Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Perception and Imagination of Contemporary Cities (19.UP04)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	5

Within the course students will be presented with cinematic projections of urban landscapes that reflect complex spatial and social relations in modern cities, relying on different urban and film theories and through the interpretation of architectural and urban models of modern cities. Films that illuminate the complex spatial relationships, as well as the cultural, sociological and economic values of a particular society in which different meanings are produced and consumed will be analyzed by using critical approach.

Students will develop the practice of active viewing, in contrast to the passive observation of moving images, which implies architectural and urban research and analysis of the presented landscapes, as well as an assessment of the sociological, cultural and political messages displayed in films. Students will be focused on understanding the importance of the social dimension of architecture and the city, and the importance of acknowledging it in processes that involve the design and planning of urban spaces.

Study of cinematic projections of urban landscapes that reflect complex spatial and social relations in modern cities, based on different urban and film theories; Evaluating and defining a film as an audiovisual medium that opens up the possibility of considering architectural and urban, sociological, cultural, political and economic discourses; Determining ways to study and explore cities through the interpretation and analysis of urban landscapes in films.

Lectures, auditory exercises, consultations, exams

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
AlSayyad, N.	Cinematic Urbanism	2006	Routledge, New York	English
Clark, D.	The Cinematic City	1997	Routledge, New York	English
Hubbard, P.	City.	2006	Routledge, New York	English
Shiel, M. and Fitzmaurice T.	Cinema and the City Film and Urban Societies in Global Context	2001	The Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford	English
Grupa autora	Spatial Multimedia and Virtual Reality	1999	Taylor & Francis, London	English
Donald, J.	Imagining the Modern City	1999	University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis	English
McQuire, S.	The Media City: Media, Architecture and Urban Space	2008	Sage Publications, Los Angeles	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Complex exercises	Yes	Yes	70.00

Prof. Vračarić Milica

Full Professor

Lectures

Assistant - Master Priljeva Sofija

Assistant - Master

Practical classes

Faculty of Technical Sciences

University of Novi Sad

Contact:

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