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Cinema and the "City of the Mind": Using Motion Pictures to Explore Human-Environment Transactions in Planning Education

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The use of film analysis in teaching has become popular in recent years, especially in theology (see Kozlovic, 2005). It has taken on new importance because “film offers students an opportunity to connect the theoretical discourses we engage in classes to a range of social issues represented through the lens of Hollywood movies” (Giroux, 2001, p. 589).

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Acknowledgements

I thank the Environmental Design Program at the University of Manitoba for its cooperation with this project, especially the program’s Chair, Associate Professor Eduard Epp. As well, thanks are owed to Dr. Jino Distasio, Director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg, for his support in the preparation of this chapter. Thanks as well to my Teaching Assistant Jennifer Lim. Finally and most significantly, I am especially indebted to the students from the 2008 class of students of EVDS 2610, Theory of Design 3 at the Environmental Design program at the University of Manitoba. Your enthusiasm for the project – and the course – was most gratifying. I thank the following students in particular for allowing me to incorporate some of their eloquent insights, observations and ideas into this chapter: Miranda Adam, David Burns, Michael Chan, Billy Chung, Matt Cibinel, Tom Fougere, James Frank, Ashley Laing, Kaley Lawrence, Darci Madlung, Bret Mack, Mumtaz Mirza, Phan Tu Ngoc, Devin Segal, Aiden Stothers, Nils Vik, Zephyra Vun, and Taren Wan. Thank you so much for all of your contributions!

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Dudley, M. (2010). Cinema and the "City of the Mind": Using Motion Pictures to Explore Human-Environment Transactions in Planning Education. In: Sandercock, L., Attili, G. (eds) Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning. Urban and Landscape Perspectives, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3209-6_14

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