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All readings with full bibliographical citations are included in the coursepack for this course, unless otherwise hyperlinked or noted. |
THE CAULDRON OF MODERNITY?
Introduction.
Thursday, September 5
Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life." Pp. 324-339 in The Sociology of Georg Simmel, edited by K. H. Wolff. Free Press, 1950.
URBAN ECOLOGY: THE CHICAGO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 10
Ernest W. Burgess, "The Growth of the City." Pp. 47-62 in The City, edited by R. E. Park, E. W. Burgess, and R. D. McKenzie. University of Chicago Press, 1925.Roderick D. McKenzie, "The Ecological Approach to the Study of Human Community." Pp. 63-79 in The City, edited by R. E. Park, E. W. Burgess, and R. D. McKenzie. University of Chicago Press, 1925.
Recommended reading
Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 13: Ashwani Vasishth and David C. Sloane, "Returning to Ecology" (especially pp. 349-355).
Thursday, September 12
In-class tour of Poughkeepsie, 4:30-6:00. Meet outside of Main Hall before 4:30.
Zorbaugh, The Gold Coast and the Slum.
Tuesday, September 17
Zorbaugh, The Gold Coast and the Slum.Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 7: Jerome Straughan and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, "From Immigrants in the City, to Immigrant City."
Thursday, September 19
Albert Hunter, "Community Mislaid." Paper presented at the 1997 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada. [HAND-OUT AND ON RESERVE ONLY]
WHAT MAKES A CITY VITAL? DEBATES IN PLANNING
Tuesday, September 24
Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, chap. 1Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping...
pp. 381-389: "Gruen Urbanism"
Thursday, September 26
Assignment 1 due: community study of Poughkeepsie.
In class video: The City (1939).
Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, chaps. 2-12.
Recommended reading
Jane Jacobs still helping to shape cities (by Associated Press, CNN.com, November 23, 2000).
Thursday, October 3
Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping...pp. 720-727: "Suburban Model"pp. 422-431: "Legislated Transactions"
pp. 370-280: "Good Intentions."
James Howard Kunstler, "Home From Nowhere" (from The Atlantic, September 1996).
Tuesday, October 8
Receive midterm study guide.
Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, chap. 22.Herbert Gans, "City Planning and Urban Realities." Commentary 33(1962): 170-175.
Tuesday, October 8, 7:00 pm at Taylor 203
Urban Film Series: "Do The Right Thing"
Thursday, October 10
Midterm.
FALL BREAK: October 11-20
WHOSE CITY? URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
Tuesday, October 22
Logan and Molotch, Urban Fortunes, chaps. 1-3, 5."Study: Manufacturing Still Key to State Economy" (Poughkeepsie Journal, September 18, 2002).
"Big Blue Reshaped Dutchess" (Poughkeepsie Journal, September 22, 2002).
Thursday, October 24
In class assignment: capital investment role-play.
Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping...pp. 49-71: "Scope"pp. 73-89: "Crisis"
pp. 460-475: "Mall"
pp. 526-541: "The Next Big Thing"
pp. 632-659: "Resistance"
"Syracuse Dreams of a Mall to Rival a Magic Kingdom" (by Dan Barry, New York Times, June 24, 2002).
Tuesday, October 29
Capital investment role-play brief due.
Logan and Molotch, Urban Fortunes, chap. 4.Andres Duany, "Gentrification and the Paradox of Affordable Housing." Unpublished paper, Nov. 2000.
"For Blue-Collar Riviera, a Conflict Over Identity" (New York Times, September 7, 2002).
Thursday, October 31
Logan and Molotch, Urban Fortunes, chap. 6.Manuel Castells, "Information Technology, the Restructuring of Capital-Labor Relationships, and the Rise of the Dual City." Pp. 285-313 in The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory, edited by Ida Susser. Blackwell, 2002. [HAND-OUT AND ON RESERVE ONLY]]
Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 5: Stephen P. Erie, "Los Angeles as a Developmental City-State."Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 6: Allen J. Scott, "Industrial Urbanism."
Thursday, November 7
Dear, From Chicago to L.A., photo essay: Michael J. Dear, "Imagining Postmodern Urbanism.""People Who Can Rebuild a City" (by Richard Florida, New York Times, July 26, 2002).
"A Bohemian Rhapsody?" (Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2002).
REVIS(ION)ING URBANISM: THE CULTURAL TURNS
Tuesday, November 12
Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 3-32, 135-228, 293-308.
Tuesday, November 12, 5:30 pm at Sanders Auditorium
Tuesday, November 12, 9:00 pm at Taylor 203
Urban Film Series: "Alphaville."
Thursday, November 14
Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 3-32, 135-228, 293-308.
Tuesday, November 19
Guest lecture by Luc Nadal at 4:30 pm in the Faculty Parlor (2nd floor of Main Building): "Urban Form, Ground Zero, and the Question of Urban Public Space."
Recommended
Nan Ellin. "Themes of Postmodern Urbanism." Pp. 154-204 in Postmodern Urbanism. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. [HAND-OUT AND ON RESERVE ONLY]
Thursday, November 21
Christopher Mele, "The Production of Desire." Pp. 281-310 in Selling the Lower East Side. University of Minnesota Press, 2000.John Hannigan, "'Sanitized Razzmatazz.'" Pp. 66-78 in Fantasy City. Routledge, 1998.
Recommended
Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 12: Darnell M. Hunt, "Representing 'Los Angeles.'"
CITIES OF THE FUTURE?
Tuesday, November 26
Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping...pp. 128-155: "...And Then There Was Shopping"pp. 193-203: "City of Shopping"
pp. 403-407: "Jerde Transfer"
John Hannigan, "'Cities are Fun.'" Pp. 51-63 in Fantasy City. Routledge, 1998.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: Thursday, November 28
Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping...pp. 270-297: "Disney Space"pp. 164-173: "Brand Zone"
pp. 174-191: "Captive"
pp. 576- 585: "Real(i)ty"
pp. 542-557: "Nikevolution"
pp. 500-503: "Mobilize"
pp. 764-795: "Ulterior Spaces"
pp. 156-163: "Bit Structures"
pp. 618-631: "Replascape"
Thursday, December 5
Dear, From Chicago to L.A., chap. 15: Philip J. Ethington and Martin Meeker, "Saber y Conocer."
Tuesday, December 10
Assignment due: class presentation of websites.
Receive take-home final.
Monday, December 16
Take-home final due by 5 pm (e-mail it to lenevarez@vassar.edu).
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