COURSE OBJECTIVES

INTRODUCTION:

1. REVIEW THE OUTLINE

2. EXPLAIN THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE COURSE

3. INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND TELL A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS AND AREAS OF STUDY

DEFINITION OF CITY:

1. FEBRILE ECOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT

2. THE CITY EMERGES AS A SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT – I.E., PEOPLE TRANSFORM THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT TRANSFORMS PEOPLE – CITIES CAN BE SEEN AS “LIVING ENTITIES” CHARACTERIZED BY AGILE/ INTENSE/ HYPERACTIVE/ OVER-STIMULATED MODE OF EXISTENCE

EXPLAORATIONS OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF ITS:

1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS

2. URBANISM AS A DISTINTIVE “MODE OF EXISTENCE”

3. HUMAN ECOLOGY (THE RELATIONSHIP OF PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT)

COURSE DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS:

1. “CONCEPTS” // RESEARCH AND THEORIES

2. “SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL” DIMENSIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

3. “ETHNORACIAL DIVERSITY” AND SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN LIFE

4. “ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE” OF CANADIAN CITIES, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MULTICULTURAL/ IMMIGRATION ISSUES

IMPLICIT QUESTION/FOCUS OF COURSE:

HOW CAN MULTIPLE PUBLICS CONSTITUTE A NEW FORM OF CIVIC CULTURE?