CREATIVE

CITIES Dr. Kevin Stolarick

Oct 30, 2012

CREATIVE

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Standard Timing

(revised)

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Time

3:10-3:15 3:15-3:20 3:20-3:30 3:30-3:35 3:35-4:00 4:00-4:10 4:10-5:00

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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Quiz Questions

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CITIES 1. Donald differentiates

quality of place

which is consensus or group based and

quality of life

which is based on what?

2. Glaeser’s analysis in his review used what as the desirable regional outcome?

3. Rather than “creative”, Peck refers to what kind of class?

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Grading Process

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CITIES • • • • 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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CITIES 1. Donald differentiates

quality of place

which is consensus or group based and

quality of life

which is  based on what?

individuals

2. Glaeser’s analysis in his review used what as the  desirable regional outcome?

population growth

3. Rather than “creative”, Peck refers to what kind of  class?

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Pick Your Favourite Question

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Within your group CITIES 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

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CITIES • • • List and explain 3 ways in which the scale of a city region provides a competitive advantage.

With reference to readings assigned, provide 2 critiques of the creative class thesis.

How have creative class workers’ employment prospects changed relatives to working class prospects since the ‘great recession’? How does this impact the creative class thesis?

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Selected Questions

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CITIES • • • Respond to this quote from 32 Magazine: “What was missing was any actual proof that the presence of artists, gays and lesbians, or immigrants was causing economic growth.” Explain the similarities and differences between human capital theory and the creative class.

Is the creative class the “new engine of the United States”?

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Selected Questions

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CITIES • • • • Is it growth that causes the arts or the arts that cause growth?

What are the 5 concerns mentioned in Glaeser’s review?

What are the two major themes of economic competitiveness and quality of life in city regions and what are some of the ways they differ from each other?

What are 3 arguments against Florida’s creative class and what are three rebuttals that he makes?

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