Urban Ecologies and (Dis)organized Complexities

Harvard FAS

What is a city? Is it just a huge aggregate of people and their interactions? How do we make sense of the various nonhuman and more-than-human entities in cities – plants, animals, sewer lines, fences, viruses, ghosts, zombies? How do they shape our interactions and our political projects? This course examines cities as (dis)organized systems of human and nonhuman interactions and cohabitations, and the ramifications of such complexities for urban politics. Through engaging with…