Art History 240 - Topics in Human Rights and Urbanism

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Bard College

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Human Rights Can the ancient idea of a "right to the city" tellus something fundamental about both rights and cities? Our notion of citizenship is based in the understanding of a city as a community; yet, today millions of people live in cities without citizenship. The class discusses issues such as the consequences of cities' development in relation to their peripheries (beginning with the normative idea of urban boundaries deriving from fortifying walls); debates around the public sphere; slums, shantytowns, and other informal settlements; surveillance and control in urban centers; refugees and the places they live; catastrophes (natural and man-made) and reconstruction; and sovereign areas within cities (the United Nations, War Crimes Tribunals). Admittance at the professor's discretion.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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