SOCI 432 - How Places Make Us: Sociology of Place and Space

Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WADV

This seminar draws on disciplinary and interdisciplinary sources to engage with different aspects of place-making as a social, cultural, and political process. We start by reading some foundational texts about space and place in sociology and beyond. Based on these readings and while reviewing sociological literature on how we make places, we will also engage with the question of ‘how places make us.’ A variety of sociological topics, such as identity, community, power relations, and social change will be discussed through a spatial lens. Taught for letter grading only.

Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: J. Jalili

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes