Makagon, Urban Communication Schedule, Spring 2012

Urban Communication
INTC 334
College of Communication

Tentative Course Schedule

26 March	Course Introduction
28 March	Required Reading: Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life" Internet Resources: Georg Simmel Centre for Spatially Integrated Social Science Chicago School of Sociology Howard S. Becker, "The Chicago School, So-called"
2 April	Required Reading: Jane Jacobs, "The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact" Steans Center Representatives Visit Our Class Internet Resources: Jane Jacobs: Writings on the Web Richard Sennett: Guardian Profile
4 April	Required Reading: Daniel Makagon, "The Vibe" Internet Resources: Times Square Alliance Space and Culture Walter Benjamin Luc Sante, "My Lost City" ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research (see Gated Community materials) David Harvey, "The New Urbanism and the Communitarian Trap" Gentrification Web NYC: Improvement Districts Mayor Rudolph Giuliani bio Situationist International Archives Not Bored: Situationist International Urban Cartography Global Cities in Film Adam Gopnick, "Cities and Songs" Radical Urban Theory
9 April	Required Reading: Steven Lagerfeld, "What Main Street Can Learn From the Mall"
11 April	Required Reading: "Whatever Became of the Public Square" (Harper's Discussion Forum) Internet Resources: Community Knowledge Net How Cities Grow Project for Public Places
16 April	Required Reading: Eric Klinenberg, "Dying Alone" Internet Resources: Eric Klinenberg Interview with Klinenberg Mike Davis: The Davis Controversy
18 April	Required Reading: Mike Newirth, "Zoned Bohemian" Internet Resources: Wicker Park photos The Baffler Boob Jubilee Wicker Park Chamber of Commerce
23 April	Required Reading: Irving Rein and Ben Shields, "Communication and Sports: Language of the City"
25 April	Required Reading: Don Mitchell, "Anti-Homeless Laws and Public Space: II. Further Constitutional Issues" Internet Resources: Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Andrew Friedman, "From the Margins Erased" "Fighting Homelessness: Chicago's Plan" Krzysztof Wodiczko profile (see Homeless Vehicle Project) People's Geography Project
30 April	Required Reading: Ray Oldenburg, "The Problem with Place in America"
30 April	Mapping Project Proposals Due via Email
2 May	Photography Presentations
2 May	Public Spaces Mid-term Papers Due in class
7 May	Required Reading: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, "Regulating Our Looks" Internet Resources: Howard S. Becker, "Learning to Observe in Chicago"
9 May	Required Reading: Eric Gordon and Adriana de Souza e Silva, "Maps" Internet Resources:
9 May	Service Learning Mid-term Papers Due in class
14 May	Required Reading: Peeny Travlou, et al, "Place Mapping with Teenagers" Internet Resources:
14 May	Summary of Mapping Project Progress Due via Email
16 May	Required Reading: Chris Perkins, "Community Mapping" Internet Resources:
21 May	G8 in Loop--MAPPING PROJECT RESEARCH DAY
23 May	Required Reading: Mapping readings TBA Internet Resources:
28 May	Memorial Day---No Class
30 May	Presentation of Maps
4 June	Final Mapping Projects Due by 3:10PM

Last Update: 15 March 2012
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