Time Schedule:
David Giles
CHID 250
Seattle Campus
Examines a different subject or problem from a comparative framework. Satisfies the Gateways major/minor requirement. Offered: AWSp.
Class description
The course will make an effort to unpack the surfaces of everyday experience in the shared spaces of the city, and to trace a few of their specific geographic, cultural, political, and economic histories, in both the most immediate and most extended senses of that word, from the city�s ecological underpinnings and indigenous foundations to its long standing traditions of labour organising; from the global trajectories of migration and capital which built and continue to build the city to the struggles over civil rights which have been staged here; from the desks of city planners and politicians to the alleys and interstices written in between the lines of their decisions and the homeless who sleep there.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
seminar-style discussion, individual presentations, and experiential fieldtrips, and maybe the odd lecture
Recommended preparation
(Lower division coursework in any of the subjects listed above is recommended, but not required. The only prerequisites are curiosity and commitment.)
Class assignments and grading
Regular short writing assignments and a final project
Digestion of the course material, completion of the assignments, original research, and class participation.
