Barcelona is today seen as an important European tourist and business destination. However, before the 1992 Olympics it was seen as a declining industrial city. The changes in the city have had huge consequences, and the long-term sustainability of its tourist-based economy is often questioned. As a result, Barcelona’s experience is often seen as something for other cities to learn from, not least because of the much vaunted ‘Barcelona-model’ of culture-led urban development. This module is a fieldwork-based study of Barcelona, based around 1 week of fieldwork in Barcelona, with prior- and post-fieldclass learning and support. Students will be introduced to the ideas of urban geographical research and will undertake a group fieldwork project on a topic that is feasible. Group-project work is supplemented by individual components including an extended essay on urban geography and Barcelona and a piece of ethnographic writing.