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CREATIVE CITIES
CREATIVE CITIES
Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Oct. 16, 2012
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Standard Timing
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Time
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3:35-4:00
4:00-4:10
4:10-5:00
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Activity
Quiz
Peer Grading
Group Discussion Questions/Answers
Announce Selected Question to Class
Discuss Questions in Class
Break
Discuss Questions in Class
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Quiz Seating
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Front Table
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Quiz Questions
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1. Give one of three used measures of regional
diversity?
2. Should Robert Putnam’s social capital be
considered a strong or weak tie?
3. What country ranks first for Creative Class as
share of its workforce?
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Grading Process
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• Switch within group (#)
– NOT each other
– All pass left or right
• “Graded By”
• Quiz Answers
– 2 points completely correct
– 1 point “mostly” correct
– 4 points for reasonable exam question
• Total Score Upper Left
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Quiz Answers
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1. Give one of three used measures of regional
diversity?
 Melting Pot, Gay/Lesbian, Bohemian Index
2. Should Robert Putnam’s social capital be
considered a strong or weak tie?
 Strong
3. What country ranks first for Creative Class as
share of its workforce?
 Singapore
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Pick Your Favourite CREATIVE CITIES
Question
• Within your group
• Discuss each question
• Pick group’s favourite
– Your selection makes it eligible for use
– Mark with a big star
• Person never announced before
– Announce selected question
• Turn in all cards before break
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Break
10 Minutes
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Selected Questions
And Answers
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• What set Silicon Valley apart as a region of
creativity?
• What 2 value systems are at the heart of the
“big morph” and why are they blending?
• Explain why the popularity of “The Matrix” is
so vital to the “big morph” explained in
chapter 9. What does it represent?
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• Explain how a large population of gays, foreign-born
and ‘bohemians’ can contribute to the creative growth
of a region. Make reference to the key findings and
cities mentioned in Florida & Gates “Technology and
Tolerance”
• What sociological transformations does the “big
morph” aim to describe?
• What are the key differences between the protestant
work ethic and the bohemian ethic and why have they
crashed historically but are increasingly blended
today?
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• Describe the process of “time intensification” and
how it leads to “time famine”. Who suffers from this
“time famine” and how?
• List and describe 4 key elements of “time deepening”.
• Why do regions with a high foreign-born population
reveal high technology success?
• Describe the kind of relationship the variables GCI
and Gini Index show on creative economies and
inequality.
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