Week 1 – Global Cities & Urbanization

Introduction to Globalization

How Cities Took Over The World

Week 2 – Urban Infrastructure, Technology & Sustainability

Week 3 – Colonialism & Neoliberalism

Housing In Third World Cities

Rethinking community and public space from the margins: a study of community libraries in Bangalore’s slums

Week 4 – Gentrification

Ethnic Food & Gentrification in Berlin

Week 5 – Creating Culture in Urban Space

^{How Bodegas Became Cultural Centers for Beauty – Xochitl Gonzalez}

The power of urban street art in re-naturing urban imaginations and experiences by Claire Malaika Tunnacliffe

Week 6 – Food Sustainability & Urban Cuisine

^{We Are Who We Eat With by Harry G West}

^{Urban Metabolism by Louise Guibrunet, Araceli Sánchez Jiménez}