Assignments

All student work is courtesy of an MIT student and used with permission.

Paper, Part 1

Part 1 Guidelines - Defining Urban Conflict (PDF)

Due: Session 10

Sample Student Work

Understanding Baltimore’s Violent Spaces: Conclusions (PDF - 1.2MB)

Paper, Part 2

Part 2 Guidelines - Intervening in Urban Conflict (PDF)

Due: Session 24

In their final papers, students must incorporate class feedback from their preliminary in-class presentations during Session 21.

Sample Student Work

Paper 2, Part 1 - Reducing Violence in Baltimore City, Maryland (PDF)

Paper 2, Part 2 - Policy Memorandum: Reducing Violent Crime Through Better Reentry Services in Baltimore (PDF)

Example Cities for Research

  • Aleppo, Syria
  • Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • Bagdad, Iraq
  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • Cape Town, South Africa
  • Caracas, Venezuela
  • Chicago, Illinois (US)
  • Gaza City, Palestine
  • Jerusalem, Israel
  • Juarez, Mexico
  • Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Medellin, Colombia
  • Mogadishu, Somalia
  • Nairobi, Kenya
  • Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • San Pedro Sula, Honduras
  • Sana’a, Yemen
  • Paris, France
  • San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Kilis, Cizre,Turkey Borderland
  • Algiers, Algeria
  • Monterrey, Mèxico
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Maiduguri, Nigeria
  • Donetsk, Ukraine

Note: These are just suggested cities; each student can select other cities of their interest however, they need to be approved by the instructor.

Course Info

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Fall 2015
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