Sometimes observing human behavior can give you all the information you need, more even than if you asked them yourself. (Photo by Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman)
ANTH 3135 American Urban Experience: Anthropological Perspectives (Paterline): Week 15
Week 15 covers:
Topic: What is the importance of public space for urban democracy?
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IMPORTANT NOTE: To be successful in the course you must do all the assigned readings on time. You should have completed readings before class. If you have any problems accessing an article, you must contact the professor immediately.
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Readings
- Ferguson: Digital Protest, Hashtag Ethnography, and the Racial Politics of Social Media in the United States: Ferguson.Bonilla, Yarimar, and Jonathan Rosa. "Ferguson: Digital Protest, Hashtag Ethnography, and the Racial Politics of Social Media in the United States: Ferguson." American Ethnologist 42, no. 1 (2015): 4-17. DOI: amet.12112
- The end of public space? People’s park, definitions of the public, and democracy.Mitchell, D. (1995). The end of public space? People’s park, definitions of the public, and democracy. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 85(1), 108.
Media
Requested Brooklyn College get this title on Kanopy.
Orderson, K., New Day Films (Firm),, & Kanopy (Firm). (2019). Not in my neighbourhood: Urban activists fighting against spatial violence.
Optional video of possible interest
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