Section outline

  • How and why do places change? Socially? Economically? 

    Read:

    Kashino, M. M. (2018, April 4). The reinvention of 14th Street: A history. Washingtonian.

    Giambrone, A. (2016, June 2). D.C. No Longer Has a Central Gay Neighborhood. Does That Matter? Washington City Paper.

    (Read only pp. 724-738.) Zukin, S. (2008). Consuming authenticity: From outposts of difference to means of exclusion. Cultural Studies, 22(5), 724–748.

    (Read only pp. 196-202.) Smith, N. (1984/2008). A Seesaw Theory of Uneven Development. In Uneven Development: Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space. University of Georgia Press.

    Submit by 11am:

    1) Response blog #1: What drivers of change stand out to you in these accounts? Who is involved? In what ways do people or groups claim or appropriate space? (250 words)

    In class:

    Field exercise: 14th Street corridor


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    June 15 (evening)

    Theater performance: Good Bones at Studio Theatre

    7:30pm

    1501 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005