LALS 414 - Memory and Urbanism in the Americas

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Hill. This course will examine the role that memory plays in the formation of the city with an emphasis on post-colonial cities in the Americas. It will explore the specific social, historical, and state influences that gave rise to the specific spatial form of the colonial city in Latin America such as th grid-shaped layout the plaza and the colonial house and the forms of resistance to this spatial form by various exploited classes. It will then study how contemporary historical and globalization processes such as urban redevelopment, revitalization and conservation are played out in the context of this inherited spatial form, and the way that these former histories are used to support new interests, projects, protests, and utopian plans. Specific attention will be given to the tension between preservation and destruction of the urban built environment, between the interests of urban elites (architects, historians, intellectuals) in preserving the city's past and social movements that seek to create new urban functions and forms. The course will be comparative in nature, contrasting post-colonial city centers in the Caribbean and latin America with the city of Philadelphia.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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