MA in Photography & Urban Cultures
This programme has been developed by the Centre for Urban and Community Research in response to the increasing interest in urban theory and the visual representation of urban cultures and places.
Santiago Escobar Jaramillo, MA Photography & Urban Cultures
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
No deadline, unless applying for funding (deadline: 1 March if you are applying for AHRC funding, 1 August if you are applying for the MacColl Scholarship Award.). Please include a portfolio of visual images with your application (in print form, slides, CD-ROM, Zip file, or website); when sending items to us they should be clearly labelled with your name and details. Please see Returning your work.
Please see How to apply.
As well as a good undergraduate degree, you will need to demonstrate proficiency in photographic practice, including familiarity with 35mm camera and photographic printing. If your first language is not English, you normally need a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS or equivalent.
AHRC, MacColl Scholarship Award
Doctoral studies; curating; public relations; urban planning; advertising; community arts; education; social research; journalism.
This MA develops skills in urban photography, visual ethnography and urban research, communications for urban planning, community arts and visual arts practice.
Please see Tuition fees.
Please see Staff research interests.
Sociology
It is designed to encourage a creative interplay between practice and theory: you will have the chance to consider cutting-edge debates in cultural and social theory in a research setting that actively encourages the development of photographic practice. The programme offers working photographers, visual artists and media practitioners space to reflect critically on their practice. It also offers those with a background in sociology, urban and cultural geography, cultural studies or anthropology the opportunity to combine visual forms of representation with standard forms of research techniques in investigating urban life and the physical environments of the city.
Three core courses will: introduce you to contemporary examples of photographic practice and city life; cover a selection of the key and historic texts of social theory, which consider cities, spatiality and urban form; provide a historical overview of the different attempts at mapping and documenting urban life in London. You also choose two options from a range of courses available, and you write a dissertation that reflects critically on a portfolio of work you will provide in an end-of-year show.
Assessment
Essays; dissertation; final visual project.
Application enquiries
Please see how to apply for information on applying to this programme.