Critical Social Inquiry 0113 - Cities of the Global South

This course is primarily concerned with the study of cities. A considerable amount of work has primarily been focused on cities of the Global North. While the course will initially investigate the cities of Paris, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, the course will shift its theoretical and methodological intentions toward cities of the Global South. Through a diverse set of case studies in cities such as Manila, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Mexico City, and Shanghai, the course examines historical and contemporary patterns of urbanization and urbanism. Ideas, debates, and research in urban studies will be examined between cities of the Global North and Global South with an emphasis in examining urban exchanges and references within cities of the Global South. The main goal for the course is to train students in critical analysis of a divergent range of urban and socio-spatial configurations.

Power, Community and Social Justice Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research