GEOG 247
Digital Transformations in Land, Housing, and Property
Technology shapes how land is known, used, valued and imagined. This seminar responds to how 21st century digital innovations are changing real estate planning and development; the commodification and trade of land, housing, and property; and politics and practices of dwelling globally. We will develop theoretical perspectives on what the digital brings to property via case studies of cloud computing, urban housing, and agrarian and rural land.
Topics
- Understand how the state, capital, and grassroots actors employ digital technologies to remake global land, housing, and property. Situate digital transformations within existing property relations that characterize particular geographies. Attend to how these transformations extend and shift patterns of state control, capital accumulation, and grassroots politics.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027