Urban Communication: Engaging the Local Context

Catalog description

Engages students with the communicative practices of citizens living in local city environments. The course encounters the city as a laboratory to investigate the particular issues of public life in the context of the city. The ?local home? finds new meaning within the larger backdrop of an international framework, considering issues of displacement, immigration, and resettlement through a rhetorical approach. Topics may include anti-migrant rhetoric, homelessness and graffiti, and social media practices of city leaders.