Race, Place and Space
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Overview
Subject area
URBST
Catalog Number
707
Course Title
Race, Place and Space
Department(s)
Description
This course examines race and racism from a geographical perspective. It shows how spacial analysis broadens our understanding of the constructions of racial and ethnic identities, racial inequalities, and racial politics. How do different group's experiences of urban spaces and places differ from one another, and why? How does racism shape the ways people view different places and the people who live, work or congregate there? How are racial politics produced andreproduced in the geographies of cities? Drawing on examples from across the world, this course offers students a greater understanding of the complex geographies of race, power, and resistance in the city today.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Graduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3