ANT 39AFCity Cultures

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This course examines the processes, problems and experiences of life in the city. Topics covered in the course will include urbanization, poverty, communities and forms of social inequality, urban economic models, space and place making, neighborhoods, shadow cities, and power praxis in urban areas. In addition, the course will introduce students to how globalization continues to transform cities around the world. The course will also introduce students to urban communities’ relationship with environment. The course will focus on the above topics by drawing on theoretical perspectives in urban anthropology and ethnographic studies conducted on city cultures around the world. Co/Prerequisite(s): ANT 1310 with a grade of C or higher