GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBALIZATION

No particular knowledge is required to attend the course

The course will explore globalization as a material phenomenon and as a political project using cities as unit of analysis. It will consider the new global interconnections, globalization and the creation of new tensions and divisions as well as new forms of integration. Giving particular emphasis to the analysis of the relationship between cities and globalization the course tackles questions regarding cities considered both as actors of globalization and places where globalization takes place. 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL URBANIZATION PROCESSES 2 DEFINITION OF URBAN GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE 3 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION 4 THE USE OF CULTURE AND CREATIVITY IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA. 5 URBAN NEOLIBERALISM 6 URBAN GEOPOLITICS 7 POLITICS AS CONTESTATION

1 - U.Rossi and A.Vanolo. Urban Political Geography. A Global Perspective. London: Sage, 2012 2 - Selected academic articles distributed during classes Further reading: 3 – X. Ren and R.Keil (eds). The Globalising Cities Reader, London: Routledge, 2017 4 - F. Moulaert, A. Rodríguez and E. Swyngedouw (eds). The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003

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