SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Introduction: Urban Design Politics: From MIT to "The Capital of the World" | |
2 |
Three Perspectives on the Politics of Design: 1) Political Science: How is power constructed through space? 2) History: How is the past manipulated to serve the present? 3) Philosophy: How is meaning conveyed? | |
3 |
Three More Perspectives on the Politics of Design: 1) Gender Studies: How does gender affect design? 2) Political Economy: Who benefits from urban development? 3) Anthropology: Whose perspective matters? | Exercise 1 out |
4 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 1: Mussolini's Rome | |
5 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 2: Berlin, Pre-War to Post-Wall | |
6 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 3: Capital Cities | Exercise 1 due |
7 | The Design Politics of Developing Public Housing | |
8 | The Design Politics of Redeveloping Public Housing | |
9 | The Design Politics of Urban Security | |
10 | The Design Politics of Urban Resilience | |
11 | Student Presentations 1 | |
12 | Student Presentations 2 | |
13 | Student Presentations 3 | Final paper due |