CHID 390 A: Colloquium in the History of Ideas

"KNOWING THE CITY: FROM POETICS TO POLITICAL ECONOMY" HOW CAN ONE 'KNOW' A CITY? WE WILL BE EXPLORING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN WHAT KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE HAVE HISTORICALLY COUNTED AS KNOWLEDGE OF CITIES AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING, AND EXPERIENCING URBAN SPACES. WE WILL INVESTIGATE CITIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF BOTH POETICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY AND WILL ALSO INTERROGATE URBAN KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION VIA AFFECT, QUEER, FEMINIST, AND CRITICAL THEORY, NARRATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL WRITING AND FILM, URBAN PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND MEDIA STUDIES.