City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities: New Orleans

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1-4	Introduction to New Orleans history: Colonization-present day
5-6	Introduction to Katrina and Rita Watch: When the Levees Broke
7	Tools: Learn to use GIS
8	Presentation of Corners and Squares Project	Corners and Squares project due
9	Introduction to New Orleans projects
10	Guest speaker: Jeff Herbert, Wetmore Visiting Practitioner, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois
11	Tools: Learn to use Rhino	Baseline analysis due
12	Guest speaker: Lakshmi Sridaran, Public Policy Coordinator, Neighborhood Partnerships Network, New Orleans
13	Guest speaker: Schools as hubs for regenerating community development
14	Tools: Learn to use Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
15	Tools: Learn to use GPS tracking with assistance from librarian
Spring break: Trip to New Orleans
	Arrive in New Orleans: Explore French Quarter
	All day tour of New Orleans with Richard Campanella, Assistant Research Professor, Tulane University
	Breakfast with the client and start projects Guerilla planning project
	Field work on projects Make It Right tour Neighborhood Partnership Network community meeting with Lakshmi Sridaran
	Field work on projects
	Field work on projects (cont.) Dinner with clients
Arrive back in Cambridge
16	Recap of New Orleans trip and discussion of final projects
17	Workshop: How to create successful maps and visuals
18	Workshop: How to write final reports and official memos
19	Guest speaker from If This House Could Talk-Community action	Proposal for final projects due
20	Workshop: How to be a successful public speaker
21	Outline work plan for the rest of the semester
22-23	Work Day
24	Peer editing of reports	Draft of final report due
25-26	Work day
27	Peer editing of posters	Draft of poster due
28	Work day
29-30	Presentation of final report and poster	Final report and poster due
31	Presentation of final work to clients in New Orleans (in New Orleans)