Goldsmiths, University of London
MA Photography & Urban Cultures
London, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About : The MA Photography & Urban Cultures degree examines the role of photography in shaping our understanding of urban life. It combines theoretical insights with practical skills, allowing students to explore contemporary urban issues through a photographic lens. You'll engage with both historical and modern approaches to urban studies, enhancing your artistic and critical skills over the course of one year full-time or two years part-time.
Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career paths, including roles in photography, urban planning, cultural organizations, and social research. You'll gain skills in visual storytelling, critical analysis, and project management, preparing you for positions such as photographer, curator, or urban researcher.
Explore the creative interplay between urban theory and the visual representation of urban cultures and places.
Why study MA Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmiths?
- Developed by the Centre for Urban and Community Research, the degree encourages creative interplay between practice and theory you'll develop your practical photography skills and examine key ideas and debates in the representation and evocation of contemporary city life.
- You'll 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.
- If you are already a working photographer, visual artist or media practitioner, this programme gives you space to reflect critically on your practice.
- For those with a background in sociology, urban and cultural geography, cultural studies or anthropology, the degree provides an opportunity to combine visual forms of representation with standard forms of research techniques in investigating urban life and the physical environments of the city.
- The programme aims to link directly to professional research outcomes, and many graduates have secured employment within urban research, ethnography, teaching, curatorial and arts practice, human rights, and architectural research.