Week 15 (4/22) – Place identity and claims to space (UL)
This page hosts the two courses that comprise the WCSC Seminar: (1) CCSSC 387 The Urban Landscape: Race, Space, and Inequality; AND (2) SOC 375 People, Place, and Community: The Politics and Practice of Community Development. Outcomes, assignments, and expectations for each course are separately identified, although the coursework is interspersed and intended to function as an integrated learning experience.
Section outline
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Whose place is this and who belongs here? How do you know?
Read:
Chason, R. (2017, July 21). Field wars: Organized league clashes with pickup players in a gentrifying neighborhood. The Washington Post.
Moulden, D., Squires, G. D., & Theresa, A. (2018, Oct. 10). The right to stay put. Shelterforce.
Summers, B.T. (2020, April 27). Authenticity and “Post-Chocolate” Cool in a Rapidly Gentrifying Washington, D.C. Next City.
Field journal UL-6: How do you know who belongs somewhere and who doesn’t? What gives somebody the right to stay put—or to keep playing soccer where and how they’ve been playing? Is it appropriate for a government to take steps to protect long-term residents from the displacing impact of gentrification and rising property values? Why?