Global London: Contemporary Urbanism, Culture and Space UCL

Overview

Throughout the Global London: Contemporary Urbanism, Culture and Space is offered by UCL Summer School you will have the opportunity to learn from what London has to offer whilst also thinking about the contradictions it produces.

Ultimately, the course aims to enable you to think critically about and through your stay in London, and to consider your own relations to, and place within, an increasingly urbanised world.

This module aims to:

• Introduce you to key academic theories, frameworks and concepts to better understand contemporary cities.
• Engage you around the social, economic, cultural and political dynamics that shape London and its urban life.
• Enable you to critically reflect on and apply urban theories and concepts to London and to your own cities.
• Provide you with the opportunity to learn about London and to understand the complexities and diversities contained within the contemporary city.
• Allow you to experience a range of different learning methods and environments (case studies, field trips, project and portfolio work) when analysing everyday urban life.
• Provide you with the opportunity to experiment with different research and data collection methods to record everyday urban experiences and practices.
• Encourage you to develop critical awareness and reflective skills through working both independently and as part of a team.