BA Minor Creative Cities
Our core team member Michiel de Lange coordinates the BA minor programme Creative Cities. In this minor, students investigate cities, urban citizenship, and their dynamics through an interdisciplinary approach that connects theory and practice.
The minor Creative Cities is designed for students who want to understand the lived experience of cities through an interdisciplinary lens combining insights from the arts, media studies, planning and urban geography. The minor equips students with creative research methods, multi-media storytelling skills, and theoretical frameworks to make sense of the rapid social and technological developments in urban spaces today. Through the courses of this minor, students delve into key issues such as the right to the city, urban citizenship, politics of inclusion and exclusion, datafication and surveillance, the role of public and socially-engaged art, and urban cultures and their representations. Courses range from hands-on artistic experiments to projects that creatively engage with public spaces, bridging academic study with real urban experiences. The minor opens the door to the urban world beyond the university classroom to explore the constantly evolving dynamics of cities.
The minor is inspired by the growing realization that future cities need inclusive structures that center social justice and empower residents to actively shape their environments. Cultural practices play a crucial role in this bottom-up city-building process, turning residents into engaged citizens who contribute to the vitality and sustainability of their communities.
Course overview