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Burn Baby Burn, French Style?: Roots of the Riots in Urban France
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Abstract: Featured speakers: Loic Wacquant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley Tyler Stovall, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
Case Studies in City Form, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and social form of cities. Selected cities are analyzed, drawn, and compared, to develop a working understanding of urban and architectural form. The development of map making and urban representation is discussed, and use of ... More »
Case Studies in Terrorism Response
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Abstract: The objective of this presentation is to use three illustrative case studies to reinforce basic concepts and principles of terrorism preparedness and response, as well as to identify some specific practical considerations. These case studies will illustrate: (1) Plausible scenarios, (2) Typical first ... More »
Challenges in Changing the Face of a City
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Abstract: This lesson is designed to explore the complex challenges Oakland's Mayor Jerry Brown faces as he attempts to bring change to the city of Oakland. Key issues include housing, poverty, gentrification, politics and business development.
Challenging Students/Changing Lives: Exploring the Oakland Military Institute
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Abstract: In this lesson, students will explore educational reform efforts in Oakland, the challenges facing Oakland Schools and the efficacy of the Oakland Military Institute.
Children in Urban America
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Abstract: shows how children experienced city life during the last century and a half. The site features hundreds of documents and images about children in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, drawn from newspapers, government, and other official records, oral histories and memoirs, and other sources.
Environmental Conflict and Social Change, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This graduate-level class explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as ... More »
Gender, Power, and International Development, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Examines some of the root causes of inequality world-wide and the different consequences that poverty, economic transformations, and development policies often have for women and men. Through an exploration of daily life in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Melanesia, students examine the underlying political, ... More »
Imagining the Future, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Turn-of-the-century eras have historically been times when people are more than usually inclined to scrutinize the present and speculate about the future. Now, the turn not just of a century but of a millennium having recently passed, such scrutiny and speculations inevitably intensify. What will the ... More »
Media Technology and City Design and Development, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Explores the potential of information technology and the internet to transform public education, city design, and community development in inner-city neighborhoods. Associated with the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, an ongoing action-research program integrating research, teaching, and community ... More »
Movement of People and Goods
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Abstract: A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Movement of People and Goods, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "To Have and Have Not" (2002), "Border Jumpers" (2005).
On the Road Again
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Abstract: The movement of people and goods is an important part of the New York State Global History and Geography Curriculum. It is listed as one of the themes that are emphasized in the core curriculum. Students are expected to understand why people migrate and what the impact of migrations has been on people, ... More »
One Nation: Two Futures?
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Abstract: Since the mid-l970s, economic reforms have transformed China from one of the most egalitarian societies into one of the most unequal in the world. Wide disparities currently exist between the income levels of a relatively few rich and middle-class Chinese and their fellow citizens who number in the hundreds ... More »
The Ancient City, Spring 2005
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Abstract: This course focuses on the archaeology of the Greek and Roman city. It investigates the relationship between urban architecture and the political, social, and economic role of cities in the Greek and Roman world. Analyzes a range of archaeological and literary evidence relevant to the use of space in ... More »
The Rise of Community Activism
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Abstract: Students will related lessons learned about community organizing and activism to issues today, identifying leadership roles and legal channels to have an impact on their own communities. Analysis of the birth of the Western Addition Community Organization in San Francisco will frame the context.
Urban Renewal
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Abstract: Urban renewal policies enacted in San Francisco's Fillmore district in the 1950s-60s provide a vivid case study in public policy, federal and local government, and citizen activism. This important history sheds light on present-day urban renewal policies, such as empowerment zones and welfare-to-work.
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting
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Abstract: presents 3882 photos and 470 interview excerpts from a 1994 study of occupational culture in the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Founded in 1791, Paterson, New Jersey, became a leading manufacturer of silk, railroad locomotives, firearms, and other products. Learn how its industrial heritage ... More »
