Course Schedule
Week 1
Monday
9:00 am -12:00 pm
- Introductions
- Review Syllabus
- Watch & Discuss Global Cities: The Rise of Urban Networks
Tuesday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Italo Calvino, from Invisible Cities (pp. xx-xx)
- Blog I Discussion & Workshops
Wednesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Italo Calvino, from Invisible Cities (pp. xx-xx)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Discuss "Invisible Cities" Assignment Guidelines
Thursday
9:00 am - 11:00 am
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
- Discuss "Invisible Cities" Assignment Proposals
Assignments
- Blog 1 (250-350 words) due Tuesday by 9:00 am
- Blog 1 Comments (150-250 words) due Tuesday by the end of the day
- Blog 2 (350-500 words) due Thursday by 9:00 am
- Blog 2 Comments (150-250 words) due Thursday by the end of the day
- Blog 3 due Friday by 9:00 am
- Blog 3 Comments due Friday by the end of the day
Week 2
Monday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Alain Mabanckou, from Blue White Red (pp. xx-xx)
- Discuss "Invisible Cities" Proposals
Tuesday
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cornerstone 131
- Film Screening: Raj Kapoor, Shree 420
Wednesday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Raj Kapoor, Shree 420 (Film)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Workshop "Invisible Cities" Assignment Proposals
Thursday
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Sudhir Mishra, Dharavi (Film)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Workshop "Invisible Cities" Assignment Proposals
Friday
9:00 am - 10:30 am
- Jeet Thayil, from Narcopolis (pp. xx-xx)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Review
Assignments
- Blog 4 due Monday by 9:00 am
- Blog 4 Comments due Monday by the end of the day
- "Invisible Cities" Drafts due Tuesday by 12:00 pm
- Blog 5 due Thursday by 10:00 am
- Blog 5 Comments due Thursday by the end of the day
- "Invisible Cities" Assignment due Friday by the end of the day
Week 3
Monday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Eileen Chang, Love in a Fallen City
- Discuss final Story-Map Projects
Tuesday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Wong Kar-Wai, In the Mood for Love
Wednesday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Yu Hua, from The Seventh Day (pp. xx-xx)
- Workshop Final Story-Map Proposals
Thursday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Yu Hua, from The Seventh Day (pp. xx-xx)
- Workshop Final Story-Map Proposals
Friday
9:00 am - 10:00 am
- Review
- Discuss Final Exam
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
- What was "The Arab Spring?"
Assignments
- Blog 6 due Monday by 9:00 am
- Blog 6 Comments due Monday by the end of the day
- Final Story-Map Proposals due Wednesday by 9:00 am
- Final Story-Map Projects due Sunday by the end of the day
Week 4
Monday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Naguib Mahfouz, from The Time & The Place (pp. xx-xx)
Tuesday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Khaled Al Khamissi, from Taxi (pp. xx-xx)
- Ahmad Abdalla, Rags & Tatters (Film)
Wednesday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Final Exam
