This is an advanced, interdisciplinary seminar in architectural history, urban planning, vernacular building, the politics of preservation, collective memory, tourism, and, ultimately, urban sustainability. Looking at a broad spectrum of failed or almost-failed cities in the United States and across the globe, this seminar uses the ghost town and its rhythms of development and disinvestment to establish a conceptual framework for contemporary urban patterns and processes. Students develop skills in urban and architectural research methods, visual and formal analysis, effective writing, and critical reasoning. Limited enrollment.

All Semesters

4233b
Spring 2020
Ghost Towns
Elihu Rubin
4233b
Spring 2019
Ghost Towns
Elihu Rubin
4233b
Spring 2016
Ghost Town: Myth, Memory & the City
Elihu Rubin