Global Cities (ANTH-0020)

Spring 2026 · ANTH 0020 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Introductory-level urban anthropology class exploring cities as intersections of people, ideas, capital, and the physical environment. Themes include anthropological understandings of space and place-making; utopic and dystopic urban visions of the city; urban mobility; cities as nodes in global environments, economies, and networks of people and production; sensory experience and expressive culture in cities; urban "nature" (e.g., parks); difference and inequality in urban landscapes; the growth of urban populations and megacities; and tensions between the city as planned or conceptualized and the city as a lived experience.

Course codes: ANTH-0020, ANTH 0020, ANTH0020, ANTH-20, ANTH 20, ANTH20, STS-0020, STS 0020, STS0020, STS-20, STS 20, STS20, UEP-0020, UEP 0020, UEP0020, UEP-20, UEP 20, UEP20

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