Week 2 (1/18) – Social and economic change in the urban landscape (RS&I)

What drives change in the city? Is it about culture or is it about profit? 

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? Contrast Zukin and Smith’s perspectives. (250 words)