Urban Humanities in Action
Summer 2017. UCLA Architecture
ARCH UD M295
Urban Humanities in Action: Research for Human-Centered Design
University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)
* Interdisciplinary Graduate Course
* Intensive Summer Course
* 5 Units
Course Description
The Summer Institute introduces students to the methodological approaches of the “Urban Humanities” and provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and collaboration. Class time will be divided into lecture/seminar sessions, methods workshops, lab/studio sessions, on-site fieldwork in Los Angeles, and reviews where work produced will be presented and given critical feedback by instructors and guest critics. The Summer Institute is one of the required courses for the graduate certificate in Urban Humanities and is the first course in the year-long sequence dedicated to studying Mexico City and Los Angeles.
Week 1 Filmic Sensing
Adams & Buckingham a filmic sensing project by Joyce Ip, Melanie Xu, and Claudia Bautista Perales
Borders are Alive a thick mapping project by Hilary Malson, Neta Nakash, and Izul de la Vega.
Week 2 Thick Mapping
Week 3 Story Map
Story Map project by Ryan Kurtzman, Christian Duran, and Siqi Zhang.