Communication and the City Group

Communication and the City Group

Dr. Patria Román-Velázquez (Co-ordinator)

 

London is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, and it has gained a reputation for the quality and richness of its creative industries. These qualities have marked London as a world class city. However, it is also in the capital city where high poverty levels are recorded and where inequalities thrive. London offers plenty of experiences and opportunities for learning about communicative practices. This context together with the expertise of the members of the research group contributes to enhance our understanding of the city. Jointly the group covers research in European and Caribbean cities, and our aim is to expand our coverage to other regions.

 

The aim of the group is to understand how the city is produced, represented and consumed through policy initiatives, media outputs, commercial enterprise and cultural practices. This perspective highlights the interplay between media, government, commerce and people in the process of making, using and transforming distinct urban areas and the significance of these processes for communication practices.

 

Some topics of interest:

  • Place and identity
  • Cultural policy
  • Diasporic groups
  • Urban places as sites of production, consumption and leisure
  • The nocturnal city as a site of  work, consumption, leisure
  • Temporal and spatial dimensions of the city
  • Representation of the city in the media
  • Cities and places as texts (symbolic value)
  • The city as soundscapes and imagescapes
  • Information / Knowledge based City

 

Members

Dr Patria Román-Velázquez

Professor Frank Webster

Professor Kevin Robins

 

Senior Associate Fellow

 

Professor Silvia Alvarez Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico

 

Associate Fellows

 

Dr Monica Degen, Brunel University

Dr Anne Cronin, Lancaster University

Ms Ana M. Garcia, University of Puerto Rico and Independent Film Maker

 

 

PhD students

Yanet Toirac-Garcia - City University (Lecturer at University of Havana, Cuba)

 

Ozlem Ulum - City University

 

Alejandra Garcia-Vargas - visiting PhD student City University

(PhD candidate and Lecturer at National University of Jujuy, Argentina)