Urban Design Politics

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Urban Design Politics: From MIT to “The Capital of the World”
2	Three Perspectives on the Politics of Design: Political Science: How is power constructed through space? History: How is the past manipulated to serve the present? Philosophy: How is meaning conveyed?
3	Three More Perspectives on the Politics of Design: Gender Studies: How does gender affect design? Political Economy: Who benefits from urban development? Anthropology: Whose perspective matters?	Exercise 1 out
4	The Political Extremes of Urban Design 1: Mussolini’s Rome
5	The Political Extremes of Urban Design 2: Berlin, Pre-War to Post-Wall
6	The Political Extremes of Urban Design 3: Capital Cities	Exercise 1 due
7	The Design Politics of Developing Public Housing
8	The Design Politics of Redeveloping Public Housing
9	The Design Politics of Urban Security
10	The Design Politics of Urban Resilience
11	Student Presentations 1
12	Student Presentations 2
13	Student Presentations 3	Final paper due