groups, and timely completion of essays and assignments acquire skills in the following areas:

• social, ethical and cultural understanding of self and others;

• critical analysis and synthesis;

• effective written and oral communication;

• information management and information literacy;

• teamwork, flexibility and tolerance;

• time management and planning.

All students will be required to give a formal 10-minute class presentation during one tutorial, and submit an essay of 1200 words 30% (due mid-semester) and an essay of 2800 words 70% (due at the end of semester).

A subject reader will be available from the University Bookshop.