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CULT 355 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3 Credits
How do we begin to understand the differences, commonalities, and interconnections between 'World Cities' - such as Cairo, New York, Istanbul or Singapore? This course will provide a critical guide to the diverse ideas, concepts and frameworks used to study such cities. It will explore how city spaces and cultures are constituted, divided and contested, by focusing such topics as: colonial landscapes of power and exclusion, modernist projects of urban renewal and dislocation, 'post-modern' spaces of spectacle and consumption, ghettoes of affluence and poverty, ethnic divisions of labor and informal economies behind the facades of the global capital.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Spring 2022-2023 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2013-2014 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Summer 2010-2011 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2010-2011 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2009-2010 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2008-2009 Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2005-2006 Exploring the City: Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2004-2005 Exploring the City: Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Fall 2003-2004 Exploring the City: Urban Spaces and Cultures 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements: