DESCRIPTION:
This seminar will explore the method and content of urban narratives.
Students will be introduced to various urban theories, through the medium of
narrative. Using a narrative methodology (From God So Loves the City), students
will explore urban narratives from a particular context, applying theories to
that context.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
• Students will be able to process a complex urban story using the Van
Engen model in God So Loves the City.
•
Students will gain a basic
understanding of several current urban theories.
COURSE FORMAT:
This course will be conducted as a seminar. Each student will prepare
and present to other seminar participants. Students will also actively interact
with each other’s presentations.
REQUIRED
READING: (4 units) 1500 pages; (8) units 3000 pages (including recent journal
articles)
Brueggemann,
Walter, Biblical Perspectives on
Evangelism: Living in a Three Storied Universe. Abingdon, 1993.
Lieblich, Anna, ed., Making Meaning of
Narrative. Sage 2000.
Tiersma and Van Engen, God So Loves the
City. MARC 1994.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Books
and articles can be chosen to reflect the student’s area of interest.
e.g. Bishop, Ryan, ed. Postcolonial
Urbanism: Southeast Asian Cities and Global Processes. Routledge, 2003.
Dear, Michael, From Chicago to LA.
Sage 2001.
Flanagan, James, Contemporary Urban
Sociology, 1993.
Kling, Joe, ed., Mobilizing the
Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City.
Lieblich,
Anna, The Narrative Study of Lives.
Sage. 1993.
Linthicum, Robert, Transforming Power.
2004.
Mahler, Susan, American Dreaming:
Immigrant Life of the Margins. Princeton University Press, 1995.
Sassen, Saskia, The Global City.
Princeton University Press, 1991.
Scott, Allen J., ed. Global City Regions: Trends, Theory and
Policy. Oxford 2002.
Parker, Simon, Urban Theory and the Urban
Experience. Routledge 2003.
Vigil, James Diego, Barrio Gangs: Street
Gangs and Identity in Southern California, University of Texas Press.
Dissertations by Tiersma, Thomas, Thiessen, on reserve.
Other books and journal articles from bibliography given in class.
ASSIGNMENTS:
· Reading a total of 3,000 pages.
· Class reports on reading.
·
Research Paper that relates to the
student’s field of study, following the methodology in God So Loves the City, 9,000-10,000 words (36-40 pages).
PREREQUISITES: Students must be enrolled in a ThM, DMiss, or PhD
program. Written permission of instructior required to enroll in this class.
RELATIONSHIP TO
CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAM: None.
Last Date Edited: June 22, 2005