Week 2 (9/7) – Social and economic change in the urban landscape (RS&I)
Section outline
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How and why do places change? Socially? Economically?
Read:
Kashino, M. M. (2018, April 4). The reinvention of 14th Street: A history. Washingtonian.
(Read only pp. 724-738.) Zukin, S. (2008). Consuming authenticity: From outposts of difference to means of exclusion. Cultural Studies, 22(5), 724–748.
(Read only pp. 196-202.) Smith, N. (1984/2008). A Seesaw Theory of Uneven Development. In Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space. University of Georgia Press.
Submit by 11am:
Response blog RSI-1: What drivers of change stand out to you in these accounts? Who is involved? In what ways do people or groups claim or appropriate space? (250 words)