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Social Theory and the City

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States11.329
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2005English
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This course explores how social theories of urban life can be related to the city’s architecture and spaces. It is grounded in classic or foundational writings about the city addressing such topics as the public realm and public space, impersonality, crowds and density, surveillance and civility, imprinting time on space, spatial justice, and the segregation of difference.

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