Whose city is it?

Who can claim right to the city?

• Read
  • David Harvey, “The Right to the City”
  • Jane Jacobs’ “The kind of problem a city is” in Death and Life of Great American Cities
• Reading guide:
  • Note:
    • Do you remember our discussion on new urban sociology in Week 7? In that week, we learned about May 68 and read Henri Lefebvre’s “The Right to the City.”
    • Please revisit this link to remind yourself of the topic.
  • When you read Harvey, Jacobs, and Lefebvre, think about these questions:
    • Where is our 68 or our version of the Commune?
    • What is your ideal city?
    • How could we devise our own tactics and action plans for the right to the city movement?
• Watch:
  • Watch these two videos to learn how differently suburbs are understood in France.
    • Inside France’s Most Unusual Housing Project | NBC Left Field

• • • Paris: Voice of the Suburbs

• • • Made in L.A. – Modern Sweatshops 4/5 – POV | PBS

• • • Made in L.A. – Lupe visits Ellis Island 5/5 – POV | PBS

• Group activity

After reading the Right to the City and watching some videos about workers’ movements, we will recap  our class by bringing our creativity to draw our own ideal city and make action plans for our movement.

In another word, where is our 68 or our version of the community (Commune)?