This intensive summer course uses Amsterdam as a living laboratory to explore the relationship between creativity, cities and globalisation. It combines theoretical readings and discussion-based seminars with extensive fieldwork in key locations across the city. In particular, this course looks at the ways in which global practices in art, media and urban development are taking shape in a European city that has long functioned as a centre of cultural exchange. Focus areas include: street art, guerrilla gardening, new media activism, museum programming, city planning and architectural design.

Level: Bachelor’s students