Communities in Global Environment
What families are included in the “family friendly” community? What families are excluded or pushed to the margins?
Check this op-ed from the New York Times, March 29, 2012.
Consider how community is framed in the gated communities described by Rich Benjamin. What are the cultural concepts, legal mechanisms, and physical artifacts that determine who belongs?
Riding the public bus is not just a form of transportation, but a form of community that provides unique perspective on American society.
A recent study from the Tisch College of Civil Life at Tufts looks at millennials’ civic engagement – and finds some cause for concern in rural, suburban and urban areas.
Source: Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political life
The Rhode Island city is shedding its industrial image as “the bucket,” and has embraced the arts as a tool for redevelopment.
Source: Old Mills Remade in Pawtucket, R.I., With Art as Their Product – The New York Times
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