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Time: 3 hours
Level: Intermediate
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 Introduction Resource- This unit focuses on the images of Glasgow and was first presented as a TV programme in 1993. It is not about Glasgow as such; it is about Glasgow's image. Images are representations of places: they are...
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- 1.1 Why Glasgow? Resource
- Glasgow fulfilled our aims and was also an interesting case study having, arguably, been the most successful among British cities in developing/manufacturing a new identity in the ‘post-industrial’ era....
- 1.2 The hard side of Glasgow Resource
- Prior to its currently projected image of dynamism, Glasgow was regarded as the place which best illustrated all that was wrong with the modern industrial city: ‘Once called the “second city of the British...
- 1.3 Constructing a new image Resource
- The image ‘Glasgow's miles better’ was deliberately constructed by the City Council, avowedly to make Glaswegians feel better about Glasgow but in fact largely on behalf of business. But it begged a question...
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| | 2 Who belongs to Glasgow: the TV programme
- 2.1 How the programme progresses Resource
- The programme takes the form of a visit to Glasgow. We talked to people and asked about their image(s) of Glasgow and whether these had changed – what was the ‘old’ image; what is the ‘new’; how has it...
- 2.2 Postscript Resource
- A headline-grabbing weekend of ‘midsummer madness’, when six murders occurred in (parts of) Glasgow over the weekend of 5–6 August 1995, reinforced the ongoing nature of contestation and debate about the...
- 2.3 Watching the programme Resource
- There are two main themes to consider as you watch the programme:
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