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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Fall 2021 |
| Registration ID | CITYB345001 |
| Course Title | Adv Topics Environ & Society-The City and Nature |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Environmental Studies |
| Instructor | Lee,Min Kyung |
| Times and Days | Th 12:10pm-02:00pm
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| Room Location | PK180 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1253 This is a topics course. Topics vary.; Current topic description: The City and Nature: The Environmental Transformation of Modern Cities: The class examines the emergence of the modern city in Europe and the Americas in relation to their natural environments in order to understand how “country” and “city” were and continue to be mutually constitutive spaces and concepts. Focusing on the era of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism, the class studies how the planning, building, and regulating of urban built environments were embedded in practices to control, manage, and consume natural resources, and ultimately define nature. An integral part of this subject also concerns the people who both affected and were affected by the decisions to construct and manipulate the terrain, as well as the institutions that were built to manage and define new social relations and public responsibilities of the modern city. This course looks at history of the relationship between the city and the countryside and how it has informed contemporary responses, policies and ideas around global climate change. The readings and materials are diverse, drawing from environmental studies and urban history, as well as art and architecture. This is a reading and discussion heavy upper-level course. Each student will be asked to facilitate/host a discussion session. There are two options for the final assignment: an exhibition developed by a team and a more traditional research paper. The course fulfills major requirements in Environmental Studies, History and Cities. Approach: Course does not meet an Approach; Enrollment Cap: 15; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: CITY Majors, ENV Studies, HIST Majors; seniors, juniors, sophomore, freshman. |
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