The Summer Institute of the University of Amsterdam, UvA was particularly appealing to me because it provides opportunities for diverse point of views to collaborate and create to new knowledge. In addition to the attraction of city of Amsterdam as a Mecca of social and cultural distinction, the content and the methodology of delivering ‘Popular Culture and the City’ program interests me intellectually because it will provide the conceptual frameworks contributing to an understanding of culture and identity at a time of social change. More importantly, the program offered a unique experiential learning opportunity which enhanced my understanding of the notion of cosmopolitanism, along with other related key issues, e.g., ethnic diversity and creative narratives of cultural identity.
The Popular Culture and the City program examined theories and concepts on media, entertainment and popular culture in an urban setting and explained the different research methods used in media, cultural and urban studies. Discuss centered on how city life is represented in popular culture and how popular culture forms urban life. My participation in this course provided me with valuable insights as to how the visual representation of popular culture influences everyday reality. My final project addressed the relationships between arts and diverse communities in the city from social inclusion perspective. The purpose was to achieve deep understanding of social inclusion as necessary concept to maximize the community’s capacity for arts , cultural and recreational participation.
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