The Right to the City: Focus on Indonesia

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Cities today face profound challenges, from deepening inequalities to deteriorating environments. While the scale of these issues can demand top-down interventions, some of the most creative and effective efforts to address such challenges come from activists, researchers, and residents working locally to make their urban communities more just and sustainable. This course explores the diverse ways in which communities claim their “right to the city” in urban Indonesia, focusing on citizen-led efforts to foster environmental resilience, housing justice, accessible transportation, and inclusive public spaces. This is a GELT course and will be taught at Brown and in Indonesia.