SHUM 6308 - Expanded Practice Seminar

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: Fellows receive a $1,500 stipend and a funded, week-long travel program during the semester. Participation in the trip is required. Co-meets with ARCH 6308.

Staff.

Expanded Practice Seminars bring students and faculty in the humanities and the design disciplines together around a common and pressing urban issue such as the cultural and material practices induced by national or ethnic divisions; the increasingly leaky taxonomy of the terra firma in areas where land/water boundaries are rapidly changing; and the inadequacy of static zoning models that fail to capture dynamic, urban economics and performance. The intent of the Expanded Practice Seminar is to study complex urban conditions using theoretical and analytic tools derived in equal part from the design disciplines and humanist studies. The Expanded Practice Seminar includes a site visit to experience the conditions under study and meet with local experts, designers, and authorities. Expanded Practice Seminars are offered under the auspices of Cornell University’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities grant.

For current special topic seminar description and application instructions, visit: urbanismeseminars.cornell.edu/courses/.

Topic for 2017-2018:

Fall

Migration and Discrimination

E. Akcan, I. Dadi.