ANT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Global Cities and Inequality

4 credits (Fall)

Cross-listed as: GDS 395-01. More than half of the world’s population live in cities, dynamic places shaped by a wide range of factors including globalization, capitalism and the political economy, global politics and local dynamics. This class will explore how anthropology understands cities, not as single static entities, but through everyday urban processes and actors. We will read case studies from across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Through topics including citizenship and belonging, gentrification and policing, and various types of infrastructures, we will consider the complex ways that inequality gets built into urban space and how people resist it.

Prerequisite: ANT 280 or GDS 111 and third-year standing.
Instructor: de Wet