Global Francophone Cities

This subject offers an overview of the history, geography, and culture of a range of cities across the French-speaking world. Students will be introduced to key concepts and debates in Urban Studies and Globalised City Studies and will apply them to a Francophone context. Each city will be analysed through a different lens, allowing students to reflect on how themes such as memory, migration, language, and religion have an impact on the cityscape in the Francophone world. Cities to be explored include Algiers, Fort-de-France, and Montreal. Students will examine a range of contemporary, multimedia material set in different Francophone cities, including novels, films, images, comics, and monuments. The

• 1Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the history, geography, and culture of a range of Francophone cities
• 2Gain a good understanding of key concepts in Urban Studies and Globalised City Studies and be able to apply them to the Francophone context
• 3Reflect critically on the legacies of French colonialism and its impact on the built environment of different Francophone cities
• 4Learn to analyse closely a range of material in French in different media and genre and carry out their own research on these sources
• 5Learn to write and present in French for different audiences, thus developing their French-language skills at B2/C1 level of the Common European Framework for Languages.
• 6Develop multimedia skills to produce a webpage in the form of an online exhibition.