Focuses on experiences and representations of cities. It is concerned with how the city has become the archetypal site and sign of modernity, and with how spatiality is now central to how cities are lived and imagined. Looks at the city as the site of social transformation in the twentieth century and the tensions between order and disorder. Explores images of the city as the site of liberal and radical utopian dreams as well as the promise and disaster of cities. The changing landscapes of the city are investigated through examples such as streets, crowds, light/darkness, gardens, museums and shopping malls.