Urban Sociology (Half-Term)

Urban means settlement. Across history and geography, it varies in degree, form, and consequence. This takes us to the study of cities, not just for their bigness, but in how they operate with other aspects of life. Those other aspects include the social-psychology of contact, built design, and political economies of rent -- along with so-called natural elements like vermin, virus, and climate. Coming into analytic view are related complications of power, inequality, and comparative indignities. Across the board and in specific ways, we take the city as "assemblage" - complex relations in place for our examination.