11.501 | Fall 2002 | Graduate

Introduction to Technology and Cities

Calendar

WEEK # TOPICS SPEAKERS
Part I: ICT and Community
1 Introduction  
2 Neighborhood or Community? Community in the Networked Society  
3 Community Lost or Saved: Social Impacts of ICTs Wellman
4 Place-Based and IT Mediated Community  
Part II: ICT and Planning
5-6 Modeling Urban Futures O’Bryant
7 Urban Spatial Structure: Understanding, Representing and Visualizing Place  
8 Facilitating Dialogue, Evaluation, and Coordination  
Part III: ICT and Place
9 Public Space Light
10 Private Space Michelson
11 Local and Global Development  
Part IV: ICT and Governance
12 E-government - Beyond Automation  
13 Financing and Managing Metro Information Infrastructure Barr
14 Empowerment, Democracy, and Public Participation Fountain