Cultural impact of housing displacement gentrification Online distance learning
This course provides an introduction to gentrification and to the cultural impacts of housing displacement for people in cities and neighbourhoods across the world.
- Length: 2 weeks: 10 hours per week
- Start date: anytime
- Introductory: leads to further study options
Why this course
Intended learning outcomes
- Define the term gentrification
- Understand the language used to describe social and spatial changes
- Describe the historical evolution of the term gentrification
- Identify key thinkers and key themes in gentrification studies
- Understand production-side explanations of gentrification including the rent gap thesis
- Understand the social dimension to gentrification including an appreciation of social stratification, inequalities in income and wealth
- Understand the challenges of undertaking gentrification research
- Evaluate competing epistemological approaches to gentrification research
- Identify global themes in gentrification research
- Think critically about framing questions for undertaking gentrification research
- Explain why gentrification is important in relation to discussions about social justice
- Identify strategies to resist gentrification
- Critically evaluate how your own understanding of gentrification has changed since starting the course
- Think critically about the idea of gentrification
- Understand consumption-side explanations of gentrification
- Understand the cultural dimensions of gentrification
- Explain the relationship between race, class and gentrification
How to register
Registration is free. The course is hosted on an external learning platform, Coursera.
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