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GEOG 167AC:  MIGRATION, BORDER GEOGRAPHIES and DECOLONIAL MOVEMENTS Instructor: Diana Negrín da Silva Tu-Th 12:30-2:00 Class number #30924 Sharecropper  (1952) Elizabeth Catlett (Washington D.C. 1915-Cuernavaca, Mexico 2012) T his course examines how today’s Latinx geographies were shaped by racialized and regionalized discourse and practice, setting the foundation for contemporary struggles over political, economic and social borders and identities along and across the Latin American diaspora.   Specifically, the course incorporates the study of the United States’ relationship with Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean in order to understand how these histories map onto the productions of borders, regimes of migration and citizenship, and movements that increasingly articulate a decolonial turn in intellectual thought and within political and social action. We begin by exploring Mesoamerica and the Caribbean as physical and human spaces that we...

Why do American cities host such extremes of wealth and poverty? Who or what is responsible for gentrification? Why are American cities still segregated by class, race, and ethnicity? These are some of the questions we will address through a broad survey of the geography of American cities. The theme of the course will be how processes of urban development have connected with racial, class, and ethnic difference from the industrial cities of the 19th century to the supposedly “post-racial” metropolises of the present. We will use field trips, reflections on students’ own experiences of urban environments, and readings from diverse perspectives to develop a rich, holistic understanding of American cities and how they have changed. Instructor: Katy Guimond  CCN: 36349  GEOG 170, Section 003 Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-5:00  McCone 145  Open seating, non-majors welcome.

Course Title: Post-Socialist Space (Geography 170) Instructor: Dr. Melanie Feakins When: Monday & WEdnesdays 12:30-2:00pm Location: 145 McCone Hall Course Description: The 'Fall of the Wall' in Berlin in 1989 and the USSR break-up in 1991 were events that created unfathomable chaos and inimitable circumstances for transformation of modern developed industrial societies. Using a variety of source materials (books, newspaper articles, academic articles, pictures, media representations, films, policy recommendations, ethnographic accounts) we will examine the changes that have been taking place in East Center Europe and the Former Soviet Union in the post-socialist period. Among the topics dealt with in the class are: territoriality and new citizenship regimes, borders and new forms of exclusion, urban transformations (memory and its destructions, creation of 'real-estate' new forms of intensification/abandonment, international architectural competitions), urban m...

The City of Berkeley’s Design Review Committee under the Land Use Planning Division is looking for an intern for Design Review! Internship Announcement Department of Planning and Development Land Use Planning Division Date Issued: July 22, 2013 Open until filled The City of Berkeley offers its residents one of California's most interesting and diverse living environments. It is known for its ability to attract strong individuals with energy, tolerance, and flexibility as well as for its ability to encompass change without sacrificing either its essential character or the quality of life. The Land Use Planning Division is responsible for developing and implementing plans, policies and procedures as they relate to land use and development projects in the City. The Division is soliciting resumes to fill the Design Review Committee internship position. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to gain skills in land use policy development and/or implementation, and the p...