WELCOME TO THE DC URBAN LAB BLOG!

THE DC URBAN LAB BLOG is a vehicle for the students and professor of the DC Urban Laboratory Summer 2011 course to record their reflections, photos, analysis, links, and other materials as an ongoing reflective record of their exploration of Washington, DC.  This course is offered by the Liberal Studies Program of Georgetown University and taught by Dr. Joseph Palacios.

The texts for the course are:

GILLETTE: Howard Gillette, Jr., Between Justice & Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006 edition).

MODAN: Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

YOUNG: Iris Marion Young, Inclusion and Democracy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000). 

The first two weeks of this eight week intensive seminar have addressed the following:

PART ONE:  General Theory, Urban Studies and Civic Engagement through Community-Based Learning and Research

Week 1 (June 4): Overview of the Course; Logistics; Presentation of               Community-Based Learning Principles and Methods

BLACKBOARD: C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination, Chapter 1

Week 2 (June 11): Introduction to the Course— Theoretical Issues in Urban Studies in the Social Sciences

YOUNG: Intro, pp 1-15; Chapter 1, Democracy and Justice, pp 16-51

YOUNG: Chapter 2, Inclusive Political Communication, pp 52-80

YOUNG: Chapter 3, Social Difference as a Political Resource, pp 81-120