Cities and Urban Life
ANTH1-DC5051
Credit:
The Paul McGhee Division
The urbanization process is one of the most significant social phenomena of the 20th century. This course explores the dynamics of urbanization and urban life from an anthropological perspective. It looks at issues such as rural-urban migration; migrant adaptation to city life; the construction of communal bonds in cities through such things as kinship, informal networks and ethnic identity; the meaning of slums, squatter settlements, and homelessness for both its inhabitants and others; and the issues of de-urbanization or urban blight.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: Cultural Anthropology or Introduction to Sociology or permission of instructor
To register for this course you must be an admitted student in an NYU credit or degree program or have special student status.
Admitted NYU credit or degree students may visit NYUHome to register through ALBERT.
To apply to an NYU-SCPS credit or degree program, call (212) 998-7100.
