2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Oct 18, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 348 - Social Justice and the City

Cities today face unprecedented challenges. Migration, rapid urbanization, growing inequality, authoritarian governments, racial tensions, terrorism, climate change, and the list goes on. This course examines the concept of social justice in light of contemporary philosophical debates and explores its various relations to the city and urban development, using a geographical perspective. After engaging various dialogues on social justice, the course turns its attention to the ‘urban question’. It asks what is distinctive about the issue of social justice in an urban context and whether we need a more geographically-informed viewpoint from with to deploy our positions on social justice. In the final section of the course, various urban issues and problems are explored using developed understandings of social justice.

Prerequisites: The prerequisites are GEOG 020 - American Cities: Changing Spaces, Community Places, GEOG 025, GEOG 125 or GOVT 171 Urban Politics or SOC 125 - Cities and Suburbs. A Values Perspective (VP) course.

Cross Listed: GEOG 248, UDSC 248

Instructor: Mr. Davidson

When Offered: Offered every year

Faculty: Mark Davidson, Ph.D.