CJ Trowbridge 2021-06-30 USP 560 Urban Poverty Term Paper It’s no mistake that there has never been a capitalist city without poverty. In his essay, “The Urban Process Under Capitalism,” David Harvey explains that cities are a process, not a place. Cities under capitalism – by definition – serve to extract labor and resources from… Continue reading Urban poverty is Not an Accident
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Morality of Agency and Objectification
CJ Trowbridge 2021-06-28 PHIL 455 Sex and the Law Term Paper Everybody thinks pedophilia is bad, right? There is widespread consensus about that, right? Maybe not. I think this popular misunderstanding of the nature of ongoing support for pedophilia is one of the main reasons it has not been meaningfully addressed, particularly in contemporary… Continue reading Morality of Agency and Objectification
USP 530 – Session 13/14
April 28th and May 5th Sessions Thirteen and Fourteen: Student Presentations DIY PROJECTS
USP 530 – Session 11
DIY Handbook By Heather Samuels with Raquel Pinderhughes Table of Contents Household DIY.. 3 Household Cleaners. 3 Household Air Filter. 4 Unpaper Towel 4 Draft Snake (Window or Door). 6 Food and Gardening DIY.. 8 Buying Food in Bulk. 8 Preparing Immune System Boosting Foods and Remedies. 8 Growing Herbs Indoors. 8 Growing Herbs and… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 11
USP 530 – Session 10
April 7th Session Ten: Infrastructure: Water, Waste, Energy, Transportation, Building, Food This session will focus on how changes in urban infrastructure can help cities become more inclusive, resilient, productive, livable, and sustainable. We will be guided by the following questions: Infrastructure: Infrastructure refers to the long-lived engineered structures central to economic and social development. (Slightly… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 10
USP 530 – Session 8
March 17th Session Eight: Disaster Preparation and Resilience in Cities In this session we will focus on disaster preparation and resilience in cities. We will focus on the root causes of disasters, profiteering from disasters, the differential impact of disasters on different populations, and disaster preparation and resilience. We will be guided by the following… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 8
USP 530 – Session 7
March 10th Session Seven: Alternatives to Policing and Incarceration This session will focus on alternatives to policing and incarceration. Over the last six decades, the movement to reduce policing and mass incarceration has been growing in the United States. In this session we will be guided by the following questions: Why is there a movement… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 7
USP 530 – Session 6
March 3rd Session Six: Surveillance in Cities – Assignment #1 DUE TODAY This session will focus on the impact of increased surveillance in cities. For every 1,000 people in SF, there are over 3 cameras and the District Attorney’s office has access to almost ⅔ or their data (ABC7 News). Cameras are disproportionately in Tenderloin, Chinatown,… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 6
USP 530 – Assignment 1
CJ Trowbridge 2021-03-02 USP 530 Assignment #1 Choose a social problem that will impact cities in the future and use the healthy cities wheel framework to identify how urban authorities should address this problem – fill out every section of the wheel. Assemble a diverse and inclusive group There are many different kinds of… Continue reading USP 530 – Assignment 1
USP 530 – Session 5
This session was canceled February 24th Session Five: Alternative Business, Housing, and Food Ownership Models and Structures I Alternative Business Ownership Structures: Worker Owned Cooperative Businesses Worker-owned cooperatives are businesses that are owned and managed by their workers. Although there are variations, typically, each worker owns a share and all shares are owned by… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 5