Home, House, and Housing: An Anthropological Exploration of Human Dwellings

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This course will explore the home as a site of attachment, the house as a place that emerged from social relationships, and housing an infrastructure whose construction is shaped by politico-economic forces. The interrelationship between the home, the house, and housing will be discussed. The course will cover contemporary issues of housing such as gentrification, segregation, and eviction. The course will provide broader and deeper understandings of the meanings of home and our relationship to the built environment. 001247