URBNST 1612 - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE CITY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Social justice and economic justice are popular buzz-words that are closely tied to urban environments: but what do they really mean, and how can we understand them? URBNST 1612 uses critical social geography to interrogate both historical and contemporary social justice movements that claim to protect human rights, fair housing, or to expand definitions of public space and citizenship. Taken together these agendas form a powerful prescription for social action, one often emerging in urban settings. Using a combination of lectures, Concept Mapping exercises, and case studies, we will examine the historical and theoretical context for social justice in the city and then evaluate different geographies of social change. By the end of the course students will be able to use a critical perspective to understand how the rhetoric of social justice is changing the urban geographies of specific cities worldwide.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade

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