This course deals with the relationship between media, culture and the study of cities. The aims of this course are two-fold. The first is to look at a number of recent works in cultural theory which offer conceptual tools for the analysis of media and cultural artefacts grounded in the analysis of cities. This is the case, in particular, for the “circulation” and “relational” models taken up at different points in the class. The second aim is to look at different media or cultural forms and the manner in which the study thereof has been shaped by the recent wave of theorizing about cities.
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