History of Winnipeg's Inner City

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Students analyze and take inspiration from Winnipeg's history of inner-city counterplanning, investigating the emergence and political function of the term "inner city" in Winnipeg, especially its role as a coalition-building identity. Students trace how innercity conditions have been produced not simply by top-down processes such as neoliberalism but by local movements that mediate such processes. Students read this history not only as a chronicle of social action but as a regional epistemological tradition and body of critical urban theory. Topics include the Inner City Committee for Rail Relocation, Inner City Voice newspaper, and the Community Inquiry Into Inner City Revitalization. Cross-listed: HIST-3516(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-3516.