Dear Social Work BASW and MSW Students,
Some of you may be interested in this course offered this coming summer quarter. It is offered through the UW College of Built Environments and taught by a PhD candidate from that department, Shannon Tyman.
This course is designed as a two-part seminar. In the first half, we will examine theories of social justice as they apply to urban settings. Together we strive to understand how concerns over injustice impact urban design and policy as well as the everyday experience of living in the built environment. We will consider: what might a just city look like? Affordable housing, equitable food access, adequate public transportation, secure employment, clean air and soil? Is “good” infrastructure enough?
The second half of the course will take a more empirical perspective by focusing on two American urban activists: Saul Alinsky and Grace Lee Boggs. Questions of power are never far removed from those of justice. The life work of these two helps us consider the role of community in defining and enacting just cities. How do
their respective philosophies lead to similar or different tactics? Are their strategies specific to the time and place in which they struggled or do they offer more universal lessons?
Offered Summer 2016, 498/598 Urban Design & Planning, Fridays 12:40-3:20pm Full Term
For more information contact Shannon Tyman, skt8@uw.edu.
