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The aim of this course is to give participants a better understanding of the available techniques to deal with inherently uncertain futures by imagining what cities of the future may look like, and how they will be experienced by their future inhabitants.
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The course can be completed for 5EC or 7,5EC. Please contact the course coordinator to make the proper arrangements.
Starting November 2017 the Urban Futures Studio offers a ‘mixed classroom course’, an exciting new form of academic education for ambitious master students. In this course you will study techniques available for imagining and designing cities in view of the planetary crisis of the 21th century. You will do so together with policymakers, scientists and business representatives. The mixed classroom is both an elective Master course (5 ECTS/7.5 ECTS) for students and an interactive lecture series for policymakers.
To get a sense of what to expect in this unique educational format, have a look at the "Uninvited Futuring" exhibition made by students of the first Mixed Classroom, and read this interview (Dutch) with the course's instructors Dr. Jesse Hoffman (course coordinator) and Dr. Peter Pelzer.
In this course students will develop a conceptual and practical understanding of the available techniques for imagining the future such as design thinking, scenario’s, creative writing, and the staging of public participation. During the course students and policymakers will work together toward an exhibition on the future of Dutch cities that will be held at the end of the course.
Please note: for this course deviant enrolment rules apply
Students must be registered in a Master's programme at Utrecht University, students in one of the Master's programs within the Faculty of Geosciences have priority. Max. 20 students will follow the course together with Dutch practitioners in urban and spatial policy making (e.g. from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment). For following this course you need approval of the course coordinator. You can contact Dr. Jesse Hoffman (j.g.hoffman@uu.nl)
The registration period for his course will be open up to and including Tuesday 24th October.
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