Event Title

Reviewing the Creative Class Theory: Moving Towards Synthesis and Focusing on Inequality

Location

Hart 117

Start Time

11-5-2017 10:50 AM

End Time

11-5-2017 11:05 AM

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The creative class theory has been a contested but dominant force shaping investigations of urban social life, as it has been used to explain regional economic development, to assess the value of cultural amenities in cities, and to promote tolerance, all while facing critiques for defining social class too loosely and explaining patterns of urbanization too broadly. In this presentation I will outline my paper in which I synthesize one of this theory’s most powerful, but underappreciated insights – the association between economic growth and inequality in metropolitan regions – with several critiques of the theory through a review and extension that advocates for a more intensive interrogation of how bifurcations are built into the structures of our metropolitan regions in the new economy.

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Moderator: Kevin Kalish

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May 11th, 10:50 AM May 11th, 11:05 AM

Reviewing the Creative Class Theory: Moving Towards Synthesis and Focusing on Inequality

Hart 117

The creative class theory has been a contested but dominant force shaping investigations of urban social life, as it has been used to explain regional economic development, to assess the value of cultural amenities in cities, and to promote tolerance, all while facing critiques for defining social class too loosely and explaining patterns of urbanization too broadly. In this presentation I will outline my paper in which I synthesize one of this theory’s most powerful, but underappreciated insights – the association between economic growth and inequality in metropolitan regions – with several critiques of the theory through a review and extension that advocates for a more intensive interrogation of how bifurcations are built into the structures of our metropolitan regions in the new economy.