[SoSe 2025] Cultural Networks and Planning: From Global to Local

Thursdays, 10:00-12:00 at the CMS

This seminar focuses on the discussion of networks as an urban phenomenon from a cultural perspective. The following topics will be addressed: the concept of networks in Urban Studies, the role of culture in urban planning since the 1980s, the relationship between networks and spatial reconfiguration in the 21st century. The seminar is divided into three complementary thematic blocks: 1) Conceptualization: Networks; 2) Cultural Networks and Formal Planning/Policies; 3) Networks of Resistance and Collaboration. The seminar is held in English.

Keywords: city marketing, capitals of culture, creative cities, gentrification, artwashing, resistance movements

EXTERNAL MASTER'S STUDENTS: external students will only receive credits if they deliver an oral group presentation and submit a short essay at the end of the semester. If you are an external student interested in this course, please email the instructor at claudia.seldin[at]metropolitanstudies.de by April 23rd, 2025 with your name, current master's program, and department/faculty/university to inquire about enrollment and obtain the ISIS password.