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Schedule & Readings – Spring 2017

Update 2/16/2017

  • Please read the announcements on the homepage for an updated schedule because this syllabus has not been updated: Seminar 4 – Spring 2017 syllabus
  • All links for the readings have been replaced so that you don’t need to use a password to access the files!
  • All readings listed in the schedule including journal articles (pdf) and the required books (pdf and ebook files) can be accessed here.

What about the critical review assignments?

A page to help students with the critical review papers has been added to the site. You can find this page under the menu item “Resources” or by clicking here: Critical Review Papers: Some Tips & Strategies

February 2: Introduction – Studying New York City

I. What kind of city? Whose City?

February 9: The Corporate City

Readings:

  • Kenneth T. Jackson, “Robert Moses and the Rise of New York: The Power Broker in Perspective;”
  • Hillary Ballon, “Robert Moses and Urban Renewal: The Title I Program;’
  • Martha Biondi, “Robert Moses, Race, and the Limits of an Activist State;”
  • Robert Fishman, “Revolt of the URBS: Robert Moses and His Critics;”

All readings in Hillary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson, Robert Moses and the Transformation of New York

February 16: The Urban Village

Due: Members of groups A, B, C will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for February 9th and 16th.

Readings:

February 23: The Neoliberal City Readings:

Due: Each member of groups D and E will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for February 23rd.

II. Gentrification: Causes, Effects, and Policies

March 2: Mega Projects and the Question of Power to Shape the City

Due: Each member of Group A will submit a 3-page critical review of the reading for March 2nd.

Readings:

Film: The Battle for Brooklyn (2011) – click here to watch the trailer.

March 9: Neighborhood Level Processes

Due: Each member of Group B will submit a 3-page critical review of the reading for March 9th.

Readings:

March 16: Gentrification, Social Mixing, and Positive Outcomes

Due: Each member of Group C will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for March16th.

Readings:

March 23: Residential Displacement

Due: Each member of Group D will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for March 23rd.

Readings

March 30: Industrial Displacement

Due: Each member of Group E will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for March 30th.

Readings:

April 14: Research Team Preliminary Presentations

Due: Each research team will make a preliminary 10-minute presentation of their research project. Each group will receive feedback from peers.

April 13 & 20: Spring Break

April 27: Research Team Presentations

III. What is to be done?

May 4: Community Strategies and Planning Processes

Readings:

May 6 and 7: CUNY-wide “Planning the Future of New York City” Conference

Students are required to attend. Each research team will make a 10-minutre presentation on their proposal to solve a problem related to the effects of gentrification that are currently faced by city residents. Experts in the field will provide the teams with feedback on their proposal.

May 11: Living and Learning in the Shadow of Gentrification

Film: Marc Levin’s Class Divide (2016) | HBO Website

May 18: On-going Debates in Gentrification Research

Due: Each member of groups A, B, C, D and E will submit a 3-page critical review of the readings for May 4th and 18th and the film Class Divide.

Readings:

May 28: 20-page research projects are due by 3:30 PM

Instructions for Research Project Assignment

The research assignment asks you to work collectively with a group of your peers to imagine a “solution” to a current “problem” facing our city. Each research team will examine the effects of gentrification on a specific New York City neighborhood and make a specific proposal on how to improve the impact these effects are having on the dynamics of the neighborhood. First, your team will need to create a profile of the neighborhood. This profile will help you identify the effects the forces of gentrification have had on the neighborhood over the last decades. Secondly, your team will need to identify a specific “problem” resulting from these forces. Once your team has done so, the team will need to conduct further research to identify the best “solution” to this “problem.” Your final paper will also need to identify potential intended and unintended consequences of your proposed “solution.” You will be assigned to a team with five members. Your team will need to make two in-class oral presentations as well as a presentation at the CUNY-wide conference on May 6th and 7h. Seventy percent of your final grade for this assignment will be based on your individual contribution to your group and thirty percent of your grade will be based on your group’s collective performance.

Below are due dates associated with the research project. These dates are important. They are designed to keep your team on-track to producing a successful project.

  • Feb. 9: Research Teams will be chosen
  • April 6: Preliminary Research Team presentations in class
  • April 27: Research Team Presentations in class
  • May 6 and 7: CUNY-wide Conference
  • May 28: 20-page research paper due by 3:30 PM