Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explores how cities around the world have been segregated on the basis of class, race, gender, etc. Examines the causes and consequences of, and resistance to, urban segregation, focusing on diverse cities in different regions such as Africa, Latin America, North America, the Middle East, etc.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course examines how cities around the world are stratified along lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and other social categories of difference, creating distinct geographies of inclusion and exclusion. Through a transnational and comparative perspective, we will explore the causes, consequences, and lived experiences of urban segregation in cities such as Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Belfast, Beirut, Delhi, Manila, and Vancouver. Using interdisciplinary approaches, we will analyze how these segregated urban spaces are constructed, maintained, and resisted, focusing on the policies, structures, and social and political forces that perpetuate these divides.

Students will develop critical skills to identify patterns of segregation, assess its impacts on individuals and communities, and contextualize these patterns within larger historical, social, and political frameworks. By the end of the course, students will be able to recognize and articulate the complex dynamics that shape divided cities worldwide.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

1. Critically Discuss Urban Divides: Engage in discussions about the politics and social structures that create and sustain urban divisions, considering factors such as race, class, gender, and ethnicity.
2. Evaluate the Consequences of Segregation: Assess the social, economic, and spatial impacts of urban segregation on individuals, communities, and society at large.
3. Contextualize Urban Patterns: Situate urban segregation within broader socio-political and historical settings, recognizing both universal patterns and culturally specific elements.
4. Communicate Ideas Effectively: Articulate insights into urban segregation through written assignments, presentations, and discussions, demonstrating clarity in expressing complex ideas.

Grading

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

SAMPLE READING

• Nightingale, C. H. (2012). Segregation: A global history of divided cities. University of Chicago Press. (Introduction)
• Caldera, Teressa (2000). City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo Berkeley: University of California Press
• Nugent, M. (2013). “Sites of segregation/sites of memory: Remembrance and ‘race’ in Australia.” Memory Studies 6(3): 299–309.
• Phadke, S., (2013) “Unfriendly bodies, hostile cities: Reflections on loitering and gendered public space.” Economic and Political Weekly, 50-59.
• Hubbard, Phil (1998). Sexuality, Immorality and the City: Red-light districts and the marginalisation of female street prostitutes. Gender, Place & Culture 5(1), 55-76.
• Jamil, G. (2014) “The capitalist logic of spatial segregation: A study of Muslims in Delhi” Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 52-58.
• Bou Akar, Hiba (2019) For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut’s Frontiers. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
• Lipsitz, George. "The Racialization of Space and the Spatialization of Race." Landscape Journal 26, no. 1 (2007): 10-23.

REQUIRED READING NOTES: