The New City Reconsidered: Race, Poverty, and the Urban Future Since Katrina
AFAM 327
Spring 2009 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 322 |
| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
This seminar takes the debate surrounding the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina as a point of departure for proposing an urban future. We will look at issues of housing, education, labor, displacement, economic development, and urban culture, drawing from a variety of disciplines and cases, with an emphasis on historical examples of urban rebuilding, renewal, and reconfiguration. From Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871 to Watts after the riots of 1965 (or even LA after the riots of 1992), moments of chaos have revealed cities' preexisting racial, ethnic, and economic rifts while raising often controversial questions about the viability, design, and development of particular neighborhoods. Readings will include both recent scholarship, commentary, and policy proposals for New Orleans and historical accounts relevant to the questions posed by the recent disaster. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
David Troutt, Derrick Bell, AFTER THE STORM: BLACK INTELLECTUALS EXPLORE THE MEANING OF HURRICANE KATRINA; Chester Hartman and Gregory Squires; THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NATURAL DISASTER: RACE, CLASS, AND HURRICANE KATRINA; Michael Eric Dyson, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER: HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE COLOR OF DISASTER; Karen Sawislak, SMOLDERING CITY: CHICAGOANS AND THE GREAT FIRE, 1871-1874; Gerald Horne, FIRE THIS TIME: WATTS UPRISING AND THE 1960s; Jefferson Cowie, Joseph Heathcott, BEYOND THE RUINS: THE MEANINGS OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; Robert Halpern, REBUILDING THE INNER CITY; David J. Wright (Author), Mary Patillo (Author), Lisa Montiel (Author), THE FLIP SIDE OF THE UNDERCLASS: UNEXPECTED IMAGES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN MAJORITY-AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS; June Manning Thomas (Editor), Marsha Ritzdorf (Editor), URBAN PLANNING AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY: IN THE SHADOWS.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short (3-5 page) papers, a research proposal, and a final research paper (historical or policy-related) approximately 15 pages. |
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