All Around Us – Technology, Infrastructure, and History

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All around and yet invisible: infrastructure. Modern life would be unimaginable without energy, communication, and transport networks. This 2-credit-writing course explores the centrality of infrastructure for human life. By looking at themes such as urban life, travel, disaster, and the environment, students will learn how infrastructures have shaped the way we live, think, and communicate. Students will identify how technologies improved lives and created new challenges. Participants in this class will receive guidance for developing short written pieces. Their brief final paper will draw from our discussions and comment on any topic they are eager to explore further during their time at DKU. 002157