Transcript Creative Cities INI336H1F - Martin Prosperity Institute

Creative Cities
INI336H1F
Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Sept. 15, 2011
Agenda
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Course Overview
Break
Quiz & Quiz Process
Announced Questions
Background
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Me
Course
Program
Martin Prosperity Institute
Richard Florida & the Creative Class
Course
Due
9/29
10/27
11/10
12/1
12/1
12/9-20
Weight
5%
10%
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20%
10%
35%
Activity
Research Proposal (1 page)
Refined Proposal (5 pages)
Exam (material through 10/27)
Research Paper (4,000-5,000 words)
Quizzes (top 10 of 11)
Final (comprehensive)
Course Materials
• Book
• LibGuides
– http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/ini336h1f
– http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/content.php
?pid=152554
• Web
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http://martinprosperity.org
http://research.martinprosperity.org
http://blog.martinprosperity.org
http://www.creativeclass.com
Readings
• The Rise of The Creative Class
– 10th anniversary edition (next year)
– Working on it now
• Academic and other readings
– What’s happened since
– Bring up to date
Reading Academic Articles
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What is the main point(s) of the reading?
Main conclusions/arguments?
Do you believe it? (sniff test)
Authors’ assumptions? Justified?
New insights you have gained?
What questions were raised?
How do the concepts discussed relate to
other readings in this course to date?
Reading Academic Articles
• Do not focus on specific methodology
• But, know the difference between
– Qualitative research (good stories)
– Quantitative research (good numbers)
• And, know the limitations of each
• Will ask questions about findings not
methods
– As should you
Standard Timing
Time
3:10-3:20
3:20-3:25
3:25-3:45
3:45-3:50
3:50-4:00
4:00-5:00
Activity
Quiz (assigned seating areas)
Peer Grading
Group Discussion Questions/Answers
Announce Selected Question to Class
Break
Discuss Questions in Class (sit anywhere)
Course Participation
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Readings (before class)
Quiz on readings
Group discussion - questions
Your best exam question from readings
– Selected by group
– Eligible even if not discussed in class
• Class discussion
– Selected questions
Course Participation
• Research Paper/Proposal
– Selected topic of interest (urban issue)
– Three Stages
• Guarantee Progress
• Get Feedback
– Small(ish) – 4,000 – 5,000 words (body)
• Conclude with unanswered questions
• Don’t answer them
– Research, Policy, or Practice
Research Paper
• Literature Survey
• Existing Work (academic)
– What’s been done
– Bringing structure to it
– Understanding/organizing
• Conclusions reached
• Conflicting results
• Open questions
– What next?
Policy Study
• Broad policy action
– Country, province, region, city
• Identify
– Policy
– Implementer
– Goals
• Evaluate
– Reason for implementing
– Success (potential)
Practice Evaluation
• Specific example
– Designed to enhance region’s prosperity
• Identify
– Action
– Implementer
– Goals
• Evaluate
– Reason for implementing
– Success (potential)
Policy & Practice
• Tightly linked
– Geographic focus, scope
– Practice is usually an instance of a policy
• Doing the same for either
– Good to be clear about what you are
doing
• Popular press & academic research
Rise of the Creative Class
Rise of the Creative Class
Classes in Canada
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Creative
Working
Canada
7,068,195
4,317,125
3,154,290
46.2%
28.2%
20.6%
Ontario
2,700,563
1,748,258
1,239,065
45.6%
29.5%
20.9%
Toronto
1,145,000
840,718
472,835
45.3%
33.3%
18.7%
CMA
Ontario
Key Points
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Talent as FLOW (not stock)
Creativity as driver; Place as unit
Jobs AND amenities (not OR)
Occupations
Role of tolerance/diversity
Technology & Talent & Tolerance
Quality of Place (Territory)
Prosperity not only growth,
economics
Break
10 Minutes
Standard Timing
Time
3:10-3:20
3:20-3:25
3:25-3:45
3:45-3:50
3:50-4:00
4:00-5:00
Activity
Quiz (assigned seating areas)
Peer Grading
Group Discussion Questions/Answers
Announce Selected Question to Class
Break
Discuss Questions in Class (sit anywhere)
Quiz Seating
Front of Room
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Quiz Questions
1. List the 3 economic stages/ages since
1800.
2. What is “the central organizing unit of
our time”?
3. What are creative workers paid to
do?
Grading Process
• Switch within group (#)
– NOT each other
– Everyone 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
Quiz Answers
1. 1. Agriculture/Farming; 2. Industrial/
Manufacturing; 3. Knowledge/Creative
2. Place (cities is OK)
3. Think (or something like it)
Pick Your Favourite 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
Selected Questions
• In light of the growing divide between
the creative class and the remainder of
the population, how can we move
toward bridging that gap or allow more
people to ‘tap’ in their creativity?
• How does urban planning affect
attractiveness of places?
• How would the creative class drive
prosperity in places like the developing
world?
Selected Questions
• How and why is geography important in
relation to the creative class?
• Explain the role of Florida’s “3Ts” in
economic growth?
• What are the most important factors for
regional growth in the creative age?
• How do creative industries benefit the
economy? How do they differ from the
creative class?
Selected Questions
• What makes a successful creative
city? And, give 3 examples of such
cities.
• How has the rise of the creative/
knowledge economy changed the
kind of work people do?
• Explain the “3Ts” and their importance
to the prosperity of city/regions.