INSTRUCTION : just read the syllabus . it is just some information about our cla
INSTRUCTION : just read the syllabus . it is just some information about our class . assignment is to go through the text and annotate it . What does “annotate” mean? It means making notes in the margin that: (1) ask clarifying questions, (2) convey reactions to policies, (3) share opinions of or questions about prospective readings, and (4) give reactions to assignments. There is no right or wrong answer – just write what comes to mind:
<"we are in a time of great upheaval everywhere in the United States, and especially in Los Angeles, whose past, present,and future are marked by multiplicities. From the start of its relatively brief colonial/post-colonial history, various cultureshave come together to create the Los Angeles we experience today. This course is an interdisciplinary examination of howLos Angeles the city has developed to try and get a better understanding of why the city is the way it is. We will look at thecultural, economic, social, and political forces that have informed and been informed by the city’s built environment. Wedo this because only through a proper and honest understanding of our city’s history can we best address its currentsocial and environmental inequities and shape a more just future. One way to begin an honest dialogue is to acknowledgethat we meet on the traditional and ancestral land of the Fernandeño Tataviam, Tongva, and Chumash peoples. What wenow call Northridge holds great historical, spiritual, and personal significance for its original stewards, and we give thanksfor the opportunity to live, work, and learn on their traditional homeland. (Please seehttps://native-land.ca/for a globalindigenous homelands map.)While I will lecture regularly, the class centers around the readings and our own class discussions, which will include guestspeakers working in various professions towards making Los Angeles’ present and future more equitable for all its citizens.(If you’d like to suggest a guest speaker, please do!). We cannot discuss everything, but I invite you to speak about thethings that matter to you. This class is only as valuable as are our conversations, so let us let us acknowledge andcelebrate our own differences, and to vow to engage in meaningful and continually respectful discourse this semester.The course’s learning objectives are:1.Gain a historical and contemporary overview of Los Angeles’ development, component to which is understanding thathistory and a city’s consequent trajectory is neither linear nor inevitable. Places and policies don’t just happen. Peoplemake them happen.2.Develop a conceptual understanding of the way the city’s cultural, economic, political, and social conditions shapeand are shaped by the city’s built environment, for better and worse.3.Refine one’s written, oral, visual, and media literacies.Of course, any course requires omitting other important issues. We cannot discuss everything, and you will have theopportunity to present your own topics. This syllabus shows you the current plans for the coming semester, but I willmake changes as necessary.URBS 380 is available for General Education credit underSubject Explorations, Social Sciences.(This is also a writingintensive course and writing assignments totaling at least 2,500 words, exclusive of exams, are required>>”
