Course Schedule


Each week the course lecture will be uploaded and available via hyperlink below.

INTRODUCTION DAY [Wed. 7/6]

  • Review Syllabus
  • Discuss Commons Site & OER
  • Assign case study neighborhoods
  • Assign discussion leaders
  • Lecture: Urban Research Methods

WEEK 1 :: GENTRIFICATION: CLASSIC THEORIES & CRITIQUES

Monday 7/11

  • Lecture 1:…….
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • Lees, L., Slater, T., & Wyly, E. (2007). Gentrification (1 edition). New York, NY: Routledge. [Chps. 2 & 3]
    • [Additional for grads students]>>Smith, N. (1982). Gentrification and uneven development. Economic Geography, 58(2), 139–155.

Wednesday 7/13

→BLOG post #1 DUE @ 1p
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • Smith, N. (1996). The new urban frontier: gentrification and the revanchist city. Psychology Press. [Ch. 1 and 10]

WEEK 2 :: NEOLIBERAL URBAN RESTRUCTURING

Monday 7/18

  • Lecture 2:…..
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • Lees, L., Slater, T., & Wyly, E. (2007). Gentrification (1 edition). New York, NY: Routledge. [Chp. 3]
    • [Additional for grads students]>>Molotch, H. (1976). The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place. American Journal of Sociology, 82(2), 309–332.

Wednesday 7/20

→BLOG post #2 DUE @ 1p

  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • Harvey, D. (1989). From managerialism to entrepreneurialism: the transformation in urban governance in late capitalism. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 71(1), 3-17.
    • Fainstein and Fainstein. (1987). Economic Restructuring and the Politics of Land Use Planning in New York City: Journal of the American Planning Association: Vol 53(2), 237-248.

WEEK 3 :: ZONING & AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Monday 7/25

  • Lecture 3:….
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

Wednesday 7/27

→BLOG post #3 DUE @ 1p

  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

WEEK 4 :: GENTRIFICTION: DISPLACEMENT & DISPOSESSION

Monday 8/1

  • Lecture 4: …….
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

Wednesday 8/3

→BLOG post #4 DUE @ 1p

  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

WEEK 5 :: GENTRIFICATION:  RESISTANCE & STRUGGLE

Monday 8/8

  • Lecture 5:…
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

Wednesday 8/10

→BLOG post #5 DUE @ 1p

  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD

WEEK 6 :: TBD

Monday 8/15

  • Lecture 6
  • Class Discussion (Discussion Leads: TBD)
  • Readings
    • TBD
MINI CASE STUDY DUE MONDAY 8/22 @ 11:59P