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CREATIVE CITIES
CREATIVE CITIES
Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Oct. 20, 2011
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Standard Timing
(revised)
Time
3:10-3:15
3:15-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:35
3:35-4:00
4:00-4:10
4:10-5:00
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Activity
Quiz
Peer Grading
Group Discussion Questions/Answers
Announce Selected Question to Class
Discuss Questions in Class
Break
Discuss Questions in Class
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Quiz Seating
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Front of Room
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Quiz Questions
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1. Give one of three used measures of regional
diversity?
2. Workplace openness, benefits, perks, and
workspaces can be a sign of what?
3. Should Robert Putnam’s social capital be
considered a strong or weak tie?
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Grading Process
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• Switch within group (#)
– NOT each other
– All pass left or right
• “Graded By”
• Quiz Answers
– 2 points completely correct
– 1 point “mostly” correct
– 4 points for reasonable exam question
• Total Score Upper Left
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Quiz Answers
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1. Give one of three used measures of regional
diversity?
 Melting Pot, Gay/Lesbian, Bohemian Index
2. Workplace openness, benefits, perks, and
workspaces can be a sign of what?
 Employer diversity or openness
3. Should Robert Putnam’s social capital be
considered a strong or weak tie?
 Strong
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Pick Your Favourite CREATIVE CITIES
Question
• Within your group
• Discuss each question
• Pick group’s favourite
– Your selection makes it eligible for use
– Mark with a big star
• Person never announced before
– Announce selected question
• Turn in all cards before break
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Break
10 Minutes
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Selected Questions
And Answers
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• Why is a large gay population in a city
considered a good indicator for economic
growth?
• Why does diversity matter to high-tech
growth? How can it be measured? And,
provide a metropolitan region that is high in
both diversity and high-tech.
• How does the gay index reflect regional
economic growth?
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• What is the effect of diversity and the gay
index to the creative city and what is the
importance of tolerance?
• What is Zipf’s Law, and why does it remain a
puzzling issue?
• According to Clark and Lloyd, what is
included in the “entertainment machine” and
why is this better than municipal “big ticket”
items like arenas and opera houses?
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• What are the four indices used to correlate with areas
of high technology and what does each show?
• How does the Creative Class place emphasis on
social capital?
• Describe the differences between strong and weak
ties and how each relates to the growth of cities.
• Who are the ‘new outsiders’ and what is their role in
regional prosperity?
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