General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Creative Cities In The European Union |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | dr Michał Męczyński |
| Lecturer's email | micmec@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | Adjunct Professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Human Geography and Planning |
| Semester | 2022/2023 (summer) |
| Duration | 20 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 25-CC-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
The lecture starts on the 6th of March 2023 at 9:30 AM, room number 19 (Coll. Geographicum)
Module aim (aims)
The aim of the module is to make students acquainted with the concept of the creative class and its role in the economic development of the metropolitan regions in the EU.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic knowledge about the social structure of the metropolitan regions.
Syllabus
Week 1: Entrepreneurship, innovativeness and creativity – theoretical background
Week 2: Entrepreneurship, innovativeness and creativity – theoretical background
Week 3: Attractiveness of the creative milieu of European cities for talented, creative and talented people
Week 4: Attractiveness of the creative milieu of European cities for talented, creative and talented people
Week 5: Conditions of the development of the ‘Creative Class’ in different cities of Europe
Week 6: Conditions of the development of the ‘Creative Class’ in different cities of Europe
Week 7: Attractiveness of Polish cities for creative people – the example of Poznan
Week 8: Attractiveness of Polish cities for creative people – the example of Poznan
Week 9: European policy for the development of the ‘Creative Class’
Week 10:European policy for the development of the ‘Creative Class’
Reading list
Florida R. 2002. The rise of the creative class and how it’s transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life. Basic Books, New York.
Brown J., Męczyński M., 2009 – ‘Complexcities’:Locational choices of creative knowledge workers. [W:] Can we plan the creative knowledge city? Chapain C., Collinge C., Lee P., Musterd S. (red.).Built Environment, Vol. 35, number 2. London, 238 – 252, ISSN 0263-7960
Brown J, Nadler R, Męczyński M. 2010. Working on the edge? Creative jobs in Birmingham, Leipzig and Poznan. [W:] Musterd S, Murie A (red.) Making competitive cities. Wiley-Blackwell, 208-231.
Musterd S., Bontje M., Chapain C., Kovacs Z., Murie A. 2007. Accommodating creative knowledge. Aliterature review from a European perspective. ACRE Report1. AMIDSt, Amsterdam.
Stryjakiewicz T., Męczyński M., Stachowiak K. 2009. Poznan as a creative knowledge region. The views of high-skilled employees, managers and transnational migrants. ACRE report 8.8. AMIDSt, Amsterdam.