URST 159: RACE, SPACE, AND IDENTITY

University of California, Riverside

4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines the intersection of race, space, and identity in modern and contemporary culture. Explores the critical and constitutive importance of race in the built environment. Topics include the racialization of space; colonialism and colonial cities; expositions and world's fairs; segregation; race and the canon; decolonization; and urban renewal. Cross-listed with MCS 159.