一座城市如何成形？都市的建築配置與空間改變如何影響生活於其中的人？一個都市人的情感、意識、性別、族裔、職業、乃至活動地區、社會行為與消費模式，和其都市有怎樣的關聯？交流越來越頻繁的國際大都會，有何共通或互異之處？而影像作為當代最重要的文化生產形式之一，又如何呼應或建構城市的生活與文化？本課程期望以活潑且具有批判意識的方式，來探討都市這個微型社會的空間政治與文化論述等議題，並透過各種動靜態影像的賞析，培養人文關懷與反思。

How does a city take shape? How does urban building configuration and space change affect the people living in it? What is the relationship between an urban person’s emotions, consciousness, gender, ethnicity, career, and even activity areas, social behavior and consumption patterns? What are the common or different places in the international metropolis where communication is becoming more and more frequent? And as one of the most important forms of cultural production in contemporary times, how can images respond or build urban life and culture? This course hopes to explore the spatial political and cultural arguments of this micro society in a lively and critical way, and cultivate humanistic concerns and reflections through the analysis of various dynamic and static images.

Edward Glaeser。《城市的勝利》。台北，時報出版，2012年。
Joel Kotkin。《城市的歷史》。台北，左岸。2006年。
殷寶寧《情欲•國族•後殖民：誰的中山北路？》。台北，左岸文化。2006年。
台灣國際勞工協會。《凝視驛鄉VOYAGE15840：移工攝影集》。INK印刻，2008年二版
呂紹理。《展示台灣：權力、空間與殖民的形象表述》。麥田，2005年
姚瑞中+LSD。《海市蜃樓II：台灣閒置公共設施抽樣踏查》。田園城市，2011年
阮義忠。《台北謠言》。行人文化，2012年

Edward Glaeser. "The City's Victory". Taipei, Times Publishing, 2012.
Joel Kotkin. "The History of the City". Taipei, left bank. 2006.
Yin Baoning's "Lens•National•Post-colonial: Whose North Road in Zhongshan? 》. Taipei, Left Bank Culture. 2006.
Taiwan International Workers Association. "Voyage VOYAGE15840: Migrant Works Photo Collection". INK Printing, 2008 Second Edition
Reason. "Demonstration of Taiwan: Image Expression of Power, Space and Coloniality". Maitian, 2005
Yao Ruizhong + LSD. "Miracle Building II: Sampling and Inspection of Leisure Public Facilities in Taiwan". Garden City, 2011
Ruan Yizhong. "Taipei Yueyan". Pedestrian Culture, 2012