Handbook - Writing the City

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Overview

This course will teach the understanding, analysis and generation of high quality architectural and urban communications; writing for the page, for radio and for video about architecture, urbanism and planning. It will look at types and genres of writing and media, at the roles and responsibilities of media, at the … For more content click the Read More button below. Is the pen really mightier than the sword? If so, how can it best be wielded in a world teetering on the brink? The course is constructed around a series of lectures, readings, site visits and research assignments. Assessment is based on both individual and group work.

This course will teach the understanding, analysis and generation of high quality architectural and urban communications; writing for the page, for radio and for video about architecture, urbanism and planning. It will look at types and genres of writing and media, at the roles and responsibilities of media, at the relationship between designing, thinking and writing, touching on truth and knowledge (epistemology, ontology), beauty (aesthetics) and the basis of both spatial and textual meaning in our world.

Is the pen really mightier than the sword? If so, how can it best be wielded in a world teetering on the brink?

The course is constructed around a series of lectures, readings, site visits and research assignments. Assessment is based on both individual and group work.

Course Outline

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BENV7307 Course Outline

Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1191
Domestic Students	$3900
International Students	$4860

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