Course Syllabus
Course Syllabus: HONORS 490 Mayor's Symposium: Housing in a Changing City
HONORS 490 Mayor's Symposium: Housing in a Changing City
(2018)
Description
This course provides students with an introduction to project-based and community-engaged learning through the subject of urban housing policy. The theme of this course is stabilizing and revitalizing Boston’s neighborhoods by increasing access to decent and affordable housing for all, with a focus on reducing incidence of eviction and displacement arising from gentrification and neighborhood change. Through readings, lectures, discussions, site visits and conversations with practitioners, scholars and advocates, students will acquire a comprehensive perspective on urban housing, and develop innovative projects to address important needs of Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab (https://tinyurl.com/ycnqgx8q). Small teams of students will leverage their energy, creativity and unique perspectives to help elected officials, housing providers, advocates and citizens think different about what housing can be, how we can live in housing, and how housing can help our neighborhoods become great places to live, especially for lower-income and disadvantaged populations. Course project deliverables may include primary field and archival data collection (interviews, ethnographic field observation, historical documents and other materials); analysis of primary and select secondary data (qualitative and quantitative data analysis); community engagement and participation (direct action, teach-ins); development of policy and planning housing prototypes (conceptual as well as physical); artistic expression (video, visual art, performance, music, prose).
Keywords
- Urban affairs; affordable housing; displacement; eviction
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2018
Citation Information
Michael P Johnson. "Course Syllabus: HONORS 490 Mayor's Symposium: Housing in a Changing City" HONORS 490 Mayor's Symposium: Housing in a Changing City (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_johnson/97/