London: the Naked City            
 
   Professor Andrew Wiese

    Offered as:
    ANTH 439: Cultural Comparisons through Film
    GEOG 354: The Geography of Cities
    HIST 499/581: Special Study / Urban History or
    HIST 798: Directed Readings  (for graduate credit)


Peel back the covers of the Global City!


    The Naked City explores the history and present of London and the rise of global urban
        culture - through field trips, films, and first hand experience.

    Students in the Naked City will...
        EXPLORE London through guided City Walks
        IMAGINE London through the lens of classic British films and television
        EXPERIENCE London through independent forays in the global city -- markets,
            museums, music, parades, pubs and clubs, and the great hurly burly...
                 London Live Sample Activities List
        INTERPRET London through regular "London Live Blog Posts" - reactions to real life
            in the global city...
        RE-IMAGINE London through your own lens - produce a short film uncovering
            your own London, the global city...

 
Anatomy of the Naked City (course outline)

    Week 1: LONDON CALLING
                        
    City of the Imagination: London on Film and Television
        London Film Club 1:
         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I; Sherlock;

        Isles of Wonder - London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

    The City as History
        City Walk 1: Plague, Fire, Invasion, and Other Disasters in "The City"   
                                                 
       London Live Activities - YOU CHOOSE!  London Live Sample Activities List

       
    Week 2: CITY OF EMPIRE, CITY OF POWER
      
 
     "Tall, Dark, and Handsome" - British Film Heroes and the End of Empire
        London Film Club 2:
        Dr. No; Lawrence of Arabia; Zulu; and Gandhi


    Social Class and Other Strange Obsessions
        London Film Club 3:
        My Fair Lady; Monty Python's Flying Circus; The BBC's "Great Class Survey"


   
    Landscapes of the Rich and Famous
        City Walk 2: Kensington and Holland Park

                                                          
    London Live Activities - YOU CHOOSE!
    London Live Sample Activities List


  Week 3: A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN                 

    The Working Class
        London Film Club 4:

        The Full Monty; Trainspotting; The East Enders
        

           
    On the Waterfront   
        City Walk 3: The Docklands: from Stevedores to Stockbrokers
       


    London Live Activities - YOU CHOOSE
   London Live Sample Activities List


    "Three Sheets to the Wind and Flapping": Classic London Pub Tour (Extra Credit)
      


   Week 4: THE GLOBAL CITY

    Love in an Era of Globalization
        London Film Club 5:
        Bend it Like Beckham; East is East; Dirty Pretty Things; Brick Lane
 
   
  Outlaws, Immigrants, and Yuppies

       City Walk 4: Art, Migration, and Gentrification on the Kingsland Road   
                
      
    London Live Activities - YOU CHOOSE
   London Live Sample Activities List


    The Global City on Film: Student Short Films
        Screening and Awards